Blue sky, bright sunshine, cold blue waters and lots of wildlife. We finally had a day of good weather to head out to the Many Glaciers area of the park. I think the animals must have known it was Holiday weekend and they had a big audience.
Bears: Four of them. A cinnamon black bear sauntering along a quiet pool feasting on berries and ignoring the world. A young grizzly bear walking the trail in among hikers, it must have been the easiest way to get from berry patch to berry patch. A glossy-black black bear working its way through a berry field high on the mountain side. Another (or maybe the same) cinnamon black bear crossing and re-crossing the road in front of us.
A moose: peacefully strolling and munching away; paying us no mind. We saw it first in the shallows then as we watched it moved into deeper and deeper water on its quest for yummy underwater morsels.
Sheep and goats: oh yes, we saw them again and thoroughly enjoyed the goats’ cliffside antics.
The lakes were beautiful. There were falls and lots of little streams to cross. There was a REALLY swingy swinging bridge. It moved A LOT right to left and I had to hang on and stop in the middle to let it calm down so I could get across. Fun.