Logan Pass, Bighorn Sheep and Marmots

The weather finally cleared and we were able to do a 12 mile hike along the Garden Wall trail at Logan Pass in Glacier National Park. You get absolutely stunning views. Lots more pictures after the jump.

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Give me your best LOL caption

For a Glacier National Park ground squirrel with straw in its mouth. Or for a cute ptarmigan.

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Glacier National Park Cattle

I’ve noticed many cattle crossing signs at Glacier National Park. The cattle around the perimeter of the park have no boundaries and they roam freely eating fresh grass along the way. They have no difficulty crossing the highway when they need to, and so far as I can tell there appear to be no accidents [...]

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It’s raining in Glacier

The last two days it’s been raining and I’ve seen at least five rainbows. I guess that’s because the rain and clouds tend to stick to the mountain areas while there is sunshine in the flatter parts. The weather report is categorized by whether you are east or west of the continental divide. It’s exciting [...]

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Many Glacier Animals

As I mentioned in my previous post, we asked where in Glacier National Park was the best place to spot animals. The answer was the Many Glacier area. Bears are very popular at the park. You want to see a bear, but you don’t want to see a bear…if you know what I mean. Almost [...]

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Many Glaciers

Our second day at Glacier National Park in Montana took us to the area known as Many Glaciers. Many Glaciers got its name from the fact that in 1850 there were 150 glaciers on the mountainside. There are now only 26. Judging by these pictures, the remaining 26 probably won’t last very long. We were [...]

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Two Medicine Lake

Our first hike at Glacier National Park was around Two Medicine Lake. Here are the photos. More photos after the jump.

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Seattle to Glacier Park Montana on Amtrak

Despite a great deal of apprehension, riding Amtrak to Glacier National Park has so far been a success. You can read about all of the planning of our Amtrak trip and pricing information from my previous post here. Knowing that Amtrak is notoriously late, I didn’t quite know what to expect when we arrived at [...]

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Cuban taekwondo athlete kicks referee in the head

Ouch. Talk about a lack of sportsmanship.

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Gone to Glacier

So today is the day where we take the overnight train from Seattle to East Glacier Montana home of Glacier National Park. Looking down on my Amtrak ticket I am pleasantly surprised to see that we need only check in 30 minutes before departure which is a nice change from flying. I’m bringing my computer [...]

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Beware Coreflood

I’ve largely been offline today due to complications arising from the Coreflood virus. For info on that nasty thing, click here. It’s not pretty. The system infects PCs with a program known as Coreflood that records keystrokes and steals other information. The network of infected computers collected as much as 500 gigabytes of data in [...]

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McCain’s 12 Houses

The GOP is so much better at capitalizing on gaffes like this. I’ll admit; I don’t like it. On the other hand, does it take a gaffe like this for people to realize that this is not the guy you would be having beers with in the bar? Photo via DailyKos.

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U.S. Athlete becomes Russian for the Olympics

This reverses the trend a bit: Switching nationality in order to compete at the Olympics has become more noticeable in Beijing than in previous Games and it is beginning to cause concern among international sports bodies. The BBC’s Alex Capstick reports. Becky Hammon failed to make the US women’s basketball squad for the Olympics, so [...]

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Back in Seattle

I think it’s fairly appropriate that I return to 60 degree weather and rain. Seattle, I hardly missed you. A lot of people who come to Seattle say that people here are not as friendly as other places. I’m from California and I’ve never really noticed this observation, but I must say that people in [...]

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Last Day in Chicago

Here are some shots from the week. I might be able to sneak in a few more later on today and then it’s back to Seattle. Thank you Chicago!

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Syncronized swimming a conservative sport?

Who knew? Via yahoo: Spain’s synchronised swimmers have been banned from wearing a swimsuit with embedded waterproof lights which they had hoped would give an extra sparkle to their Olympic routine. “It got very sophisticated because obviously the battery doesn’t last long and then we had to look at circuits and interrupters, so we have [...]

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Favorite Images from the Art Institute of Chicago

Judith – Jan Sanders van Hemessen – 1540 More after the jump.

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Bushman: The least understood gorilla in the world

I discovered Bushman at the Field Museum. In August 1930, in the depths of the Great Depression, the Lincoln Park Zoo welcomed a two-year old orphaned gorilla named Bushman. Weighing just thirty-eight pounds, he would grow to six feet two inches tall, and over 550 pounds. For twenty-one years Bushman captivated the hearts of Chicagoans [...]

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Boystown Chicago

At heart I must be a bit of a fag hag, because when I came to Chicago I looked up the nearest gay bar to hang out in. I like the sense of community that you find in gay bars and how usually everyone knows everyone else. It’s definitely a nice atmosphere if you don’t [...]

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The Chicago Hotdog

Had to try one of these while I was here. I found this one near the museums. While the dog itself was okay, I have to say I’m quite partial to the toppings. Onions, pickled peppers, tomatoes and mustard. Ketchup being noticeably absent. I still have time to try the best Chicago hotdog if anyone [...]

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Taxidermy alive and well at the Field Museum

There are a lot of stuffed animals in the Field Museum. I wanted especially to show this picture of the turkeys. One reason is because they are beautiful animals. The second is give some information on my camera. I am as amateur as you can get for a photographer, so my opinion probably means little; [...]

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Random Architecture Chicago

Since I don’t have my personal computer with Photoshop on it, I tried the online photo editors Photo Flexer and Picnic. Neither site really accomplished what I wanted which was to resize my photos for the web. On this computer is Microsoft Picture Editor for Office. It did the trick rather easily so here’s to [...]

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In Chicago

I’m on business in Chicago this week. Well, actually I came up a couple of days early so today and tomorrow I’m just a tourist. I’ve got my camera, so hopefully I will be able to try one of those online photo editors. If anyone has anything to recommend, let me know. I’ll do my [...]

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Cities and Suburbs

Want to read a depressing blog about the future of suburbia? I have to say I think these guys are overstating it by quite a bit. But it’s an interesting read nonetheless. In 40 years I could see living in the world’s largest city, a megalopolis, extending from New York City to Philadelphia and engulfing [...]

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Federer continues slump in Beijing

Roger Federer’s disappointing season continued as his hopes of Olympic gold in the men’s singles was ended by an inspired James Blake. The American had not beaten the top seed in eight previous attempts, but comfortably outplayed the world number one for a 6-4 7-6 quarter-final win. The crowd was shocked to silence when Blake [...]

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