National Bison Range - on road from Missoula to Kalispell

The day started by us sleeping in and then packing up and hitting the road to Kalispell.  On the way, we drove through the National Bison Range in hopes of seeing the bison up as close as I did when I was up here in July.  Alas, it was not to be.....

But we did see a whole bunch of white-tail deer, several hawks including one hunting on the ground, LOTS of waterfowl in Mission Creek, and a herd of bison way up high on a mountain.

After leaving the National Bison Range we drove north to Kalispell along the western edge of Flathead Lake through the Flathead Indian Reservation.  This lake is more picturesque than Lake Tahoe to me.  I don't know if was the way the sun was hitting it today, or the snow, or what, but it was an awesome site!

We arrived in Kalispell and checked in to our hotel, went to dinner, then the fish came out!  Both kids wanted to take advantage of the pool being open 24 hours here....luckily, Dad took them while I trudged along looking at today's "photo haul" and updating the 

'blog for all of you who are frolicking vicariously through us -- we hope that we are doing a fine job cuz we are having fun!  Link from yesterday's post has been updated -- above are just a few of the photos from today!

Tomorrow is Glacier National Park - in search of Glacier Billy and his mountain goat pals!

The Frolicking Featherstons