Glacier National Park

We arrived in Glacier on an overcast day. We had a beautiful day, then a rainy day, then a cloudy day. To make things worse Going to the Sun road was partial closed. Our base camp was in West Glacier, less than 5 miles from the entrance. Our campground was really nice. We made the best of the weather. On our beautiful day, we drove around the outside of the park. We arrived at the St Mary's entrance and proceed.to Going to the Sun road. It followed along Lake St Mary. The lake was gorgeous, the color unbelievable, it was incredible. The pictures we took do not do it justice. On the rainy day, we did nothing. We had to go out the next day or we would miss Lake McDonald. The sun did come out a tiny bit but the colors were washed out. The wildest animal we saw was deer.
West Glacier KOA K&G  4.9       Ripley: 3.5

Ripley knows the drill now

 

Montana has a great number of distilleries

at Goat Lick, they lick the minerals off the cliff

Lake McDonald

such color

Lake St Mary

Lake St Mary from afar

St Mary's River

sitting with his bear spray

beargrass

walking bridge over St Mary's River

view from the bridge

a moment of blue sky over Lake McDonald

the view from our picnic lunch on Lake McDonald

Lake St Mary

one of many waterfalls in the mountain range along St Mary Lake

Lake St Mary

I was so fascinated by the color, I kept taking picture,

after picture of Lake St Mary



waterfall falling to Lake St Mary

along Going to Sun Road, Sunrise Gorge

Jackson Glacier along Going to the Sun Road

Going to the Sun Road closure at Jackson Glacier on the east

Jackson Glacier

near mile 189, we missed the picture on the way over so marked it to get on the way back

goats on the other side of the bridge at goat lick

I thought this one was going to jump on the bridge he was that close

low lying clouds at the campgrounds

t times this mountain was invisible because of the clouds

even with the bad weather, kayakers were out

another look at  Lake St Mary

no matter how you see it, it looks awesome

truck got a little dirty on some of the roads we were on

the nasty clouds add their own beauty to Lake McDonald

Flathead River on west border of Glacier

this shop still had some sundry items but mostly fresh baked goodies.  it smelled like brownies when you walked in
but it also had bearsclaws with huckleberries and a muffin bearclaw combo in many flavors.

sticky geraniums

if only it had been opened all the way, west side closed at Avalanche Creek

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soon to be canola oil

stopping to try some new whiskey, did not buy any