STORIES BEHIND THE PICTURES

The Iceberg Lake hiking trail is one of glacier's most popular trails in Many Glacier. This 10 mile hike is known to have a variety of wildlife varying from small animals like the quail to the enormous moose, but we did not expect this! 4 miles into the hike as we were walking over a hill, we noticed other hikers in front of us stopping and backing away from something up in the distance. My first instinct was to grab the bear spray in case of an attack. Heart racing and finger on the trigger, we walked up over the hill. Finally, we saw it... well we saw both of them standing right on the trail. Two giant bull moose blocking the trail that leads to the gorgeous view of Iceberg Lake. Quickly, we grabbed the camera and snapped some amazing photos of these amazing beasts while they were minding their own business filling their belly with vegetation.

Fun Fact: Moose are also known as rubber-nosed swamp donkeys!

Along the 50+ mile Sun Road, there are plenty of spots to see wildlife, but Logan's Pass is probably the best area to see Big Horn Sheep up close. As me and my wife were driving from St. Mary's Lake back to the entrance, I saw a bush shaking in the distance directly across from Logan's Pass Visitor center. I slowed down to a speed of 10 mph and told my wife to quickly get the camera. At the time, we were in front of what seemed to be 10 cars with no place to veer off the road to see what was in the rustling bushes and I did not want to be rude and just stop in the road, so I slowed down to 5 mph, hoping that whatever it was would come out before we passed by. About 30 yards from the rustling bushes, we saw a head emerge and my wife quickly snapped what seemed to be 50 photos in a matter of seconds. Still at a pace of 5 mph, we passed by the Big Horn Sheep. My wife looked at the shots that she took and a giant smile struck her face. From the time that we saw the bushes rustling to us passing the big horn sheep was a span of 10 seconds and in that very short span of time, my wife grabbed the camera, turned the camera on, took the lens cap off, adjusted the lens distance, and snapped a bunch of photos. I will gladly toot my wife's horn because my wife is incredible with a camera!

The Going-To-The-Sun-Road in my opinion is the most Iconic Road in all of the United States. From the elegant mountain peaks to the mesmerizing valleys, this road has something to offer to everyone. Lake McDonald is no exception. Lake McDonald sits a couple miles from the entrance of the Sun Road on the left-hand side. Even though this is a very close attraction while traveling the 50+ mile road, this was one of our last stops on our trip to Montana.... for one reason only. THE DUST. Unfortunately, the first 9 miles of the Sun Road was under construction meaning that there was a nine-mile dust trap entering into Glacier and exiting Glacier and Glacier National Park being one of the most popular parks, means there were an insane number of cars continuously scattering dust for miles. On our last day in Glacier, we finally decided to fight the dust head on and pull off into the hotel that sits on Lake McDonald, about 50 yards from the Great Dusty Road and oh was it worth every dust particle in our lungs. We parked at the lodge and walked behind the lodge to see an open lake with incredible detail all around us. Words cannot describe the beauty, that's why we took pictures! :)

Following after the Lake McDonald story, this is a picture that we captured facing towards the entrance of the Sun Road. You can see what looks to be smoke rising up from Lake McDonald. That "smoke" that you can see is actually dust from the Sun Road, but it made an incredible photography opportunity!