{"id":2179,"date":"2013-07-22T16:36:28","date_gmt":"2013-07-22T22:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/?p=2179"},"modified":"2021-08-18T18:06:46","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T00:06:46","slug":"the-beauty-of-a-chance-operation-glacier-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/landscape-photograpy\/the-beauty-of-a-chance-operation-glacier-national-park\/","title":{"rendered":"The Beauty of a Chance Operation &#8211; Glacier National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2181\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/GlacierNationalPark9404.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2181\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2181\" title=\"Many Glacier\" src=\"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/GlacierNationalPark9404.jpg\" alt=\"GlacierNationalPark9404\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/GlacierNationalPark9404.jpg 800w, https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/GlacierNationalPark9404-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2181\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sunrise at Swiftcurrent Lake, known as the Many Glacier region. The Many Glacier Hotel is on the left.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Road trip! We traveled from St. Paul, Minnesota to Glacier National Park in Montana, visiting the east side, west side, and Canadian sections of the park.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nIt was a grand trip. Glacier is drop-dead gorgeous.&nbsp; We learned so much about geology, geography, politics, history, etc.&nbsp; Here are the highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The glaciers are melting. They are 90% gone and are expected to be completely gone in 2020.&nbsp; This won&#8217;t stop the average snowfall of 80 feet every winter.<\/li>\n<li>From Fargo, North Dakota to the east side of Glacier &#8211; that&#8217;s 880 miles &#8211; the land is absolutely flat except for a blip where the badlands are.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/map.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2543\" title=\"Fargo to East Glacier\" src=\"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/map.png\" alt=\"Fargo to East Glacier\" width=\"494\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/map.png 494w, https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/map-300x154.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Down the street from us in St. Paul is the James J. Hill mansion. James J. Hill and his son, Louis, headed up the Great Northern Railway.&nbsp; The luxurious mansion in St. Paul was apparently financed by breaking the Blackfeet Indians so the railroad could go through Glacier.&nbsp; Breaking the Indians meant starving them (killing all the bison) and giving them small pox infected blankets.&nbsp; Way to go, James J. Hill.&nbsp; Hope you enjoyed your silk wallpaper and marble tubs before landing permanently in hell.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/mansion.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2545\" title=\"James J. Hill and his St. Paul mansion\" src=\"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/mansion.png\" alt=\"James J. Hill and his St. Paul mansion\" width=\"536\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/mansion.png 536w, https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/mansion-300x112.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blackfeet.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2547\" title=\"Blackfeet Indian reservation circa 1873\" src=\"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blackfeet.png\" alt=\"Blackfeet Indian reservation circa 1873\" width=\"470\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blackfeet.png 587w, https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blackfeet-300x202.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Going to the Sun Road that runs through Glacier is breathtakingly beautiful but the cliffs and drop-offs are absolutely frightening!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I was photographing moving water, sunsets, and what might appear to be static landscapes.&nbsp; But, things change constantly.&nbsp; Moving water hits obstacles that create patterns in the water that never repeat.&nbsp; Wind moves and alters cloud formations.&nbsp; As the sun rises or sets the angle and intensity of the light affects color, shadows, saturation, and detail, minute by minute.&nbsp; Every snap of the camera captures a moment that is unrepeatable.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2182\" style=\"width: 544px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/GlacierNationalPark_DSC9855.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2182\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2182\" title=\"Avalanche Gorge\" src=\"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/GlacierNationalPark_DSC9855.jpg\" alt=\"GlacierNationalPark_DSC9855\" width=\"534\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/GlacierNationalPark_DSC9855.jpg 534w, https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/GlacierNationalPark_DSC9855-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2182\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Avalanche Gorge is on the trail up to Avalanche Lake.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2183\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/GlacierNationalPark9897.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2183\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2183 \" title=\"Avalanche Creek\" src=\"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/GlacierNationalPark9897.jpg\" alt=\"GlacierNationalPark9897\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/GlacierNationalPark9897.jpg 800w, https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/GlacierNationalPark9897-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2183\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Copper sulfate and other minerals in the rocks slip off into the water and turn it amazing shades of blue. That blue is not Photoshopped.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2184\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/GlacierNationalPark9631.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2184\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2184\" title=\"Swiftcurrent River\" src=\"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/GlacierNationalPark9631.jpg\" alt=\"GlacierNationalPark9631\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/GlacierNationalPark9631.jpg 800w, https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/GlacierNationalPark9631-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2184\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is the Swiftcurrent River downstream from Swiftcurrent Lake.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2185\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/GlacierNationalPark9738.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2185\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2185 \" title=\"Going to the Sun Road\" src=\"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/GlacierNationalPark9738.jpg\" alt=\"GlacierNationalPark9738\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/GlacierNationalPark9738.jpg 800w, https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/GlacierNationalPark9738-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2185\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Going to the Sun Road, storm moving through.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2187\" style=\"width: 544px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/GlacierNationalPark9593.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2187\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2187 \" title=\"Logan Pass\" src=\"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/GlacierNationalPark9593.jpg\" alt=\"GlacierNationalPark9593\" width=\"534\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/GlacierNationalPark9593.jpg 534w, https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/GlacierNationalPark9593-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2187\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Late June, this is the snow depth in Logan Pass. All summer long it melts, creating weepy mountains. Notice my nice husband carrying my tripod!<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/GlacierNationalPark9589.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2551\" src=\"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/GlacierNationalPark9589.jpg\" alt=\"GlacierNationalPark9589\" width=\"534\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/GlacierNationalPark9589.jpg 534w, https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/GlacierNationalPark9589-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2188\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/GlacierNationalPark9744.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2188\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2188\" title=\"Going to the Sun Road\" src=\"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/GlacierNationalPark9744.jpg\" alt=\"GlacierNationalPark9744\" width=\"800\" height=\"636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/GlacierNationalPark9744.jpg 800w, https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/GlacierNationalPark9744-300x238.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2188\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of many weeping waterfalls along the Going to the Sun Road.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2189\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/GlacierNationalPark9497.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2189\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2189\" title=\"Mount Wilbur\" src=\"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/GlacierNationalPark9497.jpg\" alt=\"GlacierNationalPark9497\" width=\"800\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/GlacierNationalPark9497.jpg 800w, https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/GlacierNationalPark9497-300x189.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2189\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sunrise on Mt. Wilbur in Many Glacier. Mr. Ed named it.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2190\" style=\"width: 544px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/GlacierNationalPark9554.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2190\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2190 \" title=\"Virginia Falls\" src=\"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/GlacierNationalPark9554.jpg\" alt=\"GlacierNationalPark9554\" width=\"534\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/GlacierNationalPark9554.jpg 534w, https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/GlacierNationalPark9554-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2190\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Virginia Falls falls 35 feet, kicking up clouds of mist at the bottom. I had just set up a shot when a gust of wind blew spray straight into my lens. A chance operation indeed! And, yes, I did have to clean the lens and have the camera sensor cleaned when I got back home.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2191\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/GlacierNationalPark9771.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2191\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2191\" title=\"Lake MacDonald\" src=\"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/GlacierNationalPark9771.jpg\" alt=\"GlacierNationalPark9771\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/GlacierNationalPark9771.jpg 800w, https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/GlacierNationalPark9771-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2191\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sunset at Lake MacDonald, on the west side.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The beginning of the trip was cold and blustery as a storm moved out of the area.&nbsp; Then we had clear skies and 80 degrees until a heat wave landed towards the end of our stay.&nbsp; The heat created an awful haze and I gave up taking anymore photos. We loved Waterton Lakes in the Canadian section of Glacier, but there are no photos.&nbsp; Guess we&#8217;ll have to go back!<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2013 Alice Gebura All Rights Reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Road trip! We traveled from St. Paul, Minnesota to Glacier National Park in Montana, visiting the east side, west side, and Canadian sections of the park.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[270],"tags":[121,118,126,122,124,123,120,119,125],"class_list":["post-2179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-landscape-photograpy","tag-avalanche-gorge","tag-glacier-national-park","tag-going-to-the-sun-road","tag-lake-macdonald","tag-many-glacier-hotel","tag-mt-wilbur","tag-swiftcurrent-lake","tag-swiftcurrent-river","tag-virginia-falls"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2179"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4768,"href":"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2179\/revisions\/4768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}