1:55 pm, September 20, 2009

I'm sitting under an overhang at Logan's Pass, Glacier National Park, Montana. This spot is also known as the visitor's center, though currently, there are no visitors. We arrived at the park last night, set up camp and took a walk. This morning, we donned our packs and hitchhiked from our car, intending to be dropped off at our trailhead, but the road was closed due to snow. So, our kind drivers dropped let us off at the gate and thus began our hike through Glacier. From the gate, we walked 2-3 miles to this vacant visitor's center. As we neared this overhang, we met Shelly, a weary hiker we most assumedly rescued from an untimely death. On her way out from a six day hike, she was soaked, alone and without food. We fed her a cliff bar, hot taster's choice, and wrapped her up in my marmot, hat and sleeping bag. Next, arrives brother and sister, Devon and Erin. After passing around hot taster's choice in the nalgene, the sibling duo took the freezing hiker to their car where by now they have offered her heat and homemade banana bread. which brings me to right now...Chicken Cashew Curry heats on the "stove". I want more taster's choice. Heavy snow is falling, temperature is a chilly 32 degrees.