Well, I recently finished my 100-mile hike through Glacier. (It turned out to be 110 miles). I'm working on a special edition of the magazine showcasing the journey. Should be done in a couple of weeks. Here, the moon sets on my camp at Flattop while I light paint my tent.

Photo specs: Leica M9 and 21 elmarit asph, shutter set to bulb, with about a minute exposure.

Glacier Park has some of the best trails in the country — well marked, well maintained and safe. They have great trail crews, like Mia Cahalan, shown here, shoveling out the Highline Trail. Sad part is, when Park budgets get tight, trail crews often are the first to see the cuts. Makes no sense. You'd never see a more hard-working dedicated crew of employees. One time I ran into a guy who had lugged a 50-pound jackhammer up a slope to work on a trail. A jackhammer!

Camera notes: Leica M9, 21 mm elmarit, f8 and be there.

A friend of mine took me to a nest of bald eagles in Glacier. The vantage point was almost perfect, though the nest was about 20 yards too far away, even with a 400 mm and 1.4 teleconverter. Still, when the adult took off I managed to get this serviceable frame. The white flakes are not snow, but cottonwood seeds, drifting in the evening breeze. Nikon, if you're reading this, I need about 8 more megapixels of resolution in my next camera, please...

Did a 26-mile round trip into Grace Lake over the weekend. The hike is flat and easy-going and the miles, (especially going in) slipped away quickly. Grace won't go down as being one of my favorite lakes. The shoreline is very brushy. The lake is full of cutthroat trout, but I didn't fish. Once I got in there the light pretty much sucked. A thunderstorm rolled in and because Geduhn Mountain is so close to the lake, there's not much in the way of a sunrise. But on the way out, I grabbed this shot of an island at the head of Logging Lake. Gotta like those greens.

I wore new shoes, too: A pair of Nike "Free" sneakers (I guess you'd call them sneakers). I did have some heel pain about 8 miles in, but nothing horrible. I don't think I'd have any foot pain at all if I left the 400mm home. Carrying it long distances is beginning to wear on me.

Taken with a Leica M9 and 50mm summicron. One of the best lens/camera combinations on Earth right now.

The opening reception for the 100 years, 100 days project is this Thursday (July 8) from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Hockaday Museum of Art. The show has been up for about a month, but I'll be at the reception to talk about the project and maybe sing a song or two. (Grin). The above photo is from Day 37.

Three days in the Cut Bank Valley and for the most part, it was cloudy and rainy, until the very last morning. Made it worth it.

Summer sunsets are fun to shoot, but they wear on you after awhile. The sun sets so late, that you don't get home until nearly midnight. Still, it's all good. Taken with a 21 Leica Elmarit, just an outstanding lens.