December 31, 2018. Clear blue skies with the snowclad mountains of Western Montana shining and calling people to enjoy the winter grandeur of Glacier National Park. Heeding this call, we set out to spend my birthday in the Park. With the government shutdown, all visitor services in the Park were closed. The roads in the Park were snowpacked and icy and the temperature was steady at about 16 degrees. Shown below are photographs taken along Lake McDonald between the Lodge and Apgar.
Shown above is some of the area burned by last summer’s forest fire.
Public Lands
With our current dysfunctional government, the conservatives are becoming a bit more vocal and open about their desire to rid this country of the “burden” of public lands by selling them or giving them away so that they can be developed to generate more money for the wealthy. They seem unconcerned about the damage to our national parks caused by keeping them open during the government shut down.
Public Lands: Glacier Park, Apgar 12/31/18
Public Lands: Alongside the Creek (Photo Diary)
Glacier Park: The Many Glacier Hotel (Photo Diary)
Glacier Park: The Two Medicine Area (Photo Diary)
Glacier Park: Running Eagle Falls (Photo Diary)
Glacier Park: Some Waterfalls (Photo Diary)
This is, by the way, my 100th photo diary on Glacier National Park.