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Saturday, August 2, 2008
Here's our lunch spot for today.
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Saturday, August 2, 2008
The fishing today was a little slower but still managed to catch 35 fish.
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Saturday, August 2, 2008
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Saturday, August 2, 2008
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Saturday, August 2, 2008
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Saturday, August 2, 2008
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Saturday, August 2, 2008
It's obvious why they warn you that this is Bear country and to be "Bear Aware"
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Sunday, August 3, 2008
Today I left Fernie and drove south back into the USA. I entered at Montana and drove south through a couple of very nice towns, Kalispell, Whitefish and Flathead Lake.
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Sunday, August 3, 2008
WOW, it's nice to see lower gas prices, especially after being in Canada.
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Sunday, August 3, 2008
As I drove south from Fernie to Missoula, I had heard there was a heard of Bison in a nearby area. I decided to take a detour and see how many there were.
On my drive in to see them I spotted this Mother Osprey in her nest, obviously she had chicks in the nest.
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Sunday, August 3, 2008
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Sunday, August 3, 2008
A few minutes later the chicks popped up and began to exercise their wings. They'll probably be ready to fly in a couple of weeks.
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Sunday, August 3, 2008
I found the group of Bison. These are magnificient animals.
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Sunday, August 3, 2008
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Monday, August 4, 2008
I spent Sunday night in Missoula, MT and today drove south from Missoula to Bozeman. I'm staying at the Hilton Garden Inn in Bozeman.
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Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Today I fished the Boulder River with Dennis Alverson. Dennis and I have fished together for the past 3 years. The Boulder River is located about 65 miles southeast of Bozeman near Big Timber, MT. As you can see, the Boulder River is very appropriately named.
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Tuesday, August 5, 2008
We floated the Boulder River in Dennis's very small raft. The river was very small and there were several areas of white water, which made our float wet and wild.
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Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Here's Dennis setting up lunch.
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Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Here's the view from our lunch spot.
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Tuesday, August 5, 2008
The fishing was great today, I caught somewhere between 25 and 30 fish. This is a Rainbow Trout.
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Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Here's a nice Brown Trout.
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Tuesday, August 5, 2008
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Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Here is the the lower section of the Boulder River.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008
I took today off from fishing because I'm still not feeling well. I've been sick since I arrived in British Columbia. I decided to go for a drive looking for wildlife. It started out as a short drive but turned out to be a 350 mile adventure.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008
I drove south of Bozeman and saw this herd of Antelope. Antelope have superior eyesight and are very difficult to get close to.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Here's a pair of Antelope
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Here's a beautiful mature, male Deer, a "Buck"
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008
I drove towards the Northern entrance of Jellystone Park at Gardiner, MT. As I got near the park entrance I saw this large herd of Bison.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008
I entered Jellystone at the Northern entrance.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008
The Roosevelt Arch at the entrance to Yellowstone.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008
I drove through the famous Lamar River Valley in the Northeast corner of the Park.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008
There were a lot of Bison in the Lamar Valley
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008
The Lamar River Valley looked more like the movie "Dances with Wolves"
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008
This is Grizzly Bear country
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008
I exited the Park in the Northeast corner and had a long drive up and over the Beartooth Mountains.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008
I drove up and over the Beartooth Mountains. There is a vista point at 11,000 feet elevation. It was way above the tree line and there was still quite a bit of snow. The view was magnificient.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Beartooth Mountains
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Near the top of the mountain I spotted these Mountain Goats. This is a very rare sighting.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008
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Thursday, August 7, 2008
Today I fished the Yellowstone River with Dennis Alverson, the Yellowstone is a larger river and we used his drift boat.
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Thursday, August 7, 2008
Fishing was fair today, I think I caught about 15 fish. This is a Yellowstone Cuttroat Trout.
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Thursday, August 7, 2008
Another Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout
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Thursday, August 7, 2008
Here's the view from our lunch stop.
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Thursday, August 7, 2008
Here's Dennis cooking lunch.
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Thursday, August 7, 2008
The other day Dennis and I were talking about Antelope. Today he was nice enough to bring a couple of Antelope steaks to cook for lunch. The Antelope was fantastic, the best red meat I've ever tasted and very nicely prepared by Chef Dennis.
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Friday, August 8, 2008
Today Dennis and I fished the Stillwater River which is about 95 miles southeast of Bozeman. This is the view from our lunch spot. The Stillwater River was not at all still, we had some areas of whitewater which made the float wet and wild again and again in the little raft.
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Friday, August 8, 2008
Here's Chef Dennis cooking lunch again.
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Friday, August 8, 2008
Wow, Dennis brought a couple more Antelope steaks for lunch!!
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Friday, August 8, 2008
Here's a nice Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout that took a large Grasshopper fly.
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Friday, August 8, 2008
Here's a nice Brown Trout that took a large Grasshopper fly.
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