Glacier National Park 3

Pictures from the last three "very enjoyable" days, including my much-wanted commentary.

Lakes. Reflections. Mountains. Again.

8D

If you haven't yet discovered that I am a failure at life, scroll down!

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-_-

I desperately wanted to use that thing....

The picture of misery.

I hope you've figured out that the hike back wasn't all too pleasant.

View of Many Glacier Hotel (where I play NIN piano songs during dinner) from across the lake.

Meese !

And now, a much anticipated change of scenery....

And we're glad to be here...

I take it that would be beneath the snow...?

Home Sweet Home! ...oh, wait.

Glacier National Park 2

Continued from yesterday. Click below to see all

More Mountains.

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...

The first hiking day. Ten miles down to Elizabeth. Down. We already knew back up would be a killer...

Rest Stop

Retaining sanity as we cross a bridge...

Along the trail...

Tent at Elizabeth Lake... Home of the killer mosquitoes.....

Lake Elizabeth

Deer

Mornin' Laundry

Freezing water. Can't get in past your knees.

The "Icebox"

Pumping Icebox water.

A tribute to our Gods.

Walking through snowfields on a day hike. (We stayed three nights at Elizabeth).

Another bridge.

Froggy. Or toad....?

Swans and the lake.

"Looney"

Surprise, surprise. Lake again....

Back through the snowfields.

The several-month-old corpse of a... Oh, maybe you don't want to know....

After the discovery of our long lost buddy, we pump water from above, not below....

Dad's amazing photography skillz...

More coming tomorrow...

Hey Pigs

It's been about a month and I've avoided updating this thing, despite the fact there's many things that have happened that I should have mentioned. But you must have assumed that. You know how very interesting my life is. Yes, I thought so.

I'm completely thrilled right now because I managed to fix my website up. It used to flip out, ;o) ,whenever you turned it on using IE, but it's finally decided to behave! Yay. Something actually worked for once.

Anyways, school's obviously out, thank the gods. Sadly, I think this summer's moving by pretty fast, as I thought it would. What is it, July 5th already? Yeah, 4th of July yesterday. Fireworks are fun.

My mum and siblings left for Poland on the 24th of June, so they've been there for a while. My dad and I left for our backpacking trip, at Glacier NP, two days after them. We were supposed to stay for 10 days, but due to weather issues, it was only three. Plus 3 days in motels/hotels/etc.

I really feel like uploading two-hundred some pictures, so I'll post the first two or three days today, next ones tomorrow.

"Look Mummy, there's an X in the sky..."

Hay bales. There were so many of them

Little barn.

Alien

Mountain Views

Sheep!

The Many Glacier Hotel

I took a two hour trail ride at Many Glacier. We rode around a lake and through the forest. My horse was a little roan gelding.

View of the lake, off horseback.

Pony head.

The trail ride was all walking, but occasionally I slowed my horse back a bit and let him trot forward a few steps... XD

EDIT (6.5.08): It just occurred to me I completely forgot about Midsummer..... Haha =/

January Update

I Haven't had time to post much lately, but here's an update for the past few weeks...

Skiing: We went up to Snoqalmie Pass. So, pictures, basically. I tried to ski and take pictures at the same time, but I haven't quite mastered that yet XD [captions below pictures]

Ah, beauitful lol.

From the lift.

Meh.

Riding, two weeks ago: My last day doing community service hours. I love working at the barn, and might continue to come occasionally. I probably will more often in the summer, cause I usually have nothing to do XD. Anyways, I rode Ginger for the first time. She's a little poneh. Five years old (I'm not sure), so she's pretty green. Luckily, she didn't do her jump-three-feet-over-a-one-foot-x stunt, XD. I *really* liked riding her, and I hope and can soon again. And pictures:

Ginger.

Alex and I playing around. Does Ginger like Jolly Ranchers? XD

Riding, last Sunday: I rode Bullet this past weekend. He was such a retard [yet I still love him XD]. On the flat, he's so flipping lazy. Hardly listens to my leg, and I'm pretty much pushing him along every step. And the crop when necessary. I have to admit, we did the cantering nicely. Good forward pace, and we went around the ring several times without him breaking. He got really hyper when we started jumping though. I can feel when he starts getting jumpy. He runs over the poles as if they were a lot higher than they actually were. He jumps the caveletti like they were actual jumps. And he canters up to the x and leaps over it, even though it's like a foot high =P I need to learn to control him......

In the stall. He was intensely interested in his hay so it was hard to get it attention to the camera.

Hay......

"Bullet... stand still now..."
"But, but... the GRASS!"
"No... stay. Just one second,"
"I - I want the grass,"
"Just one picture...."
XD

Using the self-timer on the camera. Again, the food was all he cared about at the time, so it was hard to get a good picture....

I love this picture. I wish he could get his head out of there for a second though >.<

That's pretty much it. The snow [ice] has melted. At least we had a late start today. I love sleeping in.....