The west side of the Going to the Sun Road will close to vehicle traffic above Avalanche Creek Sept. 20, so crews can work on the road. Daily newspapers this morning ran headlines that said the "Sun Road to close in September," which was wrong. You can still get to Logan Pass until mid-October, you just have to come in from the east (St. Mary) side. It's one of the nicest drives on the planet, so I can't imagine too many folks will mind the extra miles. We're heading into the glory days of Glacier. September and October are spectacular months — my favorites (my other fav is April, believe it or not). I took this photo of a sunrise in the Bad Rock Canyon en route to Glacier the other day. Not too shabby a way to start the day.

PS — That surviving Old Man Lake bear still isn't in the Bronx Zoo. It's being held at a facility until they can find the right size cage for the critter. As I understand it it, one cage was too big, the other too small for air travel. We'll keep you posted. On the plus side, the Bronx Zoo is not a for-profit Zoo. It's run by the Wildlife Conservation Society, which is a leading world conservation organization.