Into the Big Sky. Traveling Going-to-the-Sun is a trip back in time

IT is not until after you brave the steep, narrow road, negotiate its hairpin curves, and blink hard while passing its sharp drop-offs, that you begin to understand. At the top, as indigo mountain peaks meet a sea of blue sky, it dawns on you: so this is why they call it the Going-to-the-Sun Road http://www.nps.gov/glac/planyourvisit/goingtothesunroad.htm .

By JIM ROBBINS

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