It's been a long time since we posted Travel Logs, but we were in remote places where there was no phone or internet signal.  Here's what we've been up to:

After several days at Many Glacier, in Glacier National Park, we went to Waterton Lakes, Alberta, Canada and spent two days there at the Prince of Wales Lodge and in the village of Waterton.  While we were there, we got on a ferry boat and went south, across the international border (the 49th parallel--very cool, the trees are cut in a swath 10 yards wide, all the way to the Pacific!) to Goat Haunt, Montana.  There is a remote ranger station there:  you can only get to it from hiking trails out of Glacier Park, or from the ferry boat.  

After showing our passports in Goat Haunt, we hiked south to Kootenai Lakes-- backcountry lakes that are in the best "moose country" of the Park.  We ate snacks in the "food preparation" area (separate from the camping area, so that you don't get eaten by grizzlies!) and then sat on a log at the edge of the lake for awhile, trying to be patient and watch for wildlife.  All of a sudden, I looked left and thought, "That looks like a moose!"  Mom said, "I don't remember a stump down there--it must be a moose!" We watched him for a long time.  He swam toward us, down the middle of the lake, past a beaver dam and 2 pairs of swans.  We watched him dive--we said he was the snorkeling moose.  They can dive down 20 feet to eat the grass on the bottom of the lake.  He swam closer and closer--we could see the massivisity of his antlers!!  They still had velvet on them.  Dad took a bunch of video of him swimming and diving near us.  He'll show you when we get home.  It was magnificent!  We had to hurry back to Goat Haunt so we didn't miss the boat; we had stayed so long watching the moose.

The picture is of me in the front of the Prince of Wales Lodge, on the shore of Waterton Lake,  making a cairn. That's me in the yellow shirt.  It is a big circle of rocks with an "E" in the middle made out of pebbles.  It felt good to leave that in such an amazing place.  In fact, the whole trip so far has been amazing.

I'm thinking of my youth colleagues as they leave for BYC tomorrow.  I'm hoping that you have a great week next week, too!

Lara