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Thursday, July 29, 2010

Crown of the Continent

I just got back from a camping trip in Glacier National Park with my family.  I wanted to share a few pictures with you.  Glacier is currently celebrating it's centennial year.  It is such an awe-inspiring place.  I thought I'd share a few pictures with some words of those who have stepped before me.  Enjoy.
Far away in Montana, hidden from view by clustering mountain-peaks, lies an unmapped northwestern corner- the Crown of the Continent. The water from the crusted snowdrift which caps the peak of a lofty mountain there trickles into tiny rills, which hurry along north, south, east and west, and growing to rivers, at last pour their currents into three seas. From this mountain-peak the Pacific and the Arctic oceans and the Gulf of Mexico receive each its tribute. Here is a land of striking scenery. George Bird Grinnell, The Century Magazine 1901


“Get off the tracks at Belton Station [Now West Glacier], and in a few minutes you will find yourself in the midst of what you are sure to say is the best care-killing scenery on the continent.” “Give a month at least to this precious reserve. The time will not be taken from the sum of your life. Instead of shortening, it will indefinitely lengthen it and make you truly immortal. Nevermore will time seem short or long, and cares will never again fall heavily on you, but gently and kindly as gifts from heaven.”
John Muir -Our National Parks 1901


“There is no highway which will give the seer, the lover of grandeur of the Creator’s handiwork, more thrills, more genuine satisfaction deep in his being, than will a trip over this road.”
Governor Frank H. Cooney
Dedication of the Sun Road
July 15, 1933

12 comments:

  1. I was wondering, is that white goat or saanen goat? =p

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  2. Oh my goodness, what stunning lanscapes!!! Thank you for sharing them!

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  3. Very nice! I posted similar pictures of our trip to South Dakota and Colorado on my blog! Nature is a wonder!

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  4. We simply call them a Mountain Goat Yeevon.

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  5. Wow, that is just breathtaking. Definitely going on my places to see list. And goats!! The air there must have been wonderful.

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  6. Beautiful. I recently made a trip to New Zealand because I wanted to see vast mountain ranges for the first time and it was breathtaking in it's enormity.

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  7. that is awesome!!! what a beautiful place to be!!!
    amazing photos!!

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  8. It certainly LOOKS like you had a wonderful trip! Your photos are fantastic! Thank You for sharing! We are taking our 2 boys to Glacier next June - can't wait!

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  9. Wow, those photos are just amazing!

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  10. I can remember going there 15 years ago.
    what a stunning place.
    You are so lucky to live nearby.

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  11. that trip is on our to see list....perhaps next summer...thanks for sharing!

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  12. That looks lovely! I'd love to see wild goats...

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