Category: Glacier National Park

Goodness comes to those who watch

8-second video: Close is the bear family. Distant is the horizon. The horizon looks closer than it is because everything here is massive.

The video above was not teed up to have a pine in the foreground. You know why it’s there? It’s because we were retreating to keep a non-threatening distance with momma bear. And when i turned around, it was ‘in the way’ of me trying to capture the family. Turned out decently magical.

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Random 2025 Glacier video, body

12-second video: Watch as halfway through this clip i start panning out. The camera’s zoom belies how i unintentionally spotted a “small boulder” in a tiny pond.

As soon as i spotted the Grizzly, we (Cheryl and me) each grabbed a seat on trailside rocks. We had heard from the Chalet staff that a Momma and two cubs were spotted on the Chalet grounds overnight. We began watching for two more bears. Never dreamt it would turn into a stunning 15-minute observation.

Day 3 of “White Screen of Death” at jeffnoel.org. GoDaddy says latest it should take them to fix is tomorrow, Monday, December 8.

Meanwhile, to jump past the white screen of death, easily go to junglejeff.net here.

Update: Dec 7, 2025, 8:25 AM — it’s fixed. YEEEEEE-HAAAAAA!!!!!!!!

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No place like home

baby birds in a nest
It was fun to come home to our new neighbors.
baby birds in a nest
Are you my Mother?
baby birds in a nest
Aw shucks. You’re not my Mother.

Florida May’s are hot and humid. But nothing compared to June, July, and August.

Florida May’s also bring the first signs of Summer thunderstorms.

Florida May’s also bring Carolina Wren chicks.

No place like our Florida home in May. Or any other month for that matter.

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Back to Glacier, body

couple posing next to a stuffed bear
Tradition.
34-second video: Avalanche Lake. Luckily the rain was light and brief.
Returned from Avalanche Lake hike to witness this from the Lodge’s parking lot while in our rental van.

Have had the privilege to bicycle the 15 miles one-way from Avalanche Creek to Logan Pass. More than once. And also once with Chapin. Never with Cheryl. Until this trip. Bicycling when Sun Road is closed is Magical. No vehicular traffic is allowed past Avalanche Creek’s sizable parking areas. Why? Snow. Going-to-the-Sun Road and Logan Pass don’t open to vehicular traffic until mid-June to as late as mid-July.

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