The morning after hiking out of Sperry Chalet, we drove to the east side of Glacier on Going to the Sun Road. Although it was somewhat overcast and cloudy, we saw beautiful scenery of snow-crested mountains, glaciers, green valleys and waterfalls. We got a camping cabin and met Ann and David at their campsite where we enjoyed pizza while it rained!
The next morning we drove to many Glacier Lodge--what amazing scenery. Ann and David decided to do the Cracker Lake Trail (12 miles) and Don and I decided on a shorter one to Red Rock Falls. On that hike we found a pond with moose and saw 3 cows there then. Ann and David came to our campsite for dinner and we drove to the lodge to enjoy a David Walburn concert on his experience homesteading in Alaska. We had him sign a CD for Tommy because he loves to listen to David Walburn! Back to our camp for a good night's sleep.
Friday morning we got up and headed to the moose pond. We sat and waited for wildlife. Don went to pick huckleberries. As I sat there a doe and fawn muledeer came up about 30 feet from me. Then I heard a grunting huffing sound. I didn't know where or who it was coming from....then I saw a beautiful bull moose across the pond. he was walking along the bank and calling for girls!!! After he wandered off into the woods, a cow and calf came and grazed in the pond until we left. Back to camp for fresh right-off-the-bush huckleberry pancakes...YUM!
We hiked to Grinnell Lake (7 miles) which is a beautiful glacial lake. After dinner we saw the most gorgeous sunset...pictures later because they are still on the camera. This sunset filled the entire sky with a beautiful orange. We went to another David Walburn concert on Lewis and Clark. It was SO interesting.
Don wants me to report that we hiked over 31 miles in Glacier National Park--uphill both ways!!!
Saturday after another breakfast of huckleberry pancakes we packed up and headed to Canada. It is raining now in Calgary...but I see blue skies ahead in Banff!!
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