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724 TG) 52°F. 6:00 am, sunny
Awake, coffee, com and computer during the early morning. Then, about eight-thirty, I leave out on the Northern Tier route. When I see the gap in the mountain with the jagged peaks between in the distance, I stop for photos of the gap in the mountain, the indicator that I am getting close to the Flathead river and the highway through the Bad Rock canyon which will soon after bring me to Glacier national park.
After a swim in Lake McDonald and a short stop at the lodge, I leave Glacier np, drive southeast on US 2, and stop to take photos of Sheep Creek train trestle.
(m4bridge-trestle-mt-goatlick-2020-0814.1443) Sheep Creek Trestle above WF Flathead
(m4bridge-trestle-mt-goatlick-2020-0814.1444) Sheep Creek Trestle
(m4bridge-trestle-mt-goatlick-2020-0814.1446) Sheep Creek Trestle
(m4bridge-trestle-mt-goatlick-2020-0814.1450) Sheep Creek Trestle
John McAdams Baker Trestle
I saw this trestle bridge the last time I drove the Northern Tier Route through here but I did hot stop because it was hard to approach. This year, I found a dirt road which lead to a overlook for me to take this photo, but there was also a memorial at this trestle bridge which read: Lt. Cmdr. John McAdams Baker, 1977-2012, Enthusiast of the GN-BN-BNSF.
Therefore, despite what other may call it, the name of this trestle bridge could be none other than the John McAdams Baker Trestle Bridge.
(m4bridge-trestle-mt-goatlick-2020-0814.1455) John McAdams Baker Trestle
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