Color photo. Lake McDonald at Glacier National Park. A wooden dock extends from the bottom of the frame towards the center. Just beyond the dock a red speedboat is moored, 'Crestliner' written on its side. The gentle waves of the waters reflect the distant mountains, which are capped by clouds.

Around this time last year I did the longest camping trip I’ve ever taken, spending a week and a half living in my tent, staying in Glacier National Park and Grand Teton National Park. I’ve posted a few photos from that trip already but, for a variety of reasons, haven’t really dug through everything and picked out the ones I want to show you.

So I’m going to start doing that! I’m not sure how long it’ll take me to get through them all, and I’m going to work on some other things that might get posted in between, but I’m excited to have you see the parks through my eyes.

Today’s post starts with Lake McDonald, late on the first day at Glacier. It had been very overcast earlier, while I drove up Going to the Sun Road for the first time, but it was clearing by evening. Even with the clouds earlier the views were still amazing and dramatic, as I think you can see.

Gear: Nikon Z7 II, Nikon Z 24-70mm f2.8 S

Color photo. Lake McDonald at Glacier National Park. A wooden dock extends from the bottom of the frame towards the center. Just beyond the dock a red speedboat is moored, 'Crestliner' written on its side. The gentle waves of the waters reflect the distant mountains, which are capped by clouds.
Color photo. A forested valley with steep sides leads up from the bottom of the frame towards a mountain, its jagged rocky sides rising up out of the tree line. Above, the sky is full of dark clouds.
Color photo. Mount Cannon in Glacier National Park rises up on the right, its pyramidal rocky peak rising up out of clouds. On the left another mountain is visible, its peak obscured by dark clouds. Below that mountain are snowfield above forested slopes. Emerging from those slopes is a tall, thin waterfall, known as Bird Woman Falls.
Color photo. The valley of McDonald Creek, in Glacier National Park, leads up along the right of the frame. Above it a partial rainbow is visible, catching sunlight emerging through a gap in the dark clouds above. Mount Cannon rises, rocky and dramatic, on the left of the frame.
Color photo. A view of Saint Mary Lake, and Wild Goose Island, in Glacier National Park. Two people are standing on a rock in the foreground. The person on the left is wearing shorts and a green jacket, and is holding binoculars to their face. On their right is a person with long wavy dark hair, wearing a yellow flannel shirt and jeans. In the distance are rocky mountains below dark dramatic clouds.