Rex Trulove
This is looking in the opposite direction from the second image and it was taken on our way back home. The mountains in the far distance give a good idea of just how big this valley is. Our local valley is small and is beyond the ‘foothills’ in this image. While our local valley was formed and shaped by the Clark Fork River, this entire valley was made by the glacial lake that once covered this entire area.
Reminds me of Little House on the Prairie. The scenes just seem to go on forever.
That is true. The actual prairies start on the other side of the mountains.
It also explains why Montana is “Big Sky Country”.