Waterton National Park - Akamina Ridge

I don't know HOW I'm going to do this post without simply posting a whole whack of pictures. That's really the only way I think I'm going to be able to do this! I can't choose only a few, so they must all go up, I guess! I wish I knew how to do a slideshow thingy...that might be nicer for the readers than having to scroll down forever.
Be prepared for a really long post. I apologize. If you have Facebook, maybe you should just check out the pictures there...might be less painful. If you don't have Facebook...oh well...you must deal with the post, I guess.

Here goes!

This was on our way into Crandell Lake campsite (the first time, Friday afternoon)...a 2 km walk.

Indian Paintbrush along the way
Not sure what this furry flower is, but it was neat!Self-explanatory This is where we spent a bunch of our time...on the rocks next to the lakeI just love this tree...it was so neat!Small, blue Forget-me-notsAlberta's Wild RoseAnother unknown flowerAn old, gnarled tree next to the cookhouse on the beachAnd again...flowers!Evening light on the lake..and a duck :)Crandell Lake in the eveningThis friendly little deer came to see if he could find food while we were eating dinner.This picture was taken at Forum Falls shortly after 5 in the morning with my point and shoot Canon, hence the terrible light and the dew splatters on my lens...it was still dark! It seemed like too much work to pull out the big camera that early :)Boardwalk crossing a marshy area just before reaching Forum LakeA first glimpse of Akamina Ridge at first lightGetting closer! Yes, that's snow we're walking over in the middle of July!This is what you get when you wake up at 3:30, start hiking out of camp at 4, and start hiking to the ridge at 5. First light is beautiful. A part of me still wanted to be asleep at camp. Needless to say, it was NOT my idea to be up that early.Forum Lake and Akamina RidgeNeato plants!Starting to head up the trail to the ridge

Ok, so at this point I'm about to fall asleep...no, not from boredom...so I think I'm going to run and have a quick nap (or not so quick, as the case usually is with me!), and then I'll come back later to add the rest of the photos. I kinda doubt anyone's going to read this in the meantime, however. If you do...come and check back later...there'll be more! Like I said...there are LOTS of pictures :)

~K~