US/CA Border Tour

[Viajante]

Originally Posted by emers382

True but that's just 2 in MT, just into ND at Williston it becomes four lane 65 mph, through to Cass Lake MN then back to two lane.

Another interesting thing about US 2 is that it ends, for a bit, in Sault Ste. Marie, MI. It reappears in the Islands of Lake Champlain between NY and Vermont. Then it takes a twisting route until it ends at the Maine/New Brunswick border.

[cpaharley2008]

Originally Posted by Viajante

Another interesting thing about US 2 is that it ends, for a bit, in Sault Ste. Marie, MI. It reappears in the Islands of Lake Champlain between NY and Vermont. Then it takes a twisting route until it ends at the Maine/New Brunswick border.

Actually it continues non stop all the way from Michigan, you just can not see the road since it is covered with water........

[Donna D.]

Don't know where else to stick this, but it's important that all you travelers and future travelers to Glacier National Park know... it snowed there last night (8/17/19).

[padlin]

That's the rub in visiting the northern Rockies. Trying to time things to run into the least amount of tourists but still have weather you can manage. Best I can come up with is working N to S, starting at Jasper mid-late Aug and ending at Glacier late Sept. Hopefully that leaves time to head west to WA and heading back east late Oct.

We need a 6 month fall.

[citabria90]

Originally Posted by arniesea

It is worth staying a night or two at Dry Falls / Sun Lakes state park in WA. During the last ice age, Lake Missoula in Montana was held back by an ice dam. As the ice receded, the dam as breached and reformed several times. The lake drained and scoured eastern Washington. Afterwards the Columbia River changed course and left the former falls (that were bigger than Niagara today!) high and dry. The state park includes the dry falls and the resulting cliffs. It is just off highway 2. Here is a Wikipedia Link: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_...lls_State_Park

I'll second Dry Falls / Sun Lakes. Be sure and visit the Dry Falls Interpretive Center. While you're in the area, a drive up Grand Coulee to Grand Coulee Dam will knock your socks off! Grand Coulee must be seen to be believed . . . try and imagine all that water, so long ago.

Chuck