(and Professional Travelers)
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| Glacier
National Park - west entrance - |
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Lake McDonald |
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McDonald Falls
- not big, but it is beautiful |
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A tunnel - imagine the time
and manpower it took to bore through 192 feet of mountain using 1926 technology |
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the park's tour bus - but
the two RV Gypsies did their own driving through the park |
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scenery from overlooks |
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Bird Woman
Falls cascades 492 feet from the slopes of Mt. Oberlin. |
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| Weeping Wall
- A gushing waterfall in spring but the flow reduces to a mere trickle
in late summer and fall. |
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| The sign below mentions the Triple Arches, one mile east. Luckily, Karen was able to get a quick photo of the Triple Arches as they continued their drive. | |
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| This east entrance (Going-to-the-Sun Road) had lots of construction going on and delays could be 5 minutes to 30 minutes long. But that did provide opportunities to take great photographs. If you drive an RV, there are length restrictions on the Going-to-the-Sun Road. | |
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| No time to stop - too much traffic, so Karen quickly photographed the Triple Arches - one of the most difficult engineering feats at Glacier National Park. See Karen in the mirror taking the photograph. | |
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| Logan Pass sits on the Continental Divide at 6,646 feet. Alpine meadows filled with wildflowers carpet the hillsides. | |
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a ground squirrel |
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| Big Horn Sheep on the mountain - the photo on the left was taken with a 300mm zoom lens, then trimmed in to get the photo on the right. | |
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a tunnel in the mountain
- and the sheer cliffs |
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a waterfall in the distant
scenery |
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| water cascading down the cliff - Lee thought it better than the "weeping wall" from earlier | |
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waterfalls by the roadside
- how to feel very small |
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| In 1850 there were 150 glaciers in Glacier National Park. In 1968, there were only 50 glaciers, and today - 2009, there are only 26 glaciers. By the year 2030, it is guessed that there will NOT be any glaciers in Glacier National Park. | |
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| Above - the two RV Gypsies stopped to photograph Jackson Glacier and met a nice couple from Pompano Beach Florida. What a small world. | |
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a 3.6 mile hike and
fantastic water falls |
