Glacier National Park, MT

The sign says it all..

Big Horn Sheep

Saint Mary Lake on the east side of Going to the Sun Road

Another view Saint Mary Lake from "The Point"

Glacier National Park, MT

Mother and baby Mountain Goat resting at trailside along the way up.

Hidden lake overlook has the most spectacular views. It was worth the trip up ;-)

The park is full of glacial lakes, most you need to hike to to appreciate the views.

Glacier National Park, MT

Ok, we are at Logan Pass and look up and want to go up to Hidden Lake. How hard could that be, its got a boardwalk and everything.....

See, look how far we got and we aren't dead yet.....

OK, where did the boardwalk go and where did all this snow come from.... Where are my walking poles, and snow boots.....

And what is this suprising us on a skinny 3 foot wide snow path on the side of the mountain...... He walked right by us and off the side like "it was his job"......

Glacier National Park, MT

Mountain Goat. All kinds of animals in this park. These we saw on a hike from Logans Pass

Big Horn Sheep

Hoary Marmot

Ground Squirrel They all seem to be posing for pictures for us...

Glacier National Park, MT

Views from the "Going To The Sun Road" The road goes from the west to east entrance of the park over Logan pass and the continental divide

The road is very narrow and is restricted to vehicle length of 21' and 8' wide including mirrors. Our trucks mirrors are 8.5' and we had to fold them in. The inside lane is right up against the ledge and the outside edge car never gets close to the side of the drop off so its tight in some spots

Glacier National Park, MT

West entrance to the park

Reflection off of Lake McDonald. The lakes are formed from glaciers carving out and carrying away the rock leaving very steep sides and deep.

The scenery in the park is like nothing we have seen anywhere

Young black bear

Yellowstone National Park ~Misc pics~

These signs try to visually explain why it isn't a good idea to walk around the thermal areas off the boardwalks. I saw people chasing their hats when they blew off.... Hey, whats falling in a little hot boiling acidy water if you can save your hat....

Look at the construction of the Inn at Old Faithful

Just a nice scene in the park

Its not a buffalo... ;-)

Click on any picture to enlarge them

Yellowstone National Park ~misc pics~

I think this picture says it all..

Bison checking out the minivan to see if there are any kids to eat..

The top of the falls from our hike down. first vantage point.

I just can't get over how massive these bison are. We were told here that "Buffalo" are in Africa, these are "American Bison"

Yellowstone National Park

View of the falls. This was our 2nd vantage point. The first one we walked down 600 feet to an observation platform just the the right of the top of the falls... We knew we were at altitude when we tried to walk back up.... The area is 6500-8000 plus feet above sea level and the oxygen is thin.

This is what they call the grand canyon of Yellowstone. Pictures just can't do justice what you see in person.

It only took a few different people to get a shot of us AND the falls....

Yellowstone National Park

Old Faithful geyser. It blows every 90 minutes

Castle geyser was actually more impressive. While it wasn't as predictable it erupted for a longer period.

Thermal holes with gases bubbling up from below. The white is mostly silica and brown is a bacteria mat. Its amazing anything lives in that.

Boiling mud pots. Its made up of silica and volcanic ash. Its like liquid clay that the hot gases come up through. Good place to dump the bodies.....