the Bridge sooc #27

The Going to the Sun Road has spots you can pull over, shed the car and walk some paths. There was barely light left but off we went.

I just love waterfalls! Shortly after passing under the road we came upon this one.

A little further down the path we came up this bridge - scary! I'm not fond of bridges.

And another waterfall! We had it all to ourselves, having passed many people leaving the area before darkness, lol. We were trying to cram as much as we could in before night because the forecast was continual rain for the next day.

I did pause on the bridge for a shot, only shaking a little.

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Waterfalls

Peeking at one of the Glaciers in the park.

The water was so clear! I thought the circle made by the rushing water was pretty cool.

Amazing how water can be powerful enough to eat rock, even if only bit by bit.

I loved how the falls made little steps, so pretty!

It seemed there were waterfalls all over the park.

Mountain Flowers Macro Monday

The point and shoot offered its services while hiking in Glacier National Park. I didn't think these turned out too bad. :0)

This one even had a little visitor in it.

Macro Monday is easy to play, snap a macro (or any close-up) photo, post it on your blog and come back here and sign MckLinky. :) MM started on Sept 29, 2008 - Thanx to all of you for helping make it such a fun start to the week!

Columbian Ground Squirrel

My what big eyes you have. :0)

Unfortunately, this is as close as I got to the Columbian Ground Squirrel while in Glacier National Park.

Buh Bye! Was nice meeting you!

Obviously he wasn't too traumatized by my stalking - he went right to eating.  But I decided to let him dine in peace.  We stumbled upon him after pausing at the waterfall, heading back to the car.

Montana Skies

Who says there's nothing to see in the middle of nowhere Montana? I found plenty, looking to the right. . .

. . .looking to the left. . .

. . .going 'round the corner (almost to Glacier). . .

. . .stopping at a rest stop. . .

. . .straight ahead, I see Glacier National Park! Yippee!

Swimming with the manatees

Manatees

The day we went out to swim with the manatees it was cold, and rainy, but the guide said this was a good thing because there would be more manatees in the area of warm water we were going to. He was right, we saw about 200 that day!

They were pretty amazing! But I was also intrigued by the fish everywhere.

The lack of sun didn't help the photos any, but at least we got some.  Oh, and we bought the bag to put the 40D in, but it decided to stop working once it was in the bag, still haven't looked into what's wrong with it, and haven't got to try the bag out.  All these were taken with the little waterproof point and shoot.

More manatees tomorrow!

Underwater