The last couple of days have been spent preparing for our trip to Ohio. We will be leaving on Tuesday to travel about 2000 miles to visit with our family there. Our drive will commence around 1 pm and will arrive in Ohio Wednesday evening/night. I am excited to see what outstanding photography opportunities await during this trip! I will try to update the blog with photos as we travel, but computer time may be limited! I'll be sure to add lots of fun things when we return!
Although we've been busy preparing for our trip, we took advantage of the summer-like weather on Sunday and took a trip to Glacier National Park. We headed out to Chief Mountain and hiked for about two hours. I must say that the kids did a great job! We rested several times along the hike for them (and us!) to catch their breath. It was much easier going down than up! Didn't see much wildlife during this visit, but the scenary was amazing!
This is Chief Mountain, a sacred mountain to the Blackfeet Indians. It lies along the Rockies, but is very predominant, standing out from the rest of the range. Here, I used a circular polarizer (filter) to offset some of the sunlight. To me, the picture still appears a little washed out. I could probably spend some time with it on Photoshop, but I like to do as little manipulation with my photos as possible. I like people to see things as they are rather than perfected by software.
After our trek at Chief Mountain, we headed to St. Mary, and the Going-To-The-Sun Road. Unfortunately, the road is not completely open as of yet due to snow in higher elevations and some road repairs being completed. They are hoping to have the road opened by June 18th. Since we return on the 26th, we're hoping to hit the road that week to show my mother-in-law, who will be staying with us for about a week. It is one of our favorite spots at Glacier National Park. Anyway, we did make it out along the road to Jackson Glacier. But first we stopped for a hike at the falls. Myy daughter took a mild tumble and it cut our venture short, but I was able to get this quick shot in first : )
Here is a picture of Mount Jackson. This is unique for two reasons...first, there are only 6 peaks over 10,000 feet at the park and Mt. Jackson is one of them. Second, there are only about 25 actually glaciers in the park and Mt. Jackson has one of them. The road is closed still to Mt. Jackson.
Here is one final picture for this blog post. This is view of the Rocky Mountains from Going-To-The-Sun Road. The body of water you see is Lake McDonald. The water is crystal clear and is purely mountain fed. You can see by these pictures why we love this are so much. It doesn't matter how many times I visit this park, it STILL leaves me in awe!
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