Glacier Poems

Glacier's Gall
Crystal air
Constant peaks

Beating sun

Wind that speaks

Burned out woods

Roaring falls

Still lakes

Glacier's gall

Majesty vast

Leaves you breathless

Except the crowd

All feckless

Going-To-The-Sun Road Confrontation

In Glacier National Park

the Going-To-The-Sun Road

traversers its breathtaking crags

and the stunning, sweeping, awe-inspiring

surroundings shrunk when we stopped.

There was construction.

And the lollipop man

(who was either drunk or exceptionally volatile)

argued with the lady from AZ in front of us.

She had threatened him with her car.

Came on to fast, stopped too short.

She called him a redneck,

he probably called her a bitch.

It was the most petty intimate pointless nastiness

made even more small and inconsequential and ludicrous

by the soaring shale cliffs above

and the meandering river valley below.

Proof, if it was ever needed, how unworthy we human's can be.

Going-To-The-Sun Road

Took it kind of easy in our last day in Glacier, short hike out to St. Mary's Falls, then drove up and back on the GTTS Road, the only way to travel in and out of the main section of the park that's open. This time in Glacier has been probably our most challenging stop but also the most satisfying, I came here once back in 2007 but didn't really take advantage of the park, just kind of stopped and left, and I've regretted it ever since so it was nice to get some QT here. Tomorrow our last stop TR.

Road Trip: Glacier

Tried to take a quick peak at the park yesterday when we drove in and it was packed and the road was blocked off, kind of frustrating after a long day of driving getting turned away just passed the entrance but got an early start this morning and it was smooth sailing. Hiked up to Hidden Lake then went to the western part of the park and hiked part way around Lake Bowman. Gorgeous views and soothing water. Really wonderful.