August 20 - Today's hike was on the other side of Glacier at St Mary Lake.
The drive on Going to the Sun Road was back to being smoky.
Driving on these cliffs over these bridges make me very nervous.
These next two pictures are of Jackson Glacier. Back in 1910 they documented 100 glaciers in the park. In 2015 only 26 remain.
This is a view of the western end of St Mary Lake. A fire back in 2015 burned over thousands of acres. This side of the river was destroyed but the other side is green and lush.
A great place for bears - lots of berry bushes along the trail.
From St Mary Falls to Virginia Falls were numerous smaller waterfalls.
Here is a view of Virginia Falls from its base
and, of course, that is Vaughan walking across its middle.
and then Jim & Jill joined him.
Yes, that's me down below.
The hike out and back was about 4 miles. So far this trip we have hiked over 42 miles.
But there is beauty amongst the burned trees.
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