Adler's Fall 2013 Northwest: Sept. 16, 2013

This morning started out very overcast and it looked like it would rain at any minute. We thought, for sure we would have to spend the day in the visitor center, watching movies of the area. We're saving that for a rainy day. By 8:30 a.m. the sun came out and we headed for Glacier National Park. The heavy clouds, and slight drizzle seemed to put a whole new look on the park, and we were seeing it in a much different way, than we thought we would. By the time we got to Logan Pass, it was threatening rain, so we quickly took our pictures of seven Great Horned Sheep resting on the mountainside, and continued on the Road to the Sun. As we started down on the other side of Logan Pass, a big rainbow flashed over the mountain and down into the valley. It was all about timing today. Just around the next bend and down a ways, we spotted two Mountain Goats grazing, way up on the mountainside. We drove to the end and took our pictures of the lake at Apgar Village, and started back toward St. Mary's. We stopped at McDonald Lodge and found it very charming, and colorful with all their beautiful flowers still blooming. We walked down to the lake to do an Earth Cache and take more pictures of this mystic looking place, with the weather still setting the mood! This was one of our favorites stops for the day. We saw a marmot at one of our stops, and it didn't look like the marmot that I know. I guess I'll have to research that one. Everyone that was there, was so excited to see an animal and I kept looking for something larger, like a bear! We arrived back at Logan Pass and hiked to the Overlook at Hidden Lake, which was a 3 mile round trip hike. It was again, a perfectly pristine area, with the lake and the mountains. We found out that we are out of shape! Hiking at 7,000 feet elevation isn't the easiest, either, after coming from 900 feet back home. I know I'm not going to post ALL the pictures I want to from today, so if we get a boring day, I'll come back to some of these places. It turned out to be a wonderful day.