Saturday, October 13, 2007

Day 5: Glacier National Park, part 2

Glacier Kid always starts his day with the Crane. We made it to Two Medicine Lake. The water is crazy clear; if we weren't there you could flip the photo upside down and see the same image. We were all pumped for Hands-across-Montana, but no else showed up. Here we are at Running Eagle Falls. It used to be called Trick Falls, but the Blackfeet Tribe was like, "Hey...it's called Running Eagle Falls...and we want our land back." I guess America only had time to change the name. Nathaniel's face is currently exposed to the Ark from that George Lucas movie.
Saint Mary's Lake. They should totally rename it Saint Awesome Lake. Sorry.
Nathianiel getting some video footage of this amazing place...so we can force all our friends and family to watch it while we narrate.

Does a deer crap in the woods? Yes. Yes it does.
A real honest to goodness glacier! Jackson Glacier. When Glacier National Park was founded it had 350 glaciers. It now has 27, and the latest estimate is they will all be gone by 2032. This message was not brought to you by the all new 9.0L Hummer.
St. Mary's Falls.
Oh goody...more falls. Nathaniel is tired of seeing water falls-where the heck are the bears?!
Sweet! This black bear was munching huckleberries on the side of the road. After he saw the mighty RAV4 he ran into the forest. Good thing Shannon has lightning-quick camera skills.


Super holy crap. Along a mountain top, we found a grizzly mama with two cubs (see the light brown lumps on the left). They were so cute that we wanted to go up and hug the little cubs, but then we remembered that we'd die.
A huge day at the park is over and we drive back as the sun sets.



3 comments:

Carolyn said...

Wow, you guys are getting some amazing pictures and seeing beautiful country.

And you guys are hilarious.

Aaron Waite said...

Shannon, you're like awesome at taking pictures. Those are actually really good. Especially the deer in such a compromising position.

Valerie said...

This is my favorite day of your trip. Such scenery! Such wildlife! Such photography of the wildlife! Holy crapping deer!
I've never made it to Glacier National Park, but it looks as though it totally trumps Yellowstone.