Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Glacier National Park, Montana

We've been to Glacier National Park at least four times now (not bragging). This time we took our new kayak early, early in the morning on Lake McDonald. You will see, from the photos, that is was a bit colder than we expected, but it was still magnificent.

ready to launch....

Katie loves being out on the water with us!

You'll have to look very closely to see the mom and her babies...a few of them like to jump on her back while she swims. We watched them for about 15 minutes.

Isn't that a gorgeous view !!??

Brrrrr...both Katie and Kim are all bundled up from the brisk morning wind.

On our way back to the dock...in the middle of the lake looking north. The fog has lifted.



We took a short drive to a bridge where the river flows out of the lake...

okay...caption...river flowing out of the lake


...and saw these two deer across the bridge. The ranger told us they're quite used to us two-legged creatures !



After about 10 minutes, they leisurely headed off into the forest.


One last view of the lake....


If you're interested in a video of this gorgeous lake....

https://youtu.be/ndAenc7cZI4


steve/kim/katie

6/30/2020

Kayaking again...finally!

Finally, we got back on the water. This time at Meacham Lake in upper state New York, just on the north edge of the Adirondack Mountains (yo...