Friday, July 29
Glorious sun and a balmy breeze waft in my car window as we approach the forest covered mountains going towards Glacier National Park. Absolutely beautiful. On our way to the park we stopped to grab a bagel & gas up at Woody’s, a classic Montana motif with a big stone fireplace and log ceiling beams. We had officially arrived in Montana!! We drove the Going-To-The-Sun-Road in the park. It is absolutely spectacular. It takes you by McDonald Lake, a massive blue lake rimmed with pines and reflecting the snow/glacier dotted mountains that rise up at its north end. Pulled off there and many times during this five hour route to take pictures and have a bite of lunch – the best dining experience I’ve had in a long time. Enormous waterfalls, massive craggy peaks with glaciers nestled in nooks, so many breath taking vistas for miles and miles that I finally had to stop taking pictures, realizing that I could never capture it all but I will take enough so we can try to revisit the feelings these places evoked. Such majesty & profound and exquisite beauty that bring you to tears. This beauty truly is so much more than what the material senses drink in. It is all too grand to simply be the random occurrence of time & weather and atoms. It is art, Soul at its finest and we just perceive it through our material senses to the point that it wakens our spiritual sense of a deeper behind it. Thank you National Parks.
One thing I could capture was a special Ken moment. We stopped at this water fall whose pounding, roaring voice call to him from the car. I had jumped out to get a few shots and left him there but he couldn’t resist the lure of the falls. I turned and there he was lying on the stone wall being sung to by the falls. He was in heaven and I snapped several shots. This one though is so good. I hope it shows as well online as it does my computer screen. He is in perfect focus, a rare feat for me, and the water is energetically blurred behind him. I had to drag him away since we had many more wondrous sights to see.
At the summit, bright sun & balmy breezes carry the fragrance of the pines & its enchanting whistling tones, while clouds cast their shadows across the expansive snow/glacier covered valleys. Several mountain goats made themselves very available for photo opps!! I met people from all over the world in just a few moments and we shared in the presence of this gift of eye and heart opening beauty.
Hope you enjoy the shots.
Glorious sun and a balmy breeze waft in my car window as we approach the forest covered mountains going towards Glacier National Park. Absolutely beautiful. On our way to the park we stopped to grab a bagel & gas up at Woody’s, a classic Montana motif with a big stone fireplace and log ceiling beams. We had officially arrived in Montana!! We drove the Going-To-The-Sun-Road in the park. It is absolutely spectacular. It takes you by McDonald Lake, a massive blue lake rimmed with pines and reflecting the snow/glacier dotted mountains that rise up at its north end. Pulled off there and many times during this five hour route to take pictures and have a bite of lunch – the best dining experience I’ve had in a long time. Enormous waterfalls, massive craggy peaks with glaciers nestled in nooks, so many breath taking vistas for miles and miles that I finally had to stop taking pictures, realizing that I could never capture it all but I will take enough so we can try to revisit the feelings these places evoked. Such majesty & profound and exquisite beauty that bring you to tears. This beauty truly is so much more than what the material senses drink in. It is all too grand to simply be the random occurrence of time & weather and atoms. It is art, Soul at its finest and we just perceive it through our material senses to the point that it wakens our spiritual sense of a deeper behind it. Thank you National Parks.
One thing I could capture was a special Ken moment. We stopped at this water fall whose pounding, roaring voice call to him from the car. I had jumped out to get a few shots and left him there but he couldn’t resist the lure of the falls. I turned and there he was lying on the stone wall being sung to by the falls. He was in heaven and I snapped several shots. This one though is so good. I hope it shows as well online as it does my computer screen. He is in perfect focus, a rare feat for me, and the water is energetically blurred behind him. I had to drag him away since we had many more wondrous sights to see.
At the summit, bright sun & balmy breezes carry the fragrance of the pines & its enchanting whistling tones, while clouds cast their shadows across the expansive snow/glacier covered valleys. Several mountain goats made themselves very available for photo opps!! I met people from all over the world in just a few moments and we shared in the presence of this gift of eye and heart opening beauty.
Hope you enjoy the shots.
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