Finished up the journey with a classic hike — the Highline Trail to Granite Park. The hope was to get photos of one last high country critter — the hoary marmot. They obliged. I was eating a snack on a rock and this one nearly got on my back to get a better look at me. Unfortunately, no sweeping views. The past few days have been fairly dark and dreary, sort of like the beginning of this project. The entire hike was in the clouds. Never even saw the chalet it was so dense. Still, a pleasant way to end the journey. And what now? Well, in the next eight months or so we'll put it all together in a special edition of the magazine. A traveling show is planned. There are many, many photos that didn't make this blog. Stay tuned to this magazine's regular blog for details.

As for me, I'll take a day or two off and then it's back to Glacier. More adventures lurk in the woods, sweep across the prairies, course through the trails, shine across the peaks.

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