Lake McDonald

My dad bought everyone huckleberry and chocolate double scoop ice cream cones and brought them over to the table. Spending money on ice cream – must be a special occasion! Just 20 yards to the left was the old-school motel we stayed in as a family some 30 years ago, and from stolen peeks in the windows it did not seem to have changed a bit. Neither has the lake, really; though Glacier is much more crowded now, it’s still true that 95% of the visitors to the park go to the same handful of places – it’s easy to find a quiet spot to enjoy the view even when the parking lots nearby are full. And so it went.