Glacier Nat'l Park, Montana, July 30 thru Aug. l

Hi everyone, We had a beautiful drive through the rest of Montana. Rolling meadows of grain and wheat. We arrived at Glacier on Saturday morning. I did not realize how much history there is to this lovely park, named originally Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park. The land was settled by the Blackfeet, Salish, and Kootenai peoples. Glacier represents a vision of a world in which people set aside their differences to work collectively in the interest of all life. This sacred place is the embodiment of hope. Hope lives here in the recovery of animals like the wolf, swan, grizzly bear, lynx, bull trout and long-toed salamander. Glaciers that lie against mountains erode cliffs by repeatedly freezing and thawing, plucking rock loose. The same erosion may carve a mountain ridge. Unlike rivers, glaciers erode wide-bottomed, steep-sided, u-shaped valleys. Deep glacial lakes fill the bottoms of some larger glacial valleys. Where a small mountain glacier once joined a larger valley glacier, hanging valleys remain today. We were so amazed at the shapes and colors of the mountains. I know that nature sculpted these masterpieces, but I believe God had a hand in this beautiful mountain range. We drove the 51 mile road up to Logan's pass which was around 8000 ft. We also visited Hungry Horse, and Whitefish where we had a lovely meal and Montana's famous huckleberry pie. A lovely, lovely area that we want to come back to. Love you all