My gardener and I took a few days last week to tour a part of the state of Montana that we hadn't been to yet. We headed west over to Glacier National Park, first. It was an overcast day - not the best for pictures. We entered the park at St. Mary, Montana, which is the East Entrance. The Going-to-the-Sun Road is 50 miles of paved road which winds through the mountains. It was was constructed in the early 1930's. The road gets its name from the nearby Going-to-the-Sun Mountain. This picture was taken at Logan Pass , which is about half-way on The Going-to-the-Sun Road. Logan Pass is where we crossed west over the Continental Divide . Before the road opens up to traffic in the summer, up to 80 feet of snow must be plowed from the road at this point, and it can take up to 10 weeks to plow the entire length of road. The opening day for the park is dependent on the weather. See the horizontal line in the two pictures above? That's a section of the Going-to-the-Sun Road! The e...