{"id":6074,"date":"2010-10-06T06:54:48","date_gmt":"2010-10-06T12:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fromthefrontporch.com\/WPBlog\/?p=6074"},"modified":"2023-09-18T10:47:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T17:47:54","slug":"on-the-way-to-polebridge-mt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/2010\/10\/on-the-way-to-polebridge-mt\/","title":{"rendered":"On the way to Polebridge, MT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Polebridge, Montana&#8230;gateway to the western-most entrance of Glacier National Park, 20 miles from the border of Canada&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"Large\" href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Oct10\/Ontheway4371.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Oct10\/Ontheway4371.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" alt=\"\" height=\"433\" style=\"width: 650px; height: 433px\" title=\"\"\/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>40 miles on a mostly gravel road north of Columbia Falls, MT ensures that only the hardiest travel that way.  Most of the local population are against paving the road as that would mean more traffic and visitors.<\/p>\n<p>Sandy and Jerry have not met a dirt or gravel road they wouldn&#8217;t travel.  I knew this road would not faze them one bit so off we went.  The road was not that bad as far as rough riding &#8211; the dust, though, that was impressive!<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"Large\" href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Oct10\/Ontheway4340.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Oct10\/Ontheway4340.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" alt=\"\" height=\"600\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 600px\" title=\"\"\/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>We stopped at a river access I know&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"Large\" href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Oct10\/Ontheway4343.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Oct10\/Ontheway4343.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" alt=\"\" height=\"555\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 555px\" title=\"\"\/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>We all meandered, including Karl.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"Large\" href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Oct10\/Ontheway4337.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Oct10\/Ontheway4337.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" alt=\"\" height=\"433\" style=\"width: 650px; height: 433px\" title=\"\"\/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Here, there and everywhere along the river.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"Large\" href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Oct10\/Ontheway0052.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Oct10\/Ontheway0052.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" alt=\"\" height=\"435\" style=\"width: 650px; height: 435px\" title=\"\"\/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Jerry gets credit for this one&#8230;the darned <em>wildlife<\/em>&#8230;always turning away from the camera :)!<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"Large\" href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Oct10\/Ontheway0063.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Oct10\/Ontheway0063.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" alt=\"\" height=\"489\" style=\"width: 600px; height: 489px\" title=\"\"\/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>A fellow traveler obliged for a group photo&#8230;on the way to Polebridge, MT.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center-noborder\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Mar09\/EndofPost64050.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" alt=\"\" height=\"50\" style=\"width: 640px; height: 50px\" title=\"\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polebridge, Montana&#8230;gateway to the western-most entrance of Glacier National Park, 20 miles from the border of Canada&#8230; 40 miles on a mostly gravel road north of Columbia Falls, MT ensures that only the hardiest travel that way. Most of the local population are against paving the road as that would mean more traffic and visitors. 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