Thursday, June 25, 2009

Glacier Park, Montana
















June 21, we went to Great Falls, Montana to get prescriptions refilled. Thanks to Walgreens computerized system, we had no problems. We moved on to Glacier National Park and were amazed by more magnificent scenery. One day sight seeing and wildlife; we saw a grizzly bear loping along the roadside and heavy brush about a mile from where we were camping. The camp hosts live there and had been seeing a grizzly and a mother and cub black bear at their pond on several occasions. Can see snow capped mountains from camp. We lost $26 at an Indian gambling casino. So much for gambling. At the Glacier National Park interpretive center the Blackfeet Indian Nation was having its tribal conference, and we saw several of their chiefs in full headdresses and beaded vests before they entered the conference meeting. Suzy rode for 4 hours on horseback from Many Glaciers Park on a nice black horse named Hoback. About half way through the ride in heavy brush and forest, we looked up and watched a black bear waddling down the trail. He looked over his shoulder at us, hurried a little faster then headed up the mountain ahead of us. At the top of the ride we stopped for a break and got great photo shots of the mountains and area. Later as the ride returned home, I spotted a young male moose grazing among the trees, so we stopped for a quick photo shoot. Heavy winds; temp. 40's & 50's

3 comments:

  1. Thanks for sharing- I can almost feel those cool temps and wind. We could sure use those here right now.

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  2. Watch out for those bears- we encountered one in our campsite once at Yosemte. I was so excited about seeing a bear that closeup that the fear and danger of the situation didn't hit me for about a couple of days.

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  3. Glacier Park seems awesome...we should be making our way there this summer....

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