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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.
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Smiling Coyote
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Happy because all the snowshoe hare in the area
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No kidding!
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Old homestead area
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Nice bear hair sample on a rub tree
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Rub Tree - look at all the hair in the barbs
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Great sample!
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Nice stand of aspen
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Time to eat lunch and fill up on water
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Cold, crystal-clear waters
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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
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Boundary marker
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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
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North Fork
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Grizzly Bear - between the two large trees - next to the right one
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Grizzly Bear - his rump near the left tree
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Ducks swim a lazy bend in the river
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Woodpecker - probably a Three-Toed
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Nice stand of Western Larch - one of my favorite trees
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We startled a moose
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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
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Ken floating down the Flathead River
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Wide river cutting through a lush forest
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Took a break on the rocks for some fly fishing
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Ken is obviously having a blast
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I could float this river every day of the summer and not get bored
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Another stop for some fly fishing - they were jumping around this area
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Taken from atop the canyon wall
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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
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A common sight during our float
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Oranges and reds in the sky as the sun sets
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Jeff arranging our pickup at Blankenship
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The sun has set and the moon is climbing
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The moon streaming through the timber as we drifted on the current
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Taking out at Blankenship where the North Fork and the Middle Fork join
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