Second post today....We have arrived!

Russ Kipp, our outfitter and owner of High Country Lodge, asked that we arrive at the lodge between 1:00 and 4:00pm. Dad and I rolled into the driveway at 1:04....fashionably late.

Link to Montana High Country Lodge

After a quick tour and unpacking, we headed to the range to make certain our rifles still shot straight. Ben, a solo hunter with us this week, joined us. Dad went first, and after a minor adjustment, was right on. After my rifle also proved to still be shooting straight, we tried our luck at the 300 and 400 yard targets. We each hit the 300, and (a little bragging here) I was the only one to hit the 400. Now...we'll see if we can all do that with the added pressure of a live animal in our sights.

That's it for now...but here are a few pictures of the area thus far...


Snow covered peak, taken from
truck while driving down from Butte.

From the lodge, 10,000

foot peaks to the east.

Dad at the
shooting range