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| Fire in the sky on the Rocky Mountain Front, Montana |
Wow, Freezout Lake and the Rocky Mountain Front could not be any more beautiful!!
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| Sunset on the Rocky Mountain Front - Montana |
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| Fire in the sky |
Now, for the reason why we were there. Freezout Lake is on the Pacific Flyway for migrating birds. The lake is a perfectly placed rest stop for birds which have just flown over the Rockies.
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| Barley Field, Montana |
What really makes Freezout the perfect rest stop is the agriculture adjacent to the lake. Anheuser-Busch contracted farmers grow barley and wheat out here where the Great Plains meet the Rocky Mountains in dramatic fashion. The snow geese utilize these fields for food while helping clean the fields of the previous years grains. I bet they help with fertilizing too.
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| Snow geese at Freezout Lake, montana |
While the warm spring had geese numbers lower than usual, it was still mind-blowing!
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| Snow geese sunrise |
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| Snow geese at Freezout Lake, MT |
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| Geese in the fields |
A trip to the Rocky Mountain Front and Freezout Lake is one of those things that everyone needs to do at least once. It is just absolutely gorgeous out there and the drive is epic. This is about 60 miles north of Craig, Montana. Yes, that's the Craig that we all love on the Missouri River.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Get off your ass and explore! Also, I'd rather take a bullet than live somewhere besides Montana, USA!
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