My first van camping adventure of the season started on Tuesday, March 25th when the daytime temps were in the high 60's and low 70's. I headed up to see the migration of snow geese and other birds at Freezout Lake along US Highway 89 between Fairfield and Choteau, Montana. I camped at one of the designated campsites with about 15 other campers and RVs. To my surprise, about 7am on Wednesday a huge flock of snow geese took off for parts north. It all happened so quickly so the photo was taken in haste. The weather was so great I decided to continue my journey over to Glacier Park via Browning on Highways 89 & 2. A sign appeared for Lake Frances near Valier. I pulled over and scanned the Montana map to find that it was a pretty good size lake. I headed that way hoping the snow geese may have stopped for a rest there and I was right!I spent a couple hours marveling at these birds, how they seem to move as one unit and never seem to collide and crash-land. They would all rise up together and then all settle down. More groups would come and join them and the process repeated itself.
Off to Apgar Campground at Glacier Park for my second night van camping. I'm never disappointed at the views over Lake McDonald.
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