This last weekend a couple of friends and myself went on a nice 30 mile paddle down the Big Hole river in western Montana, just south of Butte. We put in at Brown's Bridge and just rode down the wide bloated Big Hole to the High Road fishing access by Twin Bridges. The weather was beautiful, which was a good change from the weather in Bozeman which seems to have trapped small pockets of winter every week or so that come and dump down onto the Gallatin Valley. If you are into birds, this place is amazing. We saw at least a dozen hawks, a flock of pelicans, a gazillion ducks, and geese, and two herds of deer, gallavanting around the river! It was nice to go out canoing with Brett as we are both planning
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