Reflecting in Glacier

We have had a great first day in Glacier National Park, which Eric has detailed in his post below. Yet all I can think about is the poor man who was killed by a grizzly in Yellowstone today. What happened on that trail? Did he do everything that one is supposed to do when faced with that situation, but it didn't matter anyway? What about his poor wife, who survived the situation but is left with this last memory? A day that was supposedto be filled with exploring the beauty of nature. I guess I'm having such a hard time with this because we did some back country hiking in Yellowstone, have several days of hiking planned here, and in Banff as well. And we will go, because that is what one does when exploring such beautiful and unique terrain. And because that is what Eric and I do. Our first date was hiking Mt. Fuji. We got engaged while on a 15-day rafting trip in the Grand Canyon. We hiked into the crator of Haleakala on our honeymoon. We don't really hike in Texas (because there isn't much hiking in Houston). So we live for opportunities like this. I guess I'm most upset for that man's wife and what she must be feeling right now. It just hits a little too close to home for me. And if you read my very first post on this blog, you know that grizzly encounters while hiking was one of my two fears about this trip. But we will be OK, because as Eric stated in one of his posts, I made him feel silly by talking loudly and clapping hands while hiking. :)