Re: The Joy of *small* business

On Thu, 19 Dec 2024 09:45:33 -0700, Don_from_AZ wrote:

On one of our RV trips to Montana and the Pacific Nortwest we visited
the National Bison Range north of Missoula. The road winds around and
over some pretty good hills. High up on one of the hills is a roadside
sign saying words to the effect of: "you are looking over the Mission
Valley to the southern Mission Mountains. 15,000 years ago, you would be
looking over a vast lake, probably with floating icebergs." Quite
impressive; the valley was hu-u-ge.

Flathead Lake is supposed to be the largest freshwater lake west of the
Mississippi leaving out Alaska but it's only a shadow of its former self.
there is a rest area on 93 south of St. Ignatius before you drop down into
the Mission Valley and I often stop there to take in the view.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_Mountains#/media/
File:Mission_Mountains_National_Bison_Range_Montana.jpg

I haven't been to the Bison Range in a few years. I've got the Golden Age
pass that used to work but they gave the range back to the Salish and
Kootenai Tribe two years ago and I don't know what they charge. I do know
I used to get the reservation recreation permit when it was $10 but they
bumped that to $100. I've got plenty of other places to recreate than the
rez.