Part One

  • Firebrand Hotel
    Firebrand Hotel
    After flying into Kalispell, Matt (one of the guides) drove us to our overnight accommodation.
    Whitefish, Montana, July 7, 2021
    2021-07-07#1834
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Jersey Boys Pizzeria
    Jersey Boys Pizzeria
    My lunch decision was made as soon as I saw this place down the street.
    Whitefish, Montana, July 7, 2021
    2021-07-07#1840
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Anchovy Calzone & Local Beer
    Anchovy Calzone & Local Beer
    The last time I had a calzone was in Italy in 2014.
    Jersey Boys Pizzeria, Whitefish, Montana, July 7, 2021
    2021-07-07#1837
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great Northern Railway #181
    Great Northern Railway #181
    Whitefish, Montana, July 7, 2021
    2021-07-07#1842
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Braking Wheel
    Braking Wheel
    Great Northern Railway #181, Whitefish, Montana, July 7, 2021
    2021-07-07#1843
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Leaf Springs
    Leaf Springs
    Great Northern Railway #181, Whitefish, Montana, July 7, 2021
    2021-07-07#1844
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Braking Wheel
    Braking Wheel
    Great Northern Railway #181, Whitefish, Montana, July 7, 2021
    2021-07-07#1845
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Railway Tank Cars
    Railway Tank Cars
    Whitefish, Montana, July 7, 2021
    2021-07-07#1846
    Larry L. Jackson
  • BNSF #8099
    BNSF #8099
    Whitefish, Montana, July 7, 2021
    2021-07-07#1847
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great Northern Railway #181
    Great Northern Railway #181
    Whitefish, Montana, July 7, 2021
    2021-07-07#1848
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Giant Mountain Dandelion Seeds
    Giant Mountain Dandelion Seeds
    Agoseris grandiflora
    Whitefish, Montana, July 7, 2021
    2021-07-07#1850
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Baker Avenue Clock
    Baker Avenue Clock
    Whitefish, Montana, July 7, 2021
    2021-07-07#1852
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Mileage Post
    Mileage Post
    Glacier Guides, West Glacier, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1861
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Landslip
    Landslip
    The low vegetation areas are where the landslip cleared the trees.
    Going-to-the-Sun Road, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1869
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bird Woman Falls
    Bird Woman Falls
    Going-to-the-Sun Road, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1876
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Fossilized Stromatolites
    Fossilized Stromatolites
    Stromatolites are credited with the initial creation of Oxygen on earth.
    Going-to-the-Sun Road, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1879
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Heavens Peak
    Heavens Peak
    8986 ft
    Going-to-the-Sun Road, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1882
    Larry L. Jackson
  • View
    View
    Going-to-the-Sun Road, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1885
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Wild Bergamot
    Wild Bergamot
    Monarda fistulosa - the trip was scheduled for peak wildflowers.
    Going-to-the-Sun Road, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1901
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Small Waterfall
    Small Waterfall
    Going-to-the-Sun Road, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1888
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Looking Back
    Looking Back
    There is a wedding couple down the slope.
    Going-to-the-Sun Road, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1892
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Wedding Couple
    Wedding Couple
    It appears that this was for wedding photos, not the actual vow exchange. The photographer is behind the rock.
    Going-to-the-Sun Road, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1906
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Fusillade Mountain
    Fusillade Mountain
    8750 ft
    Going-to-the-Sun Road, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1894
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Clements Mountain
    Clements Mountain
    8760 ft - looking back after Logan Pass.
    Going-to-the-Sun Road, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1895
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Florence Falls
    Florence Falls
    Going-to-the-Sun Road, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1896
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Columbian Ground Squirrel
    Columbian Ground Squirrel
    Spermophilus columbianus
    Going-to-the-Sun Road, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1910
    Larry L. Jackson
  • St Mary River Valley
    St Mary River Valley
    Going-to-the-Sun Road, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1898
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Reynolds Mountain
    Reynolds Mountain
    9125 ft
    Going-to-the-Sun Road, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1900
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Jackson Glacier
    Jackson Glacier
    One of just a few remaining glaciers in the park.
    Going-to-the-Sun Road, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1902
    Larry L. Jackson
  • White Angelica
    White Angelica
    Angelica arguta - at the start of our first long hike of 4 miles.
    St Mary Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1906
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Cow Parsnip
    Cow Parsnip
    Heracleum sphondylium
    St Mary Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1907
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Rocky Ledge Penstemon
    Rocky Ledge Penstemon
    Penstemon ellipticus
    Going-to-the-Sun Road, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1914
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Mountain Hollyhock
    Mountain Hollyhock
    Iliamna rivularis
    St Mary Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1908
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Going-to-the-Sun Mountain
    Going-to-the-Sun Mountain
    9,647 ft - dead Lodgepole Pines from a fire years ago.
    St Mary Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1911
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Scarlet Gaura
    Scarlet Gaura
    Gaura coccinea
    St Mary Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1916
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Swainson's Thrush
    Swainson's Thrush
    Catharus ustulatus - caterpillar for young and the reason I carry the long lens.
    St Mary Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1919
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Swainson's Thrush
    Swainson's Thrush
    Catharus ustulatus - the best id photo.
    St Mary Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1929
    Larry L. Jackson
  • St Mary River
    St Mary River
    Glacial flour colors the water.
    St Mary Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1912
    Larry L. Jackson
  • St Mary Falls
    St Mary Falls
    A quick photo as we continued up to Virginia Falls.
    St Mary Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1923
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Least Chipmunk
    Least Chipmunk
    Tamias minimus - hanging around St Mary Falls because of people dropping food.
    St Mary Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1931
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Swainson's Thrush
    Swainson's Thrush
    Catharus ustulatus - two green caterpillars for the nestlings.
    St Mary Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1935
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Cascade below Virginia Falls
    Cascade below Virginia Falls
    Red Argullite rock.
    St Mary & Virginia Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1924
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Cascade below Virginia Falls
    Cascade below Virginia Falls
    Nice enough for a horizontal photo as well.
    St Mary & Virginia Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1928
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bead Lily
    Bead Lily
    Clintonia uniflora - a flower seen frequently.
    St Mary & Virginia Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1931
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bead Lily
    Bead Lily
    Clintonia uniflora
    St Mary & Virginia Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1937
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Slow Shutter Virginia Falls
    Slow Shutter Virginia Falls
    St Mary & Virginia Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1933
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Virginia Falls
    Virginia Falls
    St Mary & Virginia Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1936
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Orchid
    Orchid
    Plantanthera species - best guess due to similar White Bog Orchid seen later.
    St Mary & Virginia Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1937
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Green False Hellebore
    Green False Hellebore
    Veratrum viride - I thought this might be an orchid until I saw the inflorescence.
    St Mary & Virginia Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1939
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Trail
    Trail
    Well worn trail as we head back down.
    St Mary & Virginia Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1941
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Utah Honeysuckle berries
    Utah Honeysuckle berries
    Lonicera utahensis
    St Mary & Virginia Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1942
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Beargrass
    Beargrass
    Xerophyllum tenax
    St Mary & Virginia Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1944
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Alpine Paintbrush
    Alpine Paintbrush
    Castilleja rhexifolia
    St Mary & Virginia Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1946
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Cascade below Virginia Falls
    Cascade below Virginia Falls
    St Mary & Virginia Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1949
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Virginia Falls River Rocks
    Virginia Falls River Rocks
    Colorful.
    St Mary & Virginia Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1951
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Cascade below Virginia Falls
    Cascade below Virginia Falls
    St Mary & Virginia Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1954
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Cascade below Virginia Falls
    Cascade below Virginia Falls
    Looking down the creek.
    St Mary & Virginia Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1955
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Harebell
    Harebell
    Campanula rotundifolia
    St Mary & Virginia Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1957
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Slow Shutter St Mary Falls
    Slow Shutter St Mary Falls
    Pausing long enough to set up the show shutter photo.
    St Mary Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1961
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Moose sighting
    Moose sighting
    Barely visible brown spot in the vegetation, seen best through the spotting scope.
    St Mary Lake, Going-to-the-Sun Road, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1965
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Wild Goose Island
    Wild Goose Island
    A great view - photographed through the (clean) window of the van as we drove past.
    St Mary Lake, Going-to-the-Sun Roadd, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1978
    Larry L. Jackson
  • St Mary Lake
    St Mary Lake
    Going-to-the-Sun Road, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1981
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Balcony View
    Balcony View
    Room #106, Glacier Park Lodge, East Glacier Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1986
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Balconies
    Balconies
    Room #106, Glacier Park Lodge, East Glacier Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1987
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Room #106
    Room #106
    Built in 1913 by the Glacier Park Company, a subsidiary of the Great Northern Railway.
    Glacier Park Lodge, East Glacier Park, Montana, July 8, 2021
    2021-07-08#1988
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Rising Wolf Mountain
    Rising Wolf Mountain
    9,518 ft
    Two Medicine Lake, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 9, 2021
    2021-07-09#1989
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sinopah Mountain
    Sinopah Mountain
    8271 ft - named for the Indian woman who married a fur trader named Hugh Monroe, called Rising Wolf by the Blackfeet.
    Two Medicine Lake, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 9, 2021
    2021-07-09#1991
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Red-breasted Merganser female
    Red-breasted Merganser female
    Mergus serrator
    Two Medicine Lake, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 9, 2021
    2021-07-09#1945
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Red-breasted Merganser female
    Red-breasted Merganser female
    Mergus serrator
    Two Medicine Lake, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 9, 2021
    2021-07-09#1948
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Snow Field
    Snow Field
    I believe that there used to be a glacier there due to the moraine field below.
    Two Medicine Lake, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 9, 2021
    2021-07-09#1995
    Larry L. Jackson
  • MV Sinopah (1926)
    MV Sinopah (1926)
    The Covid pandemic allowed time for the boat to be completely serviced and painted.
    Two Medicine Lake, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 9, 2021
    2021-07-09#1996
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Western Oak Fern
    Western Oak Fern
    Gymnocarpium disjunctum
    Two Medicine Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 9, 2021
    2021-07-09#1998
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Beargrass
    Beargrass
    Xerophyllum tenax
    Two Medicine Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 9, 2021
    2021-07-09#2000
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Beargrass
    Beargrass
    Xerophyllum tenax
    Two Medicine Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 9, 2021
    2021-07-09#2001
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Foamflowers
    Foamflowers
    Tiarella trifoliata
    Two Medicine Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 9, 2021
    2021-07-09#2004
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Subalpine Fleabane
    Subalpine Fleabane
    Erigeron peregrinus
    Two Medicine Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 9, 2021
    2021-07-09#2005
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Two Medicine Creek
    Two Medicine Creek
    Two Medicine Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 9, 2021
    2021-07-09#2008
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Thimbleberry
    Thimbleberry
    Rubus parviflorus
    Two Medicine Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 9, 2021
    2021-07-09#2010
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Thimbleberry
    Thimbleberry
    Rubus parviflorus
    Two Medicine Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 9, 2021
    2021-07-09#2011
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Cow Parsnip
    Cow Parsnip
    Heracleum sphondylium - flowers just starting to emerge.
    Two Medicine Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 9, 2021
    2021-07-09#2012
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Two Medicine Falls Trail
    Two Medicine Falls Trail
    Glacier National Park, Montana, July 9, 2021
    2021-07-09#2013
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Meadow Horsetail
    Meadow Horsetail
    Equisetum pratense
    Two Medicine Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 9, 2021
    2021-07-09#2015
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Subalpine Spiraea
    Subalpine Spiraea
    Spiraea densiflora
    Two Medicine Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 9, 2021
    2021-07-09#2018
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bracted Honeysuckle
    Bracted Honeysuckle
    Lonicera involucrata
    Two Medicine Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 9, 2021
    2021-07-09#2020
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great Basin Fritillary
    Great Basin Fritillary
    Speyeria egleis
    Two Medicine Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 9, 2021
    2021-07-09#1957
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Colorful Creek Stones
    Colorful Creek Stones
    Some of the most colorful seen.
    Two Medicine Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 9, 2021
    2021-07-09#2021
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bracted Lousewort
    Bracted Lousewort
    Pedicularis bracteosa
    Two Medicine Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 9, 2021
    2021-07-09#2023
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Two Medicine Falls
    Two Medicine Falls
    The right side falls.
    Two Medicine Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 9, 2021
    2021-07-09#2025
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lorquin's Admiral
    Lorquin's Admiral
    Limenitis lorquini
    Two Medicine Falls, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 9, 2021
    2021-07-09#1960
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Two Medicine Falls
    Two Medicine Falls
    The left falls and end of the trail.
    Two Medicine Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 9, 2021
    2021-07-09#2028
    Larry L. Jackson
  • American Dipper
    American Dipper
    Cinclus mexicanus
    Two Medicine Falls, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 9, 2021
    2021-07-09#1967
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Two Medicine Creek
    Two Medicine Creek
    Two Medicine Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 9, 2021
    2021-07-09#2032
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Hairy Arnica
    Hairy Arnica
    Arnica mollis
    Two Medicine Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 9, 2021
    2021-07-09#2036
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Yellow Columbine
    Yellow Columbine
    Aquilegia flavescens
    Two Medicine Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 9, 2021
    2021-07-09#1971
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Pumpelly Pillar
    Pumpelly Pillar
    Two Medicine Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 9, 2021
    2021-07-09#2037
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Subalpine Fleabane
    Subalpine Fleabane
    Erigeron peregrinus
    Two Medicine Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 9, 2021
    2021-07-09#2038
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Elk Thistle
    Elk Thistle
    Cirsium hookerianum
    Two Medicine Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 9, 2021
    2021-07-09#2039
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bracken Fern
    Bracken Fern
    Pteridium aquilinum
    Two Medicine Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 9, 2021
    2021-07-09#2040
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Foamflowers
    Foamflowers
    Tiarella trifoliata
    Two Medicine Falls Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 9, 2021
    2021-07-09#2041
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Two Medicine Creek
    Two Medicine Creek
    Two Medicine Lake, Glacier National Park, Montana, July 9, 2021
    2021-07-09#2043
    Larry L. Jackson