June 11  Another cloudy day.  One of the first things we noticed were these white lady slippers.  They are a member of the orchid family, and are quite rare, but these were right by the road.  We have pink and yellow ones in Tennessee, but this was my first time to see white ones.

 The road going across the park is known as the Going to the Sun road, and usually isn't completely open until late June.  We drove up as far as we were allowed, and hiked to Avalanche Lake.  Although it was quite cool, we enjoyed the hike. It was one beautiful scene after another. 

We saw this black bear walking parallel to the trail, and apparently unconcerned about the presence of any humans.  There was a ranger there for crowd control, but everyone behaved and just enjoyed seeing this beautiful creature.