Summer Salamander

Glacier National Park, Montana, July 1970. It's easy to spot Salamander Glacier.

(Here, the salamander is a backdrop for the gecko.)

A View of the Salamander

Glacier National Park, Montana, July 1966. It's a familiar view for every hike.

Salamander Reunion

Glacier National Park, Montana, July 1972. It's a familiar view from any angle.

Brook

Glacier National Park, Montana, July 1972. Someone made it easier to cross.

Moving Forward

Glacier National Park, Montana, July 1972. We're on the trail that leads to Iceberg Lake.

Near Salamander Glacier

Glacier National Park, Montana, July 1972. My Parents were happiest when we visited Glacier.

Stormy Reunion

Glacier National Park, Montana, July 1966. This was Dad's favorite Glacier photo.

Demanding Attention

Glacier National Park, Montana, July 1966. Mom captures Dad setting up another shot, and I demonstrate why it took a lot of patience to be around me.

This is not a "swimming lake."

Glacier National Park, Montana, July 1987. It looks inviting, but the water is too cold.

Swiftcurrent Lake

Glacier National Park, Montana, July 1987. I saw the boats many times, but I never took the tour.

A Closer Look at Salamander Glacier

Glacier National Park, Montana, July 1968. You've seen it before.

Summer Landscape

Glacier National Park, Montana, July 1966. This is the view one sees when driving from Many Glacier Hotel to Swiftcurrent Motor Inn.

We're off.

Glacier National Park, Montana, July 1966. Mom and I are equipped for our hike: I have a walking stick, and Mom carries her knitting bag.

We have some habits.

Glacier National Park, Montana, July 1973. Mom often knitted or read while I fished.

Salamander-Glacier Reunion

Glacier National Park, July 1973. We approach the Many Glacier area during (what would be) our last family vacation in the park.

Christmas Cards: First Edition

By the mid-1960s, my Dad's interest in photography was flowering. He began an almost-annual custom of sending holiday photo cards. Back then, photo cards were unusual, and they were not as quick to order as they are in our digital era.

Dad usually selected an image from our summer vacation for the photo card. He never chose family pictures or pet photos. The object of the photo usually was a landscape, a tree, or a flower.

I'll post scans of some of those cards in the next few weeks.

December, 1966. Dad chose an image from our trip to Glacier National Park for his first holiday photo card.

Happy Reunion

Glacier National Park, Montana, July 1987. After a fourteen-year gap, I return to my favorite place.

When you're hiking, stop to admire the flowers.

Glacier National Park, Montana, July 1966. The view is spectacular, but I'm intrigued by the purple blossoms.

Water falls from Salamander Glacier.

Glacier National Park, Montana, July 1968. Mom and I are on the trail, waving at Dad.

A hike with a beloved person.

Glacier National Park, Montana, July 1966. Dad and I pause so that Mom can capture us on the trail. I think we were on our way to Red Rock Falls.