June 29th, 2006
Glacier National Park - Many Galciers

Many Glacier Hotel built in style of Swiss Chalet sits next to the crystal clear waters of Swiftcurrent Lake and offers beauteous views of the rows of Rocky Mountains that cast their majestic shadows on the lake.

We started off the morning with a 4 mile hike to Granite Lake. The gentle walk on the Swiftcurrent Nature Trail took us to the lake, where we crossed a bridge and took up a slightly uphill path along Lake Josephine. There was a lot of bush whacking involved as the path was overgrows with fading wildflowers.
We did get to see a lot of Bear weed in full bloom though.

We were very close to the Grinell Lake when we found the path submerged under the swollen river that feeds the lake. We trudged 3.8 miles back to the hotel, where I went in for a break, while Joe and Ben decided to pick up the Red rock falls trail in the same area.

Afternoon and the evening was spent curled up in one of the many comfortable couches in the breezeway, which afforded beautiful views of the fort like walls of mountains and lakes.

We ended the day by attending a multi-media show by Montana singer/songwriter David Walburn. This show “retraces the expedition of David and three friends as they set out from Atlanta, Georgia to claim and establish a homestead deep in Alaska wilderness”.