Our final day of seminary for the week was spent with a little review for the kids, some scripture mastery time and each of the teachers brought a treat for their students. 

We saw this porcupine quite high in a hemlock tree eating the leaves.  I've been told that most of the trees here are Spruce and Hemlock. 

After a short nap and some study time and lunch we decided to go up to Mendenhall Glacier and walk around a bit.  The rain was pouring most of the time, as usual.  We did see some beautiful things we hadn't noticed in other times that we have walked around.  There are daisy like flowers all over the mountain sides. 

The foliage is beginning to turn now.  It is making for some beautiful scenery.  There are huge blocks of ice floating in the lake below Mendenhall Glacier.  

We did see a few salmon still in the river but the main portion of the run is over.  The bears come to the river less often.  We did see some mink though.  They were darting in and out of the cover so fast that by the time you saw them you couldn't get your camera on them.  They are a beautiful animal.  And they chirp loudly while they are playing, or fighting.  I couldn't tell which. 

Some of the blocks of ice are house size and even the size of a barn.

I had a wonderful visit on the phone with Travis.  He has a tremendous amount of skill in human relations. 

We tried a place call Booyahs for dinner on our date night last night.  I don't think we'll be going back often. 

The Glacier is more than 35 miles long.  The time lapse photography I saw in the visitor center shows that it is building and receding each year with the winter season.  It is also receding quite a few feet each year in it's total length.

There is a lot of time for study and preparation.  I give the students a chance to ask questions on an assignment sheet each week.  They ask very insightful questions.  It is good that I have time to look the answers.  I have such poor penmanship that I am answering their questions as a message on their facebook page. 

We have had a lot rainfall each day for most of the month of September.  It totals around 7 inches now I think.  There are water falls all along this mountain side and they collect at the bottom and culminate in this beautiful water fall flowing into the lake.

We attended a Thunder Mountain girls volleyball game last night.  One of our seminary girls, Makayla, was on the team.  She and her team mates played their hearts out but lost in three straight.