We rode back through the Glacier National Park today. We went on the West side where there is not as much activity and cars. We went to a community called Polebridge. It is about the only thing that is between West Glacier, MT and the Canadian border. Once upon a time, you could cross the boarder about 22 miles from here. But they closed the crossing some years ago. You can still drive to the border on the dirt road if you like and we tried but the further you go the rougher the road got and I did not want to take any chances of a flat tire or other trouble.
The community of Polebridge has been here since 1914 and they are still using some of the buildings. For example, the Mercantile store was built around this time and it is still in operation today. They have a bakery that does most of the business now, but still have camping equipment and backwoods necessities that you need to stay alive.
Yesterday was not entirely a good day for us. When we came back into range for cell service, Cindy had a message from a very close friend of many years. The friend asked that Cindy call her back that it was an emergency. Not knowing what to expect, Cindy called her back and the friend told us that her only child had been killed in a car wreck at Wade Green Road and I-75. The accident happen early on this Saturday morning when the daughter was on the way to her job at Kennestone Hospital. We ask that everyone who reads this blog to say a special prayer for our friends, Donna and Dan Thomas. It was their daughter Danielle, only 21 years old, who was killed. Danielle was not married and was finishing up college and working as an intern at the hospital and still lived with Dan and Donna. (Danielle was such a great young lady whose life was cut way too short.)
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