Goat Lick & Izaak Walton Inn, Glacier National Park, Montana

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AUGUST 2013

Our last day in the Glacier National Park area, we were rather tired from the previous days exploring and hiking. We left much left to see, but, are feeling pretty satisfied with what we have managed to see and do.  Today, we will stay close to the campground and hit a couple of local special spots, the Goat Lick and Izaak Walton Inn, both on 2, on the south side of the park.

Goat Lick information can be found here.  In short, yes the goats come to lick the minerals.  We did not see any goats, but, the scenery was spectacular.  

Always a sucker for flora, even the "past it's prime" kind.

Just down the road at Essex is the Izaak Walton Inn.  Historical, fun, luxurious.

How fun is this, you can stay in these old RR cars!

Man and I just wandered around, enjoying the flowers and the unique setting:

I had at one time, an old RR lantern similar to this.  Cliff notes version, it was found in a house my boss, the real estate dude, was cleaning and rehabbing. One of the workers thought I would like it.  He was right.  Mine was not near this fancy tho, the shades were missing.

Not a bad place to sit and relax for a few minutes, or maybe, even longer - - 

Our day is done, on the way back to camp and Tana we spy folks enjoying the Middle Fork Flathead River.  I wonder how chilly that water was??

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A Short Hike to Twin Falls, Two Medicine, Glacier National Park.

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AUGUST 2013

(Someday I have hopes of catching up on so much, even the blog. )

After we rode the boat Sinopah cross Two Medicine Lake, we were off on a short hike.  We had a nice guide and she pointed out flora and fauna items of interest as we hiked.  Our views along the way:

I cannot seem to get enough shots of mountains and water:

Back to that hike:

AHHHH, more mountain, this time from land:

Our first glimpse of one of the falls:

This photo was taken right off the camera and the only editing done was for size.  That water was moving very fast and even with the bright light it looks like trick photography.  Nope, just Mother Nature ripping along.

Both falls, Twin Falls:

After all our fellow hikers had their fill of climbing around the hillside, we turned to head back.  This may be Two Medicine Creek, I could not get Google maps in conjunction with Sony GPS function to give up the name. There was a lake upstream from the falls, named, No Name Lake??  So, I'm good with Two Medicine Creek, you too?? 

I am always drawn to fungus:

Back on the lake, we find some other "boaters" enjoying the day.

It was a glorious day.  We have one more day to spend in the area before it is time to head east back to Michigan.  We will take 14 days to get from Glacier to our home in SE Michigan, making a few more stops to see something new, and a few to see some old favorites.

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Heading to Two Medicine, Glacier National Park:: The Trip, The Encore'

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August 2013

Finally we have some blue skies again.  We are going for another short boat ride and a guided hike, the clouds here will lift later, but, what a nice way to start the day.

We make a few stops along the way for photos and history lessons.  Here at Maria's Pass we see this obelisk and markers.

I particularly love the quote by Theodore Roosevelt.

Near East Glacier Park Village I stop for this photo op, I am a fan of sculpture such as this:

As we turn to go towards the Two Medicine area we see horse back riders and their dogs, enjoying the day:

We stop at the edge of Two Medicine Lake, pretty little place:

Another view, SIGHHH:

One more view:

We make a short stop at the Two Medicine General Store where we have a snack and visit with this creature, a columbian ground squirrel.

Time for our boat ride, that is the store.

Yes, there is at least one water fall:

The mountains loom above, in all their grandeur.

Off the boat, we are ready to hike.  I'll bring you that next time:

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Glacier National Park, Water, Lakes, Waterfalls, Repeat:: The Trip, The Encore'

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JULY 2013

Our last day in Glacier and we ended it with a boat ride out of the Many Glacier area.  It was perfect.

Despite the cold water, many venture out, a few in kayaks.

On the boat on Swiftcurrent Lake, we get a wonderful view:

We are headed for that quaint little red building, where we will get off the first boat and will get on another.  Small hike in between.

You can see from this map, our route, leaving Many Glacier hotel, crossing Swiftcurrent Lake.  The dotted line is the Grinnell Glacier Trail, we walk from the dock on Swiftcurrent to Lake Josephine.

The view of Lake Josephine just before we board our second boat.  For those that may be interested, altitude is 4882 feet above sea level.

I can only imagine how gorgeous this would have been if the skies had been blue, but, alas, this is what we saw, and seriously, nothing wrong here, eh?

And, then, came the waterfalls.  Sony, zoom and I had a blast.  I am only sharing a few of these photos, I took so many!

And, let there be water falls, mountains, and glaciers.  Remember this is at the end of July.

And, water falls from another angle.  I believe there were 4 distinct falls here.

The teal color of the water is true, comes from glaciers melting.

Heading back to Many Glacier Hotel.

One last photo of the Swiftcurrent Creek running briskly down the mountain.

This ends our dream trip to Glacier National Park.

Oh, my, I just found a BUNCH more photos.  Some with blue skies! Stay tuned.

It was marvelous, surprising, and yes, we left much unseen.  Fodder for future trips??  Maybe.

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