Sep 5, 2011

Moody Montana Evenings

Cool Colors Captured...

Photos by Tim Bergren

In the evenings at my parents’ Swan Lake home, we often sit about on the deck for hours after dining, watching sunset edge into twilight. On this particular night, the deep gray clouds cast the sun’s rays inward at a unique angle, and the result was the most amazing gold, gradually encompassing the mountain across the lake, and reflected in the waters below…Enjoy! Continue reading

Sep 17, 2010

Flathead Valley, Montana

Photo Friday

A moon rising above the Flathead, MT valley floor at the end of a perfect summer day…

Aug 21, 2010

Creston, Montana

Heartland Sunset

By Timothy J. Bergren

In Montana, if you step off the back porch you might see the painterly evening qualities of the Flathead Valley…wheat fields wave farewell to the light and bask in the golden fringes of the day… Continue reading

Aug 20, 2010

Flathead Lake, Montana

Moment of Peace Video (with a little action)

It would seem all that’s missing is Corona and lime in this relaxing video. On the northeast end of Flathead Lake near Bigfork, Montana, a boater and his tow are trying to get a few more waterski/wakeboard runs in before dusk…with the distant summer sounds of children playing on the shore…

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Aug 14, 2010

Jewel Basin Family Hike

Twin Lakes

By Lisa T. Bergren

On a gorgeous late July day, we went to Jewel Basin, a lovely back country preserve. Here, there are 50 miles of hiking trails and 27 alpine lakes among over 15,000 acres for hiking and camping. Looking for a trail our 7-year-old could handle, we chose to head toward Twin Lakes Continue reading

Aug 10, 2010

Family-Friendly Montana Hike

Glacier Lake in the Seeley-Swan Valley

By Lisa T. Bergren

It seemed incredible to me and my brother, but after a lifetime of summers on Swan Lake, we’d never really hiked in our own valley. So we gathered the troops together (17 of us) and drove thirty miles south and eleven miles into the forest to hike what is reportedly one of the finest trails in the valley—the trail to Glacier Lake. Continue reading

Mar 6, 2010

Montana in Winter

The Way It Used to be...

By Lisa T. Bergren

Planning a family trip to Montana in winter? I grew up skiing at Big Mountain in Whitefish, now called Whitefish Mountain Resort. When my family traveled from Colorado to Montana last winter to celebrate Christmas with my folks, I thought I’d take my children skiing, show them where I learned how to ski, relive the memories and make some new ones too. Continue reading

Dec 10, 2009

Northwest Montana

Top 3 secrets from a psuedo-local...

I’ve been tagged, as in, “travel tag–you’re it!”–a game in which travel writers share three of their beloved secret places…reluctantly. Reluctantly, because if I tell you about it, it won’t be a secret anymore, right? We don’t want our secret places overrun. There’s something about keeping a place special–only sharing it with a few special, chosen ones–that makes a girl smile. But it’s your day…I’m about to share some treasured family secrets about Montana. Continue reading