July 2, 2013
After some electrical system troubleshooting with toad
lights we got out of Great Falls around 10am.
That was quite a bit later than expected. The drive north to the Port at
Sweetgrass was uneventful with only about a ½ in line. Entry was 4-5 simple
questions and “have a good day.”
After our travel meeting, two other couple and us headed
south down to Waterton Lakes National Park that is the Canadian continuation of
our Glacier National Park. On the way in we stopped to take some photos and
spotted a black bear down in the tall prairie grass. He eventually came up onto
a bike path heading towards us and then crossed the road. He was close enough
to get good pictures. The best part was we won the $5 prize from the tail
gunner for the first bear photo.
After dinner in town we split up and we headed out to the
road to Red Rock Canyon. We didn’t have to go far before we ran across another
bunch of parked cars. There we spotted another cinnamon colored bear browsing
the hillside. Another couple of miles there was yet a third bear. This one was
jet black. We aren’t sure what they were eating, but both kept their heads down
munching away.
One the way out at the intersection with the main road I
spotted two mule deer bucks. They came quite close (25 yards) and seemed
totally uninterested in our presence. These pictures were taken at 9:45PM! One
the rest of the drive home we were treated to an extended gorgeous yellow,
orange, and red sunset and a million bugs.
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The $5 from Stu shot, Brown Bear
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Bear #2, Also Cinnamon colored
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Bear #2
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Bear # 3 Looked to be jet black
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Waterton Lakes National Park
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At the end of Red Rock Canyon Road
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Evening darkens the mountain
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Mule Deer Buck in Velvet - taken at 9:45PM
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