How inviting

Today’s hike is to Grinnell Glacier which yields some potential facebook profile pictures.  Sarah, our favorite Aussie, counts 86 waterfalls.  Ordinarily I would never think of drinking water from a stream, but the water running down the mountain, straight from the snow a few feet above us, was so clean.

The third lake we came upon possesses a color of water I’ve never seen before.  A radiant, columbia blue, aqua turquoise.  What makes it so bright turquoise?  Theories from the group are as follows:  blue crystals, fish, magic, the amount of oxygen, and the temperature.

Perfect timing at the top.  As soon as lunch is eaten, a massive storm comes upon us, and we flee just in time.  After the 9 mile Grinnell Glacier hike, it’s chillaxin time at Many Glacier lodge, which is haunted.  I loved the gigantic open fireplace in the center of the room.  Getting up from that easy chair was one of the hardest things I’ve done all week.  Next was a small hike up to a waterfall.  Laughter lasted long into the night around the campfire.  And Megan ‘may or may not have’ scared Traci with vivid descriptions of clowns creeping through the campground at night.  (Traci has a fear of clowns)