*I hope people use their own wise judgement when hiking always plan ahead and be prepared. One should never go beyond their abilities.*

Over the years I've had a few goals my first was to Summit all the Peaks of Waterton. Here is My Waterton Summit List I completed that goal on September 26, 2016.

My next goal I'm still working on and that is to summit the 6 10,000 foot Summmits of Glacier National Park. I have one left Kintla.

My 2018 Goal that I accomplished was to summit 40 peaks in my 40th year and that I finished on September 26, 2018.

Not sure what will be my next goal, once Glacier's Summits are done?

I commonly use 3 Hashtags on my social media. The first one is #itookthepathlesstraveledby which is to reference this blog. The next two relate to my father and grandfather who were also hikers. #milesformarkellingson is to remember my
Dad, Mark Ellingson and #dustfromthetrailandhowitsettledonme is to remember my Grandfather Earl Ellingson

July 09, 2016

Bertha Lake Family Hike July 2, 2016

We all dawned our Miles for Mark shirts today and headed up to Waterton.  The morning started with a few of us participating in the Annual Harlan Taylor Run in Raymond.  Some of us ran the 10k that morning then went on an 11 km hike that afternoon.  Waterton was probably the busiest I have ever seen it in my life.  I have never seen so many people on the trail and we sure stuck out with our matching blue shirts.  It was a nice day, perfect for hiking and a great time was had by all.

At the beginning of the hike

Beautiful lookout over Waterton Lake

Line Shot with everyone poking their heads out for the picture

Lower Bertha Falls

Honeysuckle Flower

Another Flower

Great view, on the last switch-back, down onto middle Waterton Lake

Group shot at the lake

Bertha Lake

Our group got broke up for the day because of car trouble, but here is everyone that made it to the falls

Mt. Cleveland in the distance, it was one year ago this day that I was on top of that peak

Final flower shot

Mapmyhike track of hike

Google Sphere Picture at Lake
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