After raining all day last Wednesday, we went for a drive and saw this outstanding rainbow. You could see the entire rainbow from one end to the other. I merged two pictures together to get the whole view.

We couldn't find the "pot of gold" at either end!

This guy stopped and posed for us.


Does this mean us or the bear?


Sign posted along an unusually dusty road where cabins are in the forest.


Guess this means no leash laws for the local dogs!

Hmmmmm - looks like a brownie cookie or a chocolate cookie. It is a little big though. What do you think this is?

We drove to the northern part of Glacier Nat'l Park, which is in Canada. The area is called the Waterton-Glacier National Peace Park. It was very easy crossing the border. The Canadian customs agent took our passports but never looked at them. Waterton is a beautiful area. A very small town with lots of the usual gift shops.
The most awe inspiring place is the Prince of Wales Hotel that was built in the 1900's to draw people to the area after the Northern Pacific Railroad was built. To get to the hotel in the 1900's, the "wealthy" guests would take the train to East Glacier then either ride by horseback or stagecoach. The railroad built many chalets and hotels at various locations in the park to draw tourists.

This is a cow moose we saw along the river in Glacier Nat'l Park. It was about 7:00 p.m. She was on the run and crossed the river quickly. She seemed to have a hard time climbing up the steep side of the hill to cross the road.

A moose is one of my favorite animals (next to Labrador Dogs). Just look at that snout, ears and those legs!

These are bighorn ewes and lambs that were in the town of Waterton, Canada walking along the sidewalk and in the street. They carefully crossed the road at an intersection and posed for pictures for quite some time.

Hi from rainy Hungry Horse, Colorado. It rained all evening & night on Monday, all day on Tuesday and off and on today.

We went for a drive last evening after dinner to look for wildlife and saw this doe who was standing on the porch of an old house in the middle of a meadow. It appeared the doe was coming for a visit but no one was home!

Hmmmm - what do you think Sasha got into? Not a skunk or grizzly. How about rolling in cow dung and not just any cow dung, it had to be the mushy stuff. Needless to say, she got a bath and dog deoderizer!

The Hidden Lake Overlook is quite popular for seeing mountain goats. There were about 10 in the area when we arrived. They are very good at posing for pictures.



This little guy was a real ham and would run from rock to rock posing for pictures.

On Sunday we hiked from the Logan Pass Visitors Center (elevation 6,643) to Hidden Lake Overlook (elevation 7,200). Some of the trail is on a boardwalk to protect the sensitive plants, the rest on dirt. It was quite a climb but we took our time. The scenery was fantastic. To be able to view greenery, snow, glaciers, high mountain peaks and low valleys from one location was a wonderful feeling. The snowpack and glaciers were melting creating streams and waterfalls everywhere.

View of Hidden Lake. Another 1.5 miles to the bottom, then 1.5 back up - we passed on this venture.

Mountain Goat:
I'll introduce this creature tomorrow along with other goat pictures!

McDonald Creek with its aqua color from the glaciers

Haystack waterfall




View of the valley floor from the Going-To-The-Sun Road.

The lake at Many Glaciers on the east side of the park.

Many Glaciers Hotel was opened in 1915. Guests would arrive by train in East Glacier and either travel by car, stagecoach or horse to the grand hotel. If by horse, the guests would stay the night in Chalets that were built mid-way.

On Friday we entered Glacier Nat'l. Park and drove the "Going-To-The-Sun Road". We stopped at all the view points, hiked to a few waterfalls and when we reached Logan Pass (the highest point), we were socked in by clouds and it was 40 degrees. Fortunately we had warm jackets and gloves. There were a few construction delays on the way up the mountain, which we didn't mind, as it gave us an opportunity to gawk at the scenery.

I'm just posting a few pictures today until I can condense down the 166 pictures I took this day.

Entering West Glacier before the official entrance into the park.

Logan Pass is at an elevation of 6,646 feet and is situated along the Continental Divide.

There's lots of mountains, glaciers and waterfalls somewhere out there!

There were 4 mountain goats on the side of a hill. Easy to see through binoculars but my camera can only zoom so far and this is the best I could get.

That's a grizzly on the side of a mountain. I zoomed in as close as I could so the picture is a little blurry. There were 3 grizzly bears on the mountain and one was a cub.

A little history on the park:
Glacier National Park was created in 1910. There are over 730 miles of trails and one road through the park which is called "Going-to-the-Sun Road". Vehicles longer than 21 ft. or wider than 8 ft.,including mirrors, are restricted from driving on the road past a certain point. Shuttle service is available to all points of interest and is recommended due to limited parking. Most of the hikers use the shuttles.

The Going-To-The-Sun Road is an engineering marvel and one of the most beautiful mountain roads in the world. It meanders up steep slopes of the Continental Divide and the highest point of the road is at Logan Pass (6,646 feet).

The road was built mostly between 1921 and 1937. Some of the road was built into the sides of near-vertical cliffs using stonemasonry bridges, tunnels and arches. A rehabilitation project of epic proportion is being conducted for structural & safety repairs and could take another 10 years to complete.

Glacier National Park, Montana

After 3 months of traveling, we finally made it to Glacier National Park, Montana.
Haven't been able to appreciate the beauty yet as it has been raining since we arrived ~ 1 1/2 days. We did make a short drive into the park to Lake McDonald and the McDonald historic hotel.

The glaciers and mountains are back there somewhere behind the clouds.


View of Lake McDonald

Visitors can tour the park on Glacier's vintage red buses, known as "jammers". We plan on taking one of the tours during our stay.