Glacier National Park
August 2006
Sunrise Panorama at Many Glaciers
Glacier National Park has been on my list of "must see" places for a long time.
The only time I can remember being there I was about 10 years old. I
remember being scared to death because I was certain my dad was going to drive
over the edge of the
Going to the
Sun road. A lot of time has transpired since then. The waiting
only made it better.
In August of 2006 I spent 7 days in Glacier with Steve Kossack and a bunch of new and old friends on one of his photography workshops. We had great weather; long summer days with early sunrises and late sunsets. The many different locations we shot in required fairly long drives to and from our base at the Glacier Park Lodge. This is one of the grand old Lodges of the National Park System. Staying there was a combination of reliving history and extending our interaction with the park. PBS did a series on some of the lodges and devoted an hour to the Glacier Park lodges. I would recommend the DVD, or at least visit their web site.
The long hours paid off with seeing some fantastic scenery and even bringing home some images of them. Glacier is one of the wonders of our world. I wouldn't miss it, and if you want to give your photographic skills big boost I highly recommend one of Steve's workshops.
For all my images from this trip including ones not in this gallery check my Image Catalog under Glacier 06.