(At the Polychrome Pass Rest Stop, we got off the bus to
head into the backcountry wilderness. We took a breath to
take in the beautiful views from up here. There were huge
plains that were created by long ago glaciers. As the
glaciers receded they left lots of gravel that formed into
gravel and river beds, huge boulders (glacial eratics),
and chunks of ice that melted forming depressions that
slowly filled with water to form kettle ponds. Further
back, were the huge mountains of the Alaskan Range. These
snow covered mountains rose to over 7,000 feet tall.)
