A menagerie...

I have a collection of miscellaneous and sometimes

unrelated pictures to post. So here we go...

This is mid-September in Glacier Park.

 As you can see...there was snow on the ground.  As a matter of fact,

the road was closed to the top of the park.  

We just got out and walked around. 

This is called Avalanche Lake.

 

The cliffs show signs of erosion from the avalanches and ice...

It is a little hard to see, but there is a snow covered mountain in

the background above the central waterfall.  It just

looks like clouds, but it is a 

mountain.

 

Lake McDonald

Noxon Reservoir...

A group of miscellaneous, cool, strictly perspective pictures...

trees...

a frosty morning...

sticks in the water :)

Finally, I sat in the car looking at this sight for some time before

I realized what had happened here...

I guess we do live in Montana :)

We hope all of you are doing well.  We are fine and staying busy.

Our time here is going fast. My goal is to learn to ski this

year.  We will see if time and circumstances

allow it.

Take care.

Highline Trail

We have seen some beautiful sights

in Montana, but recently we did a hike and the views were 

SPECTACULAR!

The trail was interesting in places...notice the cable to hold on to!

The views were amazing...

If you look really close at the top of this picture, you will see

a BEAR BUTT...

It kept getting better...

This little chalet saved our lives...

we were "tard and feathered" from the trip

and they had a VACANCY!

Our humble accommodations...

They were simple but NOT CHEAP!

This is what wore us out.

If you look closely through the center of this picture, it is a trail.

A trail that climbs a very steep grade for almost a mile.

This is what the trail looked like from our climbing perspective...

But it led to an overlook of Grinnell Glacier

and what a view...

We were on top of the world...

 These are just a few pictures of this beautiful hike.

What an amazing trip through creation, but we were

wore out.  

Fall is here in the mountains.  Will have more pictures later, but I leave you with this parting 

photo of fall in Montana...

I am severely behind on my pictures.

Hope to catch you up soon.

Love to all.

Mom's Visit and Glacier Park 2013

Mom and Roger were here and we went to the park.  

It was an awesome week. I was so glad to be able to  share Montana with them.  

Here are some of the sights we saw.

Bears...

antelope...

buffalo...

Bumble bees...

big horn sheep... 

goats...

marmots...

lots of pretty water...

Lake McDonald

Mom, Monica, me...

Lake McDonald

Mineral Creek

a stream...

waterfall downstream...

St. Mary's Lake...

Trick Falls at Two Medicine National Forest...

        downstream from Trick Falls...

Two Medicine Lake

Lodge on Swiftcurrent Lake at Many Glaciers Park

big but pretty water puddle...

Hidden Lake...

Logan Pass on the Continental Divide...

The only visible glacier from the road.

Jackson Glacier...

flowers...

Columbine

Indian paintbrush

aka

the Doctor Seuss

flower :)

mom and Roger taking it all in...

Then we were done...

The visit was awesome.  We saw lots of 

stuff and got a chance to catch up.  Driving the roads was interesting.

Going to the Sun road we had done before, but the road

to East Glacier was crazy!

Miss everyone and I will leave you with this thought...