This is Lake McDonald in the Park. we stayed in a cabin on the shore. Isn't it clear and like a calendar picture.

This of course, is one of several falls in the Park.

Just a re-run. Amazing how calm the water could be.

This was in the Medicine Bow mountains of southern Wyoming on Monday,our first day. Elevation wasn't all that high-8000' something-but lots of snow. It was blowing and drifting as we crossed the pass. Winters would be long.

This is for Jennifer. She wanted to see bears. Two yearlings crossed the road on the East side of Glacier when we were still in the Blackfoot reservation. Ann was 2/3 car sick but the bears got her attention. This one crossed the road and then came back for a morsel. I was tempted to toss him an oreo but was selfish and didn't want to share.

This is a view of a glacier in Glacier National Park. There is a lot of seasonal snow yet. Seeing this in August would let you see the glacier in the saddle. They say glaciers will be gone by 2030 because of global warming. Personally, I have no desire to return to the Ice Ages.

Ann's comments: We really had a great trip and got to see a lot of absolutely beautiful scenery. It is amazing what God created. My favorite picture is the one of the lake. The water was clear and a beautiful color. The pictures we chose to put on the blog all show trees, but we also drove alongside Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, Dinosaur National Monument and Craters of the Moon National Monument. The Flaming Gorge area was awesome. I am awe struck just looking at some of the huge rock formations and the different colors in them. We were going to bypass Craters of the Moon but decided to see it at the last minute. We were glad we went. We both like to look at the country. It snowed quite a bit as we were going through the top of the Medicine Bow Mountains. We were just behind some hail another place in Wyoming and did get rained on some. It was definitely not hot during our trip.

We saw quite a lot of wildlife also. Many, many antelope and a few babies, the two bears, a few deer ( while we were out of the vehicle looking at the river in Glacier, a deer came out of the woods, looked at me, mosied into the river, swam across, got out looked at Bob and wandered off into the woods.), 3 elk, about 4 bald eagle nests - 2 with eagles in them, some mountain goats, geese, pelicans, some big brown bird similar to cranes with a big red thing on the top of their beak and Scottish Highlander cattle. We also saw several sheepherder wagons. I saw a couple of men on horses herding a flock of sheep. I think the men were Basque herders. We saw another flock of sheep that a man had been checking on. He was walking back to his pickup and had a couple of dogs with him. The flock of sheep were a ways away. The sheep had two guard dogs with them that stay with them all the time. The dogs were busty chasing away some large birds that they must have thought were too close to the sheep. It was interesting to see them work.

We are sure glad we took the trip and would like to go back. I don't think I would like to be a semi driver and spend all my time in a driving or riding though. It's a good thing there are all diifferent kinds of people.

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