Trip Highlights

 

  1. This event is a trip to Glacier Park and Waterton Parks (Alberta) planned for departure Friday July 17th and returning late the next Friday July 24th.  We plan to take it easy.  Most days will have a drive time less than 8 hours.  This also should give us time if we find any side roads that look interesting.   It’s a 3 day drive there, two days in the parks, and three days to return.  
  2. We plan to stay at the Bay Shore Inn in Waterton and at the Many Glacier Lodge in Glacier Park.  The Many Glacier Lodge is beautiful, but also old.  The only rooms left are the “Standard” and “Value” rooms with only double and or twin beds.  More experienced folks have advised us that the double beds are afflicted by gravity and two are united as one in the middle.  The cheaper “Value Rooms” have no view and are on the 5th & 6th floors and the elevators go only to the 4th Floor.  
  3. The Park Service reservations system will not let us “block-out” the rooms and then later, pay for the rooms with a different credit card.  For the other hotels along the way we will try to get a “courtesy block of rooms” when possible.
  4. The return trip is less formal.  We will be returning via Canada Hwy. 3 over Crowsnest Pass and Cranbrook, BC and then down Hwy 95 into Coeur D’Alene Idaho.   Those who want to choose a different way back are of course free to do so.   We plan to stay at Diamond Lake, OR and then swing by Crater Lake.  Those who want to stay and extra day at Crater Lake are also more than welcome to do so.
  5. This trip will be about 2400+ miles, and we estimate the total basic expenditures to be in the $3000+ range.  Depending upon interest, we may try to organize appetizers and “refreshments” in one of the hotel rooms in lieu of dinner out.  This worked out very well on the last Stewart’s Point run and reduced costs for all who participated.
  6. The six sponsors, Mike and Jenn Sipe, Bob & Terri Bacon, and Pam and Randy Hunt are planning on going.   The trip will be posted on the Samoa site.  If you are interested, call us at 530 – 672 – 8985 or email at rspjhunt@sbcglobal.net.  We will send out details of the trip and lodging options.
  7. One last note, if you are interested, you may want to move fast, some hotels / lodges are already booking up for these dates.

Tour Information
Lodging options- PDF