Flathead Lake cruise

Earlier on my hiking blog I had posted about Wild Horse Island.

http://tallpineshiker.blogspot.com/2019/07/wild-horse-island.html

As the island is only accessible by boat, this is how I got there.   Donna's family held a family reunion back in July.  On July 26 a number of the family members at the reunion rented a pontoon boat to cruise on Flathead Lake and go visit Wild Horse Island.  One of the local family members is an experienced boat pilot.

Donna's zodiac sign is Cancer.  And Cancer is a water sign.  I'm a Cancer and love water, and all the Cancers I've know love water.  Not Donna.  She doesn't even like drinking water.  I wonder if she really is a Cancer?  Anyway, Donna wasn't planning on going on the boat ride.  But her sister visiting from North Dakota talked her into going on the ride.  So I also went along as I love water and lakes.

It was a warm sunny day.  The wind was light, unlike the previous day and the next day which were both windy.   It was a beautiful day for a boat ride on Flathead Lake.

Mission Mountains

Mission Mountains in the back.  Wild Horse Island on the right.

South side of Wild Horse Island.  The slight hill left of center is near where Skeeto Bay is on the north side of the island.

Looking at where the highway goes away from the lake and over to Hot Springs.

The next two photos are of an island owned by, and a large ugly mansion on it built by, a guy from Las Vegas.

The next photos are of the most expensive house (and property) in Montana.  The property is an island.

Mini-island.  As far as I know it isn't owned by some rich person.

The trailer is on an island.

Smoke from a forest fire near Ronan, Montana.

Mission Mountains in the foreground right.  Swan Mountain Range is in the back.

The Starbucks COO had a funicular built so he could go from his house down the very steep hillside to the lake.