Ralph -<br><br>I am originally from East Glacier and I agree with Jim. Email Mark Howser. East Glacier is a very small town (pop. 300) and thus has a very small store with a limited selection. Mark, however is an AT thruhiker and is very friendly and interested in other thruhikers. I am sure he would try to have something you need in his store if given advanced notice.<br>
<br>Another point of note: While the East Glacier General store is a small buisiness run by a friendly thruhiker, all the stores WITHIN Glacier Park plus the Glacier Park Lodge in East Glacier are run by a large unfriendly Arizona-based corporation called "Glacier Park Incorporated." Their business is mostly selling tacky overpriced made-in-china souvenirs. In spite of the fact that the adjacent Blackfoot Indian Reservation has a 50-70% unemployment rate (not a typo) Glacier Park Incorporated mostly hires temporary guest workers from the former soviet bloc who know nothing about hiking/Glacier or gear. I could go on and on.......<br>
<br>So before I go to far with my Rant let me just sum things up: In the Glacier Park section, deal with Mark Howser but email him in advance because his store is really small and avoid businesses run by Glacier Park Incorporated.<br>
<br clear="all">Nathanael Lintner<br><br><br><br><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 7:00 PM, Jim and_or Ginny Owen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:spiriteagle99@hotmail.com">spiriteagle99@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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Ralph - <div>Email Mark Howser (<a href="mailto:mchowser@whistlingswanmotel.com" target="_blank">mchowser@whistlingswanmotel.com</a> ) and let him know what you </div><div>want. He'll probably be able to get it for you. Or he may already carry it. He owns the </div>
<div>hiker friendly store at East Glacier. Which is 12 miles south of Two Medicine. And no </div><div>matter how you cut it, you have to go through East Glacier. <img src="" title="Smile" alt="Smile" style="border-style: none; vertical-align: text-bottom;" height="19" width="19"></div>
<div><br></div><div>Jim</div><div><font face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><br></span></font><a href="http://www.spiriteaglehome.com/" target="_blank">http://www.spiriteaglehome.com/</a><br>
<br><br><br><hr>Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:50:43 -0700<br>From: <a href="mailto:rbalcorn@gmail.com" target="_blank">rbalcorn@gmail.com</a><div class="im"><br>To: <a href="mailto:cdt-l@backcountry.net" target="_blank">cdt-l@backcountry.net</a><br>
</div>Subject: [Cdt-l] Canister fuel available in Glacier Natl Park stores?<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br>Anyone know if Two Medicine would have the Gigapower fuel canisters or equivalent?<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>
Ralph Alcorn<br><a href="http://www.backpack45.com/camino2.html" target="_blank">http://www.backpack45.com/camino2.html</a><br><a href="http://timecheck00.blogspot.com" target="_blank">http://timecheck00.blogspot.com</a><br>
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