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So I decided to try my luck on the week after Labor Day to hit the National Park Trifecta : Glacier , Yellowstone and Grand Teton .
From Missoula , I first rode north alongside a three-of-a-kind of long , skinny lakes — Salmon , Seeley and Swan . The mountains of Bob Marshall Wilderness , towering to the east , are locally known simply as “ The Bob .” As in , “ What happens on The Bob , stays on The Bob .” Shades of Las Vegas . I hasten to add that I haven ’ t any personal experience with what happens on The Bob . At least not yet .
At Columbia Falls I turned east and headed for Glacier National Park . For a motorcyclist , the sure bet is Going-To-The-Sun Road , which famously clings to the side of an impossibly steep mountain . An engineering marvel from the Civilian Conservation Corps era , the road easily lives up to its reputation for being narrow and winding , with views to ride , not die , for .
I do not know the exact number of people who have taken their last breath sailing over the edge , but I would wager it ’ s a few . Traveling from west to east placed my motorcycle in the outside lane of the road . Near the road ’ s summit at Logan Pass , I glanced over the low wall along the road ’ s edge to my right . Empty air gaped , 2,000 feet