The lights
Not the Christmas tree lights…I did go back to the village this evening, but I was not having much luck getting the lights – there was lots of car traffic, street spots – it seemed like it was one of those “you have to be there” kind of things and/or beyond my current photography skills to capture.
So…you will need to use your imagination…Bigfork Village is a pretty little town of one long block of shops and art galleries, tucked between Swan Hill, Swan River and Bigfork Bay of Flathead Lake. Every level of every storefront is draped with garland made from local pine boughs. Trees decorated with red ribbons are attached to anything that stands upright. Boughs, bushes, fences…are strung with colored lights. Store windows are lit with their wares as well as Christmas lights, pine cones, and other festive decorations.
It is now a Christmas village and on this night (and afternoon after the decorating) the merchants offer snacks and drinks. Visitors and residents stroll the main street along to the sound of Christmas music broadcast in the street.
Main street in Bigfork is Electric Avenue – named for the electric plant on the Swan River at the base of the Wild Mile – situated above the bridge that leads into the village from the south.
The lights – they were beautiful and the night above is clear and filled with stars. It is the start of the holiday season and here in Bigfork, Montana, it is colorful and full of light.
