Glacier Again

John and I headed out to Glacier again. Judy and Mike had some things to do so we went without them. I was able to get reservations for today so we did not have to wait until 3:00 to enter. We didn’t get as early of a start as we had hoped but we arrived about 8:30 this morning. Our main goal today was to hike Avalanche Lake trail. By the time we arrived all the parking lots were filled including some that were a mile away. So we decided to head to St Mary’s Lake and take a hike to Baring Falls.

We stopped at Logan’s Pass Visitor Center to use the facilities and as soon as we got out of the car we saw Big horn Sheep in the parking lot. The bladder can wait!!

There were 3 of them and they just sat and posed for everyone. What more can you ask for? Maybe a Grizzly or two or three or four? Well that is exactly what we got just after we left the parking lot. We started from way across the valley and then we drove to the other side to get ahead of them.

The top left is when I was on the other side of this ridge. The others were after we drove to the other side. I know these are not great shots, but they wouldn’t look up. John made me get back in the truck because he said I was too close. I had a really long lens on my camera–I wasn’t that close.

We finally got to St. Mary’s Lake and hiked to the falls. The lake is beautiful, the hike would have been better if it wasn’t so wet and cold.

After leaving St. Mary’s we headed back toward Avalanche Lake to see if we could get a parking spot. We circled around a few times and found someone backing out. Yay! We set off for what was to be the highlight of our day. (Actually the bear did it for me). We got about .5 mile in and it started to rain. We decided to keep going. It rained, it stopped, it rained and then it poured. We were about 1/2 way there. John thought it best we turn around because there was already a stream running down the trail. I am sure he was more concerned that I would fall. Anyway, we turned around and suddenly we heard thunder and knew we made the right decision. Though we were disappointed and cold and wet, we had a great time.

Tomorrow we set out to cross the border. It might be a while before I post. Not sure what internet service we will have.