Finding Solitude Amongst the Masses
Sleep was a challenge last night. Two cabins behind and above us decided to
have a party. Everyone knows that I do
not mind people having a good time but when 3:30 rolled around I was getting a
little sick of it. Then I hear, “time to
pack it in people, quiet hour was 11:00 pm”.
I just found out that it was the owner and that he returned at 7:30 this
morning and tossed them out. I suspect
that there would have been some ‘fat’ heads...gee, I hate when that happens!
Today we took 2 hikes recommended by a Park Ranger. The first was up to Johns Lake, a pristine
little Lake. The return trail took us past ‘Dancing Cascades’, a strange set of
rapids on McDonald Creek. We were pretty
much on our own for the entire hike. The
masses really do not know what they are missing.
The second hike took us up to Rocky Point. The trail wound up through part of the area
that was burned in 2003. That fire consumed
13% of Glacier. It is amazing to see the
regrowth of a forest 16 years later.
However, the best part was the lookout.
All 10 miles of McDonald Lake with the mountains in the background could
be seen from our perch on top of the rocks…’Solitude among the masses’.
Distance Traveled = 159 km.
Wildlife Sightings = American Robin, Brown Creeper, Osprey, Western Wood
Peewee, Townsends’s Solitaire, Evening Grosbeak, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Swainsons
Thrush, Hermit Thrush, Magpie, Columbia Ground Squirrel, Red Squirrel,
Chipmunk, Deer.
Dancing Cascades
View from Rocky Point
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