Wild Horse Island

Saturday morning after a couple of rounds of skiing, a storm blew in and chased everyone inside.  Sue-anne and family packed up and headed back to Taber.  It stormed again around noon.  After lunch the sun came out and it was decided that we would boat down the Flathead River and across the Flathead Lake to Wild Horse Island.

Wild Horse Island is an island in the middle of the Flathead lake (the largest fresh water lake in the US west of the Great Lakes).  At one time the island was farmed, but now it is a State Park.  Apparently there are three wild horses that live on the island and also mule deer and mountain sheep (or goats)?

We pulled the boats to Fisherman's Bridge and put them in the water and started down the river.

 Bridge Over the Flathead River

Jacqueline, Edward, Austen, Erica and Miranda

Sailboat on Flathead Lake

We reached Wild Horse Island and anchored in Skeeko bay.

A 1911 Homestead on the Island - the Homesteader and his Son and Grandchildren - just the right size for the family

The water was beautiful and clear.  We didn't stay long on the Island because we knew a storm was supposed to come in in the early evening.  It took an hour to boat between the island and the bridge.

Bentley, Jackson, Julie (drying her shorts which were wet from wading to shore), Erica, & Kennedy

It was still clear when we left the island.

It didn't stay clear for very long.  A storm came over the mountain and we raced it down the lake.  About the time it caught up with us it moved over to the east so we followed the west coast all the way to the river.  It was sunny when we got to the river and Austen water skiied down the river to the ramp.

We were home getting supper when the storm hit Echo.  Those are hailstones in the grass!