SATURDAY, JULY 21, 2012
On Saturday afternoon, we drove over to Glacier National Park and
took their FREE shuttle to Avalanche Lake stop. We decided to walk the Trail of the Cedars between 2 and 3 PM. We returned via the Shuttle to the Ampitheatre where a wedding was taking place. Rita took some pictures, and then waited for the 4:30 PM Catholic Mass to be celebrated by Father John Miller from St. Richard's in Columbia Falls, MT. Their parish has been providing a priest for the past sixty years, during the Summer months, for this weekly Mass. The person who was to lead the Music Ministry told me she needed help, so Russ and I joined her
in leading the Songs which included:
The Summons, and Sing to the Mountains.
It was so perfect for folks like us who were taking time aside to be refreshed in Spirit.
Father greeted folks as they arrived in the Amphitheatre,
and knew many of the States represented in the crowd of 150 to 200 people.
He incorporated that information
into his Homily, and gave us a sense of all being God's Children,
United in our common love of Jesus. As we talked after Mass, it was especially
exciting to hear that Father Miller knows our Bishop Matthew Clark
from when he was studying in Rome, many years ago.
This is a view of Lake McDonald, as seen
from the shore behind the altar where
Mass was celebrated.
Rita demonstrating the girth of the
Western Cedar on the Trail of Cedars walk.
Cascade Falls from Lake Jackson to Lake McDonald
We drove to Apgar Village in Glacier National Park, and made arrangements to take The Crown of the Continent Red Line Tour on Sunday, starting at 8:15AM and ending 9 hours later. They drove us 140 miles round trip. Bill, our driver, saw to it that we had plenty of time to take pictures, and knew exactly where the best opportunities were. That included
some beautiful wildflowers, new to me, and white Mountain Goats and Big Horn Sheep.
SUNDAY - JULY 22, 2012
One of the first photo opportunity stops on Sunday was at Logan's Pass.
Globeflower at Logan's Pass in Glacier NP
Can anyone confirm this identification for me?
This is similar to our Trout Lily, or
Adder's Tongue. In the Western states it
is known as the Yellow Glacier Lily; Snow Lily.
The Forget-Me-Not,
an ole friend that bloomed
in my home garden in early May,
is just now blooming in Montana, alpine environment..
Bear Grass in bloom, on the mountain sides
in Glacier National Park. It is reported
that each plant only blooms once
in a six or seven year period.
Since they spread by root stock,
it is not unusual for you to
see large beds of them
together when they do bloom.
in a six or seven year period.
Since they spread by root stock,
it is not unusual for you to
see large beds of them
together when they do bloom.
The Red Line Tour Bus
can seat 17 passengers.
We were joined by another couple,
and a family group of 13 members.
What a delightful and congenial group.
The most photographed spot in the Park.
At one time it was called
Post Card Island.
Momma Mountain Goat and Kid.
Our afternoon stop at Logan Pass
produced this great wildlife
photo opportunity
Can you spot the Long Horn Sheep
on the gravel hillside?
I took the picture, and just had to believe
those with binoculars who
told me four sheep were up there.
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