Rocks in clear water

This is how I'm feeling today: clear & clean. A cool breeze feeling (though it's cold water in the picture). Among many things I'm reminded of by these rocks and the water over them, I am reminded of my mom, who loved this lake so much. And me? Some of the first photos of me ever taken were taken at Lake McDonald.

Beaver dam on McDonald Creek

Glacier National Park, Montana. 13 Nov 2003.

Just a little over two years ago, I was in northwest Montana visiting my family, & one day took off with my brother Dave & sister-in-law Linda to Glacier Park. We didn't go far into the park — just along Lake McDonald on the Going-to-the-Sun Road, & a bit north of the lake where we took a little hike along McDonald Creek.

It was just coming on to winter in Montana, & parts of the creek were just beginning to freeze over. This is my favorite photo from that walk.