Fran and I were fortunate to recently get away for a week, to the highlands of Glacier National Park in far-off Montana. This was eye-opening country, vast, open, and very, very big. The top picture is looking north along Lake McDonald toward the "Garden Wall" glacier formation, as is the bottom photo. The picture in the middle is of the wild backcountry, also looking north, past Bowman Lake. This is humbling territory. Go see it before it all melts. National Park Service officials report there are only about 20 glaciers left in this park, compared to the 110-plus identified at the turn of the last century.
