Ultimate Pedicure Tub?
Lifting heavily from an apparently trustworthy Wikipedia entry, I’ll tell you that this picture captures me at Weeping Wall, “a geological formation found along Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park, in the U.S. state of Montana. It is a natural waterfall that seeps out from the side of the Garden Wall, and is fed by runoff from snowmelt.” The waterfall is near Logan Pass, a highly elevated point of the Continental Divide with a visitor center and trails and the like.
Stopping along Going-to-the-Sun Road (on my way to the Sun!) and climbing up to the waterfall was one of my most favorite moments of my family’s recent 10-day vacation to Montana, which is an amazing state — it was my first time there. The waterfall’s water was so clear and bubbly as to be white in color, and it was very, very cold, too. But cold or not, I didn’t pass over the opportunity to sit on a rock there and rest with my feet in the water.
Wifely Kate, who’s terrified of hypothetical zombie attacks, pointed out that the locale would be a good place to hide in a doomsday situation. You could obstruct the narrow Going-to-the-Sun Road with a boulder, you’d have water, and if you could find food somewhere, you could survive … until winter.
Note also the hat I’m wearing. I can’t remember where I got it, but it in all its faded glory gives the sigil of the Rebel Alliance from Star Wars. Nobody in Fort Worth (except one of my brothers, actually) has ever recognized the symbol. But about three people in Missoula did — Missoula is Montana’s green/progressive town, an excellent place with microbreweries, farmers markets, freecycle bikes, great indie bookstores, the University of Montana, and more. Currently medical marijuana licenses are legally available to out-of-staters who have $150 and a half-passable excuse. I didn’t partake, of course, though were I equipped with $150, a license might have been a good souvenir.
I loved Missoula (and Montana!); I plan to post more about some of my experiences there soon.
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