PeteE wrote: ↑Sat May 09, 2020 1:20 pm
Next time while waiting at the shuttle stop(any shuttle stop), put your thumb out, aggressively
so.
Take whatever ride comes first. Often as not you will get a ride all the way to your destination.
That plan works better if you have a sign to hold that is
neatly printed on white paper with a "thick" sharpie...
And not scrawled on a beat up piece of brown cardboard with a "thin" black sharpie--the method popular with local "panhandlers".
This idea probably wouldn't have worked well in your case with a party of three, but it might have if you were able to flag a pickup truck---like mine
So, for the benefit of others reading here today, hitchhiking
does work in GNP. I've done it many times.
I can also attest to hitchhiking in the park. Plenty of kind people...it just takes some patience. How's this for a plan:
I'll get a parking spot super early at Logan Pass. Hike out the Highline Trail to Granite Park, and then exit down at the Loop. From there I'll have a neatly printed, large-Sharpie sign that says "I HAVE A PARKING SPACE FOR YOU AT LOGAN PASS". Think it will take long for someone to give me a lift?