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Mountain West No. 4: Glacier National Park
Best national park day ever: Glaciers slipping like shrouds off spiny mountains, cerulean lakes cleft into shale cliffs, silent hikes to hidden waterfalls, ponds and lookouts.
A bighorn sheep came right up to the car on the Going to the Sun Road, the most spectacularly scenic stretch of roadway I’ve ever encountered. Then, the greatest get of all for a former card-carrying junior member of the National Wildlife Federation: Two families of mountain goats gathered at a salt lick. Thought I’d never see mountain goats in the wild — they stay at the highest elevations usually — so we lingered over the experience.
Rob and Joe organized most of our Glacier National Park outing. Upcoming: A longer hike to the north, rafting on the Flathead River, horseback riding with Edith (when she returns from Chicago), a sidetrip up into the Canadian part of the international park, Alberta way.
Now here’s the deal. Don’t imagine we’re backpacking into the back country, braving alpine ascents on spiked boots. Remember, I’ve undergone two heart procedures and am still calibrating three cardiovascular medications, so it’s the easy to moderate difficulty trails for me. Still, we hiked for almost four hours today and plan on eight hours tomorrow.
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