National Park Archives - Sense of Wonderment

Our quick two-day stay at Glacier ended way to quickly. We were to arrive in the Seattle area before nightfall and had a good 9-10 hour drive ahead of us. First though, we were leaving the park via a sensational, awe-inspiring drive. One of the most famous mountain roads in the United States is Glacier National Park’s Going-to-the-Sun Road. This 50 mile road crosses the Continental Divide and spans the park from east to west. Construction of the road began in 1921 and was completed 11 years later. It was an engineering feat. It is the first to be registered in National Historic Places, National Historic Landmarks, and Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks.

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“When I entered this sublime wilderness, the day was nearly done, the trees with rosy, glowing countenances seemed to be hushed and thoughtful, as if waiting in conscious religious dependence on the sun, and one naturally walked softly, awestricken among them. ~John Muir

For me, Sequoia National Park was the highlight of our travels so far. This area has immense beauty and grandeur. It is located in the southern part of the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range which contains the tallest mountain in the “Lower 48,” Mount Whitney (maybe that was the one we climbed last night!) as well as the largest tree on earth, the General Sherman tree.

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