Continental Divide in Montana

Hello, we are back. Here is a beautiful scenery photo of the continental divide in Montana. This section of the continental divide is located in the Bob Marshall wilderness complex, which also contains the Scapegoat and Great bear wilderness. The continental divide runs from Alaska to Mexico, this short section called the Chinese Wall is a result of a thrust fault and is made of limestone. These limestone cliffs are one thousand feet in height and about thirteen miles long. It is the longest section of continuous cliff formation in the Rocky mountains. The views are breath taking when standing on top, and overwhelming when standing at the bottom looking up. This is something that only a few people are able to enjoy, if it excites you as much as it does us, the opportunity to visit this wonderful place should not be passed up. There are several ways to experience this unforgettable place. By air which is of course very easy, especially if you do not have the luxury of time. Just a few hours out of your day will fill your minds eye with a wide array of beautiful memories and your cameras memory full of beautiful scenery photos. Another way is a self guided tour using the many maintained and not so maintained trails the Bob Marshall wilderness has to offer. By horse back is a very enjoyable way to visit this extensive wilderness system. I have enjoyed all three methods and all are great. As our blog grows we will try to give you a photographic tour, which is the fourth way to visit this area. On horse back or by foot, if you have the opportunity, is the best way to see and experience the beautiful scenery and wildlife first hand. We are hoping to set up links to help you contact an outfitter that could guide you, as well as a link to provide you the opportunity to set up a scenic flight over the continental divide, or Glacier Park, or any other area that would be of interest to you to be able to see the beautiful scenery Montana has to offer. Through our photos you will see wildflowers, clear mountain lakes, moose, elk, and deer. You can visit our website, (montanaphotosandtreasures.com) to see more photos and we will be posting more as we blog along.

Wanting to share our experiences either through our wildlife photos , our scenery photos or maybe some of our treasures we have collected along the way, started us on a quest to find a way to accomplish this. We started with a free website, and now we have grown to having a merchant account and a small but growing business. Its been fun and we have learned a thing or two along the way. We are not computer people so if we can do it I would think anyone can.
As we walk through, or more often run through, these adventures, we sometimes end up with a picture worth sharing or some times an interesting antique. We have collected old fishing poles, antique fishing lures, Penn Reels, a Randall knife. These are things that have caught our interest and maybe it might catch yours too. Some of our antiques are for sale, and some might be just fun to look at. As our site grows, we will be able to add more items. It all takes time and since we have 8 to 5 jobs, our website does not get the attention we would like to give it. If you do get a chance to visit our site, please let us know what you think, or a suggestion that might make it more interesting. In the near future we will be uploading some photos with the stories behind them, it should be fun.

A life changing event.

Welcome to my Blog. My name is Wendy and this is an account of how an event in someone’s life can make a change in your life also. I have always loved to take pictures and my husband(Larry) always wanted to learn to fly. So it all started on February 3rd, 2005 when Larry was given a package by his employer that contained a certificate for his flight training. My husband and I do most every thing together, so when we met with the flight instructor and learned that I could ride along on Larry’s training flights, this new journey started. February 17th was Larry’s first flight lesson and I went on all of them up to his first solo on April 4th, and he received his pilots license on May 23rd.
With a license in his pocket, we had to start looking for an airplane, the right airplane, and being new to the aviation world, we needed help. Because of our love for the mountains, wildlife, and scenery, we knew we would be flying in backcountry terrain. With the help of some knowledgeable friends, we chose a high horsepower 182 Cessna with big tires. We started enjoying our new plane June 16th.
Flying the Flathead Valley and surrounding area is a privilege. Being this close to Glacier National Park, Yellowstone Park, the Rocky Mountains, the Bitterroot Mountains, the Swan Mountain Range and the Mission Mountain Range, gives us some breathtaking views and awesome picture taking opportunities,we thought we might try our hand at taking some aerial photos. Taking wildlife photos might prove to be a little more difficult form the air. We fly over the Bob Marshall Wilderness, Great Bear, and Scapegoat Wilderness. We have enjoyed scenes of the Chinese Wall (Continental Divide), peaks of Glacier National Park and the emerald green or deep blue waters of high mountain lakes cradled in snow covered peaks. Often seeing moose, elk, and bear feeding in lush green mountain meadows undisturbed as we fly over snapping pictures in the mist of the early morning sun as it starts to warm this seemingly untouched and wildly beautiful part of this content. Seeing the sites we see when we are out taking aerial photos arouses our curiosity to the point we have to go explore these places, often getting some good wildlife photos as well as scenery photos. At times we cannot help but to soak up some of this beauty first hand, smell the roses, and catch the little things that cannot be seen or experienced from the air. An elegant mountain wildflower, a ruffed grouse in the trail, a calf elk hidden so well by mother nature, or the simple beauty of a cascading waterfall, or the wonders created by the scene of a old barn or a collapsing old log cabin, what’s it doing here, the answers hidden in its greying walls. We are lucky to be able to enjoy these things, so if we can pass some of this enjoyment on through our beautiful scenery,wildlife photos, aerial photos, or any other photos, we are happy to do so.