Glacier National Park
August 05, 2005
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Building a house of cards during the commute from Kailespell to the park
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heading to Harrison lake, we need to fod the river -- the first branch
386k
wide gravel bar in the middle
280k
the second branch is much wider
294k
and a bit deeper
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we put on our hiking shoes
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brotherly balancing
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head through the woods
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until we find the trail
348k
an old farmstead
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the trail goes through thick
660k
and thin
680k
descending to the lake on a slide
365k
Cliff ready to swim
366k
he is in
333k
Marilyn is in
380k
Ben sinks in the silt
369k
Zach gets ready
343k
Zach swims
395k
we lunch -- having the 2 mile lake to ourselves
215k
Ben found mud
298k
Nate found mud
360k
Maybe we should...
360k
swim
287k
Posing
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back to the farmstead -- a tractor
613k
a plow
461k
frog getting a photo
328k
some of us use the stream as a trail
301k
which leads back to river
90k
view of the stream and river
227k
the tough crossing
288k
Zach in the sun
365k
the gravel bar -- where Ben hurts his toes
267k
the easy crossing
364k
Ben limps to the car -- soon getting very sore