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I've had some great trips with my friend from college, Jeff Stetz, over the years. Some of the best are when I visited his home in Glacier National Park. 2009 was the last year I made it up there before Jeff left Glacier.
Smiling Coyote
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Happy because all the snowshoe hare in the area
No kidding!
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Old homestead area
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Nice bear hair sample on a rub tree
Rub Tree - look at all the hair in the barbs
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Great sample!
Nice stand of aspen
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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
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We climbed the ridge in the distance and a higher ridge behind it
Boundary marker
Survey / elevation marker
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We ate probably 5-6 different kinds of berries
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Old boundary sign
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Merganser ducks on the North Fork of the Flathead River
North Fork
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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
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We startled a moose
moose
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Kintla Lake - Note the reflection in the water
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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
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Jeff taking in the commanding view from a high perch
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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 sun has set and the moon is climbing
The moon streaming through the timber as we drifted on the current
Taking out at Blankenship where the North Fork and the Middle Fork join