Seeley Lake, MT

Seeley Lake, MT. is a very resorty spot. The town has groceries (Wold's Valley Market on the southern end of town), gas, bank, PO, golf course, medical & dential clinics, auto repair, bike rentals, Grizzly Claw Trading Company which is high end souveniors & gifts. We stayed at the Big Trees Camp Ground on the lake. The sites are well spread out. There are no showers, but nice clean valuted toilets. There is a nature trail along the lake.
BETH writes about June 19th - Jean and I realized that at 6500 feet in Montana there is only one thing to say - holy cow this is unreal! We climbed forever it seemed, but the higher we got the more excited we were. We could see for miles on end and there was not a cloud in the sky! When we reached the top we stopped to take pictures and thought we were about to meet our first Grizzly. Fortunately, when the crashing animal popped out on the road we realized it was in fact a young Elk. He was as afraid of us as we were at the thought of him being a Grizzly. The descent from the top of the pass was out of this world. We encountered single track for the second time today, only this time there was a huge cliff to our left and land slide material - trees and rocks on the trail. We had to climb over 8 trees and walked some of the sections in fear of falling off the edge. For all of our riding buddies at home you would have LOVED this single track - rocky, tree filled and water bars to jump. It was fantastic and the view was spectacular. Today is at the top of the list for the most fun and spectacular! 35 miles today and it was seriously awesome!!!!
JAN writes about June 19th-The Swan River Valley that we are now in has to be one the most beautiful spots in the US. Between the snow-capped Mission Mts. on the West and the snow-capped Swan Mts. to the East, it is very lightly inhabited, at least by humans! We both wouldn't mind moving here! Ann and I set up our camp at Big Larch Campground on Seeley Lake. We saw several waterbirds today - including a loon family. Since it is Sunday, the campground had emptied out and we had our pick of sites. Deer were wandering through the campsite! The Western Larch, similar to our Tamarack trees at home, are common here. They are deciduous conifers. Except the ones here are up to 1000 years old and 85 feet in circumference and 200 feet tall. Wow! Big trees! No rain today at all. Shock! First evidence of mosquitoes this trip here, but that is because it has warmed up into the 60's during the day.