Montana VFP and Glacier

Hi Friends,

I am in Colombia Falls, just leaving Glacier National Park.    It is a stunning place and better I think than Yosemite or Yellowstone.   The Empire Builder AMTRAK passes through the park and is one of the most interesting rides.   I encourage those going to the convention in Portland to use it!

I especially enjoyed theTrail of the Cedars….I walked it both days I was there.  I saw an eagle soaring along the cliffs up at Logan’s Pass,  a bear on the way,  a mountain goat just below it, an elk in the meadow and a whole parking lot full of bighorns!  The glaciers are almost gone,  though,  and will be within ten years.   Its second name is the Peace Park so I hope it will take its second name when there are no more glaciers.  One of my questions about the park was regarding the road work.  They are hauling stones several hundred miles for a stone wall along the road to the sun to replace one that was native stone…why?

Now I’m on my way to Helena to contact  the VFP members there…there are quite a few.  I will also visit the VA hospital there although I usually get the same response…they have “protocol” for DU,  Homeless Vets etc.

Montana VFP has good potential!   Montanans are an independent sort and they have created a democratic system that precludes control by money…campaign finance limits etc.  Montana might be the next state to insist upon having their guard home and having the federal govt held responsible!