As usual, photos at the end.

We drove 4,550 miles to Glacier National Park and back in early July. We were only back a few days, when the fires started in the park and closed the main road through it. The air was already hazy when we were there from fires already burning in Alaska and Canada.

It was lots of driving, but we always get to see many sites. This time we hit Badlands National Park, Mount Rushmore, Devil's Tower, Custer State Park, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Three Forks, Glacier and a short stay in Yellowstone and Grand Tetons National Parks. Yellowstone is getting very crowded in July. If you are planning a trip, try to pick June or mid-August into September to help avoid some very crowded conditions.

Had some nice stormy skies and some up close a personal wildlife encounters, but no rainbows.

Glacier is nice, but there is so much more to do in Yellowstone/Tetons. Also, the gateway towns to Glacier are farther from the park and lodging in the park is scarce.

Here are the photos
Best viewed full size by clicking on diagonal arrows in upper right of photo.