Photo: Most people who have visited Glacier National Park in Montana have probably captured this very photo as you are coming in from the east entrance to the park along the Going To The Sun Road. The tiny island is Wild Goose Island sitting in the middle of St. Mary Lake.
The mountain peaks on the south side of the lake (left in photo) include Red Eagle Mountain, Mahtotopa Mountain, Little Chief Mountain, Dusty Star Mountain and Citadel Mountain. Gunsight Mountain and Fusillade Mountain are at the far end of the lake. And on the north side, (to the right) not really captured in the photo are Goat Mountain and Going-to-The-Sun Mountain.
Not much further down this road was where I had my first encounter with Grizzly Bears. A pair strolling along up on one of the mountain slopes. It was an amazing sight to behold. A gift.
I chose this pick for the quote, because it’s when we overcome our doubts and fears that we will experience the greatest adventures, encounter the greatest beauty, replace our ignorance with knowledge, and have our ego put in its place, having seen what a tiny speck we are in such an infinite Universe.
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fairytal-ish picture! 👀❤️👍
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Thanks ! Many years had passed since I’d been out west to the mountains when I went out to Glacier a couple of years ago. It was fairytal-ish. Just amazing. Many memories came flooding back. I hiked for hours. And spent the past couple of years traveling around out there since – can’t get enough of that fairy tale land 🙂
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When I see pictures like this I want to be there too. Nature is magical 🙂
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It is so magical. I’m excited today because I’m starting to plan a trip for the summer 🙂
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Cool!! Ah I have to do that too… planning for my summer 🕺🕺
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🚗🚣♂️🌲🚵♂️🧗♀️🏕
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Good quote to keep in mind!
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Yes it is 🙂
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yes, greatest adversary; and, I have to get to that place in Montana sometime 🙂
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You do need to go. It is amazing out there 🙂
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Man against himself… I agree! And such a beautiful place!
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The never-ending internal struggle. It is absolutely amazing out there 🙂
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Never-ending indeed! One of these days I’ll go hiking in a place like this.
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“it’s when we overcome our doubts and fears that we will experience the greatest adventures, encounter the greatest beauty, replace our ignorance with knowledge, and have our ego put in its place, having seen what a tiny speck we are in such an infinite Universe.”
This line of your totally resonated with me. I enjoyed this very much 🙂
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Thanks so much ! Glad it resonated with you 🙂
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Stunning.<3
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What a great post and Pic thank you so much for sharing it.
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Thank you Michael!
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