July 06, 2008

Glacier National Park 2

Continued from yesterday. Click below to see all

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More Mountains.
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Cow stampede. Livestock literally roamed the roads in Montana as if they were their own fields. We had to be careful not to hit any...
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The first hiking day. Ten miles down to Elizabeth. Down. We already knew back up would be a killer...
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Rest Stop
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Retaining sanity as we cross a bridge...
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Along the trail...
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Tent at Elizabeth Lake... Home of the killer mosquitoes.....
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Lake Elizabeth
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Deer
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Mornin' Laundry
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Freezing water. Can't get in past your knees.
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The "Icebox"
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Pumping Icebox water.
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A tribute to our Gods.
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Walking through snowfields on a day hike. (We stayed three nights at Elizabeth).
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Another bridge.
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Froggy. Or toad....?
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Swans and the lake.
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"Looney"
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Surprise, surprise. Lake again....
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Back through the snowfields.
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The several-month-old corpse of a... Oh, maybe you don't want to know....
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After the discovery of our long lost buddy, we pump water from above, not below....
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Dad's amazing photography skillz...
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More coming tomorrow...

Posted by Anna at July 6, 2008 02:34 PM
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Great pictures. I am planning on doing a similar hike this coming June. Were these pictures taken in July?

Posted by: at January 7, 2010 02:41 PM

We went on this trip at the very end of June. I think it gets very hot there during July and August, so June is a nice time to go :)

Posted by: at January 7, 2010 07:41 PM
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