There are two large lakes in Glacier National Park. This is Lake McDonald on the west of the park.
During the summer, they had shuttle buses to transport visitors around the park. However, they discontinued this service after Labor Day. Our only way to travel the Going to the Sun Highway was to take a tour on one of these buses. It was fun riding in this bus with the top rolled back. They were first used during the '30's and in recent years reconditioned by Ford Motor Company and returned to use in Glacier and some of the other national parks. Our driver and tour guide was most interesting. He has been giving tours for about 7 years. He lives north of the park, near the Canadian border, away from electricity and other conveniences. His mailbox is a mile from his house, which he built from trees on his property. He was very knowledgeable about all aspects of the park.
You can see the road in the distance that we traveled (the horizontal line less that halfway down the picture.)
We passed mile after mile of farmland and saw hundreds of grain silos. Most of the newer silos were made of steel and a few of concrete. Occasionally you would see an ancient wooden one. Farmers prefer to store their grain until prices are better.
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