Ok, so we are gong to break down this day into smaller segments since we seem to have done quite a lot -then again we did get up at 3:00 a.m. so that is to be expected.
All week we kept seeing a flashy sign on Going-To-The-Sun Road that said the road would be closed from Monday through Thursday from 9:00 p.m.-2:00 a.m. then 2:15 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. We both consider ourselves to be pretty intelligent people so we naturally interpreted that to mean that Friday at 4:00 a.m. we would be good to go to driver over the pass and do a sunrise shoot at Wild Goose Island - the one set of images I was determined to get while we were there!!
Apparently in Montana, however, Thursday really means Friday because we when we arrived at the Loop we saw that the road was still closed and were told that Thursday really meant Friday and we would just have to wait until 7:00 a.m. when the road reopened.
Ok, so we didn't wake up at 3:00 a.m. for nothing so, we parked at the loop and tried to sleep in the car until the sun came up. John did a much better job than I did. For reasons I cannot fathom, I was extremely paranoid - despite applying the emergency brake and being abutted against a stone wall - of rolling off the cliff that was in front of us so I really didn't get any sleep. I didn't want to get out and wander around because I was certain there were bears watching us, so we stayed in the cart until about 5:30 when it started getting lighter. Heaven's Peak was in front of us and while it was not Wild Goose Island it would suffice for sunrise pictures.
Actually, I was certain mine wouldn't turn out because my creativity felt blocked by my aggravation at having not b e permitted to my preferred destination. However, I tried to make lemonade out of lemons and think I did a pretty good job!
I experimented a bit with shooting panoramas while there and I think they came out pretty good. This is another favorite from our trip - the thin ribbon of sunlight hitting the peaks was awe-inspiring!
I looked to my left and between these two mountains was this intense orange glow, it was incredible!
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