We've left Glacier National Park, working our way home. It was a splendid vacation. We chose a "green dot" (on the maps) road coming south, Highway 93 along the Salmon River. Somehow "scenic" doesn't quite describe it..."breath-taking" comes closer. There was quite a bit of wildlife and wildflowers along the way. Also, we saw two eagles: a Golden Eagle in flight just above the river, and a little farther down the road, a Bald Eagle sitting in a tree.
To the East is the Lost River Range of mountains, still showing a lot of snow. To the West are the Bitterroot Mountains, also snow-covered. The weather is superb, clear and sunny and warm. The scenery changed as we got in to Idaho, becoming less lush and verdant, but enjoyable nonetheless. They call this road the "Peaks to Craters Highway," because at Arco, Idaho you enter the Craters of the Moon national monument, thousands of acres of lava flows. It's stark yet beautiful. Through much of southern Montana and northern Idaho we saw remnants of old log cabins and homesteads--obviously the owners chose to leave them standing when they built their contemporary houses. Makes for a fascinating counterpoint.
Montana and Idaho are demonstrative in their patriotism. American flags are everywhere along the way -- many houses have two or more flags flying. These people are obviously proud to be Americans (sadly, it's easy to forget that in California....). There are also a number of signs about God and Jesus, including several large signs with the Ten Commandments (definitely won't see that in California...). One of our favorite small billboards said "Is this the sign you're waiting for? -- God"
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