Smiling Coyote

Happy because all the snowshoe hare in the area

No kidding!

Old homestead area

Nice bear hair sample on a rub tree

Rub Tree - look at all the hair in the barbs

Great sample!

Nice stand of aspen

Time to eat lunch and fill up on water

Cold, crystal-clear waters

US/Canadian Boundary swath
Up and over whatever is in the way

We climbed the ridge in the distance and a higher ridge behind it

Boundary marker

Survey / elevation marker

We ate probably 5-6 different kinds of berries

Old boundary sign

Merganser ducks on the North Fork of the Flathead River

North Fork

Grizzly Bear - between the two large trees - next to the right one

Grizzly Bear - his rump near the left tree

Ducks swim a lazy bend in the river

Woodpecker - probably a Three-Toed

Nice stand of Western Larch - one of my favorite trees

We startled a moose

moose

Kintla Lake - Note the reflection in the water

Pretty clumsy - results of not having bushwacked in a couple years

Ken floating down the Flathead River

Wide river cutting through a lush forest

Took a break on the rocks for some fly fishing

Ken is obviously having a blast

I could float this river every day of the summer and not get bored

Another stop for some fly fishing - they were jumping around this area

Taken from atop the canyon wall

Climbing the canyon wall

Jeff taking in the commanding view from a high perch

Jeff giving a beer salute as he goes "no hands" through a small rapid

A common sight during our float

Oranges and reds in the sky as the sun sets

Jeff arranging our pickup at Blankenship

The moon streaming through the timber as we drifted on the current

The sun has set and the moon is climbing

Taking out at Blankenship where the North Fork and the Middle Fork join