Happy Place Part 6

Alright, it is time to delve back into some Glacier National Park just before the weekend kicks off. This will likely be the last Glacier post until next week. Over the weekend I'll take a break from Glacier and add a new mystery element to this blog taking it in yet a new direction.

 

Mountain goats and waterfalls! It can only mean one thing this time as I promised you guys in the last post that I'd deliver these things. Here they are for your viewing pleasure.



Looking north now as I make the curve. The mountains in the far back are part of Canada I believe. Heaven's Peak is at the left side of the frame.

The bend coming up and Logan's Pass in the distance.

Incredible layers of terrain. Someday I need to make it back and hike to the top of these mountains.

On the approach through Logan's Pass.

This was very cool. I found traffic stopping on the side of the road, a bottle neck began. This is what one could coin a "Goat Jam" - just as they have "Bear Jams" in Yellowstone National Park. I pulled over into a great open spot on the roadside to observe these goats.

Mountain goats doing whatever goat things they do best.

The visitor center at Logan's Pass. This place was packed with people the day I was here. About half the license plates here in the parking lot are United States and the other half are Canadian. It's a busy place.

The south arm of Pollock Mountain reaching out forming this big spectacular rock overlooking the visitor center.

Scenic backdrop on east side of Logan's Pass

Seeing the road on the other side of Logan's Pass, here I doubled back around just a little to go back and find the right spot to stop, get out to absorb the scenery and shoot some photos.



These are the mountains on the other side of Logan's Pass. It sort of reminds me of the mountain passes I've been on between Utah & Colorado. This is entering the east side of Glacier National Park from the west.

Here were go. One of the best small waterfalls I've encountered thus far in my life. The was just off to the north side of the road. I stopped at a pull off and hiked about 1000 feet to it. It was something just to stand right there watching it, feeling the mist from it, smelling the forest and basking in the mid afternoon sun.

 

This whole drive is quite the experience. Coming up in my next segment on Glacier, there will be another waterfall, some more amazing views above looking down at mountain valleys and St. Mary's Lake. On that note, have a spectacular weekend everybody.