Many Glaciers

Two days in Glacier National Park - started out rainy but improved to be fine and cool and windy. Would have liked more time here but Joel was not up for day hikes and we could not drive the RV through the middle of the park on the Going to the Sun Road as it was just a little over the size limit for the road, so we had to do a little sightseeing on one side of the park, and then drive around the southern edge and do some sightseeing in the eastern side. Here are a few photos:

WESTERN SIDE
Lake McDonald - there's mountains under them clouds somewhere I'm sure. Joel decided conditions were perfect for skipping stones and skipped so many he ended up with a sore arm!

 Bear grass flowering is large patches among the pine trees. Apparently bears do not like to eat it, but elk do. No one is quite sure why it is called bear grass. Smells like honey.

EASTERN SIDE

 Lake St Mary - reminded me a little of Lake St Clair back home - maybe it was the cold wind blowing across the long blue lake, or the bare pointy mountain on the other side.

 Evening view from our campsite at St Mary

 heading in Many Glacier

 The old late 19th century grand hotel on the lake at Many Glacier

 Glacier National Park had 150 glaciers in the mid 1800s. Now there are only 25.