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Missoula Trip


On 8th March, 2010, Professor Stephen F. Siebert too my wife and me in and around Missoula. We visited Bandy Ranch, which is about 45 minutes drive from University of Montana.
It was bright sunny day and a beautiful drive. We were hopeful of less snows in the Ranch but we were proved wrong. Though hiking within the Ranch was difficult we tried to hike on one small hill top in the Ranch hoping to spot some Elk.
Looks like we ran out of luck as we could not see even a single Elk that day. Bandy Ranch has an interesting history. It was owned by a man called Bandy. Since, there was no one living with him, he donated the Ranch to the university.
Since it was difficult to hike around in the Ranch, we took the feeder road from the nearby forested area to reach Salmon and Seelay lake.


It took us about half an hour to reach the lakes from Ranch. To our utter surprise, whole water body of the lake was still frozen and we could see people undertaking ice fishing.
The second picture shows the frozen lake.
At some portion in the lake it was weak and we could see the water bodies below. Trails of the cars can be clearly seen on the frozen ice.
It was an interesting trip with good sunshine. Looks like god made the weather favourable for our trip as the strom started while we were returning.
The next day, i was taken aback to see the snow fall in Missoula. We weren't expecting snowfall at this time of the year as it was starting to warm up.
IT WAS A GREAT TRIP. Thank you Professor Steve.

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