Mendenhall Glacier as seen from The Valley
It wasn’t raining and the cloud ceiling was pretty high (our
new version of a ‘sunny’ day) so we took a break from getting settled to do
some sightseeing today. Because it
features so prominently on the landscape, Mendenhall Glacier was a natural
first stop. You can see it hanging up
there in the mountains from several places in ‘the Valley’ where we live. There are trails from the parking lot that
wander along boardwalks and along the lake at the foot of the glacier. There’s also a visitor center, but we didn’t
go in because you have to pay and we’re trying to not spend money.
Along the boardwalk you could see sockeye salmon that were
returning to spawn, or in various stages of spawning and dying. For a fish geek like me, it was totally
awesome.
You can really get a sense of how steep the mountains are around
here from these photos. They’re
impressive and so green!
The glacier meets the water right next to a waterfall. There’s a lot more trails in the area that
we’ll explore someday.
Icebergs in the lake.
Though the ice looks solid from far away, it’s full of
cracks and spires. I want to see what it
looks like up on top!
Steve, looking dashing.
These two (tourists)
were taking a quick dip. Crazy people.
As we were leaving we saw black bears!! There was a cinnamon colored female with two
cubs by the river feeding on salmon, then as we were driving out we saw another
female with two cubs crossing the road (in the picture above)!
The cubs are so darn cute.
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