The Big Sandy Mountaineer -

efore I tell you this sad story of woe, let me first tell you that Red Bus Drivers didn’t get paid much when they drove their Red Busses around Glacier and Waterton National Parks. Instead most drivers lived on tips that could be good or bad.

Usually I worked out of Lake McDonald since I was living at Somers and drove in each morning. Like most Red Bus Drivers I picked up my passengers on the west side of Glacier and we toured the park for the day then returned to Lake McDonald and I headed for home after washing my bus.

There was a primer tour called the Great Lodges of Glacier Tour and in th...