When I look to the stars...: A Visit to the land of Glaciers :Two

After spending the night in the front country campground at Kintla Lake. I woke early to find Gabe had already slipped out of the tent. I grabbed a snack and headed out to the lake with my camera. The world was quite still and the sun was still behind the mountains. Its pinkish light lit the mirrored lake, Gabe was in the canoe fishing some distance from shore. He spotted me and came and picked me up. Till the sun rose above the mountains Gabe fished and I drank up the beautiful stillness. Following that we ate breakfast and headed out in the canoes with Josh across the lake. We had six miles to paddle to find the backcountry campsite. In the early afternoon the wind picked up and urged us on towards our goal. Gabe and Josh fished the entire way. We ran into another guy in a canoe heading towards the front country, he let us know that the night before they had to chase a black bear from the campground with pots and pans. We continued and finally came upon the campsite area. We set up camp and soon Becky, who hiked in that day, met us. In the afternoon, Josh, Becky, and I, hiked further back to find "glaciers". On the way we discovered an amazing waterfall, and stopped and pondered flowers in the midst of a burn area. We made it all the way to upper Kintla and paused on the shore for a break. As we sat, Becky noticed a black bear meandering on the shore across the lake. We watched till he disappeared, then we headed back to camp for dinner. Thanks to Josh for the photos of Gabe and I!