6/11/13 Byer's Lake Walk

I got up early this morning and did a quick load of laundry before breakfast.  We again ate at the Mountain View Restaurant, which has fabulous views of the mountain.  Kelly asked for and got a wake up call at 4 AM to view the mountain while it was clear.  She was so excited to see it!  It looked pretty good this morning though and has stayed pretty unobscured throughout the day - just a few clouds.  We met our guide for the Byer's Lake walk at the lobby.  She stopped at a viewpoint on the way and let us take more pictures of the mountain.  The day has been warm and the walk was lovely.  The ice had just melted from the lake and we took a trail along the edge of the water.  We could see tiny salmon fry at the water's edge and she pointed out wildflowers, mosses, trees, etc.  We did see the prints of a baby moose, which was way cool!  We ended our walk at an abandoned cabin that had moss and trees growing from the roof.  The blue flower is the wild geranium and the white one is the dwarf dogwood. We had a lovely walk on a perfect day.  When we came back, we went to lunch at the 20,320 Grill.  We are all doing our own thing this afternoon (I am sure Kelly is napping) and when I catch up on the blog, I am going to check out the gift shop.  The internet here is in the lobby.  It was there at our last stay also, but I never had time to get there as

we have been staying so busy.  We have a good-bye cocktail party tonight and then dinner.  Tomorrow we will take the train to board the ship and that will be a new adventure.  We certainly have enjoyed the land portion of our trip - totally fabulous!