Day 4, July 29: taking it really easy in Arlee

I stayed with Charlie Pile and Laurie Bogart at their house near the Jocko River and near one of the smaller mountain ranges of the larger Mission Range. Charlie is the younger brother of my University of Minnesota graduate school friend Deb Pile. Charlie and Laurie both have jobs in Missoula and they they do organic farming in their spare time on their 20 acres of land. They live on the Flathead Indian Reservation.

The screenshot of Google Maps shows the location of their house. The small gray circle in the lower left shows the location of their house.

Here's a picture of their house, with a couple of early 1960s Cadillacs in the foreground.

Laurie looks into the late afternoon sun. There's a partial view of Sidney, their Akita.

All 100 plus pounds of Sidney.

Charlie and Laurie have apricot and apple trees in their orchard.  Apricot trees can produce fruit in just three years after planting.