Beautiful British Columbia

So says their license plates.  For those of you who have travelled across the United States, but not through Canada, I'll attempt to describe southern BC to you.  Driving east you would see to the south: alternating Nebraska wheat fields with Texas cattle farms but set on Kentucky rolling hills sitting in front of Washington Douglas Fir forests.  To the north you would see the Mississippi River flowing out of Nevada's Lake Tahoe set in front of South Dakota's Badlands with the Black Hills in the distance.  The whole time in front of you would be the Colorado Rockies.  Vancouver to Kamloops is pretty much the most beautiful roads I have ever travelled.  I apologize if every picture looks the same - fascinating snow-capped mountains behind rolling conifer forests set beside beautiful placid lakes.  The rivers up here have a different color - the silt deposits make them look grayish green.

I stopped today in Whitefish, Montana.  Finally getting some good timing I visited their Farmer's Market and tried some local food and checked out all the local vendors.  Afterwards I went to Great Northern Brewery and sampled their latest offerings.  Below is the Brewmaster Andy and one bartender Martina.