Tom Jean Bob and I had a spectacular day in the park today. We lucked out and got a parking space at Logan Pass (no easy feat) so we decided to take the 3 mile hike to Hidden Lake. Part of the way is a boardwalk but all of the way is UP.
The meadow is full of many different blooming wildflowers and we even came close to two different herds of mountain goats. The lake is beautiful
and we even had a small view of the Sperry Glacier that feeds it. It is part of the Columbia River watershed and supplies water to a huge area even into Canada. It took a lot longer to get to the overlook so we had to just about run back to the car in order to make it to the Rising Sun boat dock to catch our boat trip on Lake St. Mary followed by a 3 mile guided hike to St. Mary Falls. Luckily, we made it through the construction traffic stop quickly and even had time for a quick lunch before boarding the boat. Our guide Wendy took us to Baring Falls first which was just a short walk from where we docked the boat. Not much effort for a really great falls. The hike along the lake to St. Mary Falls was pretty with more beautiful wildflowers but the high light was a moose seen from pretty far away. She was in the lake having a great time splashing about but we really needed the binos to identify what it was. St. Mary Falls is a double falls and a great payoff. On the way back to pick up the boat we observed a second moose playing in the water but sadly no closer to us.
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