Homestead Visitors Log Book
1999
April 14 (Wednesday)
Blue Dog & DHP in for quick lookaround. 38 degrees & snowing, 3"-4" on the ground,
everything seems to be in order.
May 18 (Tuesday)
2PM Blue Dog, DHP & Ed Mitch in from the Flathead, overcast, 51 degrees, calm &
everything looks ok. Some cows here been having a free lunch around the spread.
We got the old roofing off the garage by dinner time. Lots of busy work, but it
had to be done. Crocus & shooting stars in bloom.
May 19 (Wednesday)
44 degrees, calm, partly cloudy at 7AM. Looks good for the continuation of the
garage roofing adventure. Got a temporary cover on the roof will be back soon to
finish. Adios at 3pm.
May 28 (Friday)
9:20 pm. Helen Smith and friend Scott Mincemoyer in from Missoula via Tenmile
Creek - Chessman Reservoir - Lump Gulch. Had had a shower at some point in the
afternoon/evening. 60 degrees F outside.
May 29 (Saturday)
42 degrees AM - raining. Lois & Karen out around 1:30 PM. Showers off & on cool.
Helen's friends Jenni & Ed came in about 8 PM. Just in time for supper. Gabbed
'til after 11 PM.
May 30 (Sunday)
Rained during night. Woke up to snow, snow, snow - at least 2"-3". Snowed all
day. Carla, Paul & boys in from Msla 4 PM or so. Barbequed on porch. Another
late eve, playing cards, etc. 42 degrees - 1130PM - overcast. Scott left for Msla
830PM.
May 31 (Monday)
Sunny - beautiful day. Breezy at times. Kevin, Michele, kids, Bruce out before
noon to work. Carla, Paul & boys, Helen, Jenni, & Ed gone by 230 PM - everyone
going by 6PM - getting overcast. 62 degrees in afternoon.
June 4 (Friday)
Blue Dog & DHP in from the Flathead at 5 PM. 62 degrees, partly cloudy - nice day!
Clearing off & cooling at 9 pm. Breeze down the draw & very quiet.
June 5 (Saturday)
Partly cloudy, calm, 42 degrees at 7am. Blue Dog is trying to say something -
sounds like "Roof, Roof". Headed for landfill with used roofing at 8:30 AM & saw
a BIG black bear coming out of the draw heading for the Clarabelle, all alone,
musta been papa. Joann & Hank N. in @ 2:30 p.m. H & DP got 4 rows of tarpaper
on before supper. J. hauled shingles & piled for kindling. Looked like rain for
awhile but now just cooling down & mostly cloudy.
June 6 (Sunday)
43 degrees - clear - calm, 7 a.m. Saw a fox in the rocks & a couple cottontails
in the yard. Time to get after the garage. 12 noon break for lunch been
threatening rain/snow whatever for last 2 hours, 60 degrees. Duane in @ 3:45 p.m.
Started the final roof covering and got rained out - so its time for "happy hour"
& din-din. Brad Smith in around 8.
June 7 (Monday)
42 degrees @ 6:30 grey & calm. Rained in the night. Hauled the old shingles to
the landfill, finished the "green" roof except for a few minor touches. Brad &
Duane left for Great Falls about 3 pm. More sprinkles this pm. A quiet evening
at the old Homestead.
June 8 (Tuesday)
Overcast, calm, light rain & 47 degrees at 7am. Will finish picking up & be gone
by noon. J & H to Cut Bank and BD & DHP to Whitefish.
June 18 (Friday)
7:50 pm. 65 degrees Helen Smith & friend Scott Mincemoyer in from Missoula for
weekend trip to the Montana Native Plant Society mtg. near Helena.
June 19 (Saturday)
Warm night ~ 55 degrees @ 7:30 AM, still nearly 70 degrees F in the cabin. Off
early to go botanize on the Blue Cloud Hills near Sweeney Crk. (Priest Pass road).
Was the site of a large circa. 1930's fire & an area that burned again in '70's.
Our gang tallied ~ 140 different species of plants!! Back to homestead ~ 10:15
PM - long day!
June 20 (Sunday)
Up early to pack, clean up, and head to Brown's Lake near Ovando to Botanize some
more - wet site this time! 56 degrees F @ 8 AM. Headed to Msla.
June 28 (Monday)
Blue Dog & DHP in around 4pm from the Flathead, 72 degrees, some sun, hardly any
breeze. Lilacs all done blooming, bitteroots coming on strong! The yellow rose
is about to bloom. Full moon tonite!
June 29 (Tuesday)
Grey morning & wet. Had a good rain last nite. 50 degrees at 7am. Weed spraying
is questionable - more rain forecast. Sprayed Tordon on the knapweed up the draw
this a.m. Put the ridge flashing on the garage rood this p.m. Bagged Knapweed
at the old mine shaft & cut knapweed along the driveway this evening. Does anyone
know what the wily knapweed looks like??
June 30 (Wednesday)
Totally overcast, some sprinkles, some breeze, 50 degrees at 7 am. La Nina! 12
noon, just finished a morning of spraying - now its raining! La Nina! Bah! Most
people come out here to recreate; how some noxious weed control, fence repairing,
noxious weed control, firewood fixing, noxious weed control, as an alternative?
All play & no work makes for a dull day! Any help with the weeds would be
appreciated. <---IS THIS NEEDED??? (apparently added later by unknown person)
July 1 (Thursday)
Calm, mostly cloudy 50 degrees at 7 am. Blue & I are out of here today. Adios.
July 2 (Friday)
Reneau's & friends Larry, Brenda, Brandt & Alexandra Ling (& furry friend Zena)
in from Missoula about 8:30PM 62 degrees F. Mostly focused on settling in.
Maybe we'll look for some napweed tomorrow. 57 degrees @ 10:30PM. Overcast
but no rain. Dark, cloudy night.
July 3 (Saturday)
58 degrees F @ 7:15AM solid overcast. Out for rock climbing & treasure finding.
Filled 6 jugs @ spring - that water is gross! For those of us who aren't sure
what's natural & what's noxious, maybe we could get a "sample sheet"? Some blue
sky, sun & breeze @ midday. Jen Petersen, Jason, Roy in from Bozeman @ about 10PM.
Evening & late afternoon cleared up after a small rain. Pretty evening/tired crew.
July 4 (Sunday)
54 degrees @ 7:30AM overcast. Jen & guys found fence on S/E part compromised.
Carla & Brenda swept all room & straightened up. Did some walking, flower IDing,
etc. Late lunch & out of here around 4:45 PM, 64 degrees F w/breezes & some clouds.
Went to Montana City, met Marcie, Chris, & Kami (friends from Bozeman). 5:30 pm
went for a hike on the rocks, going to BBQ some dinner and go into town to see
some fireworks. Repairing the SE. fence tomorrow; quite a bit of line down. We
made some supports today from small fallen trees, they worked pretty well.
July 5 (Monday)
9:30 AM 58 degrees Beautiful, sunny, no wind or clouds. Just getting coffee
started; after breakfast plan to do some fence-mending, and then take a walk along
the N.W. perimeter. We estimate leaving sometime between 5 and 6. See everyone
soon at the reunion! J.A.P.
July 15 (Thursday)
DHP & Blue Dog in from Whitefish at about 3pm. Hank & Joann already here & setting
up their tent. It looks different. We got a new tent!!! J & H. Lee & Carole &
Bennie Baker in around 5. Cold! Terry Haines came about 8 or so.
July 16 (Friday)
6 am 40 degrees low clouds & grey. Hank re-arranging the woodpile. Lee & Terry
to Montana City for repairs for Lee's gen. muffler. Don doing knapweed. Chilly
day. Many in today Sheila - Paul - Samantha/Kristian Neidhardt; Dorrie Simpson,
Pat & Gary Baker, Shanda, Tanner - Reneaus - Lois/Helen Smith - Karen St George -
Ross Boring - Ray - Linda Smith & family - Terry Petersen - Jennifer Petersen &
Jason.
July 17 (Saturday)
6:30 am 40 degrees clear - cold. John & Kathleen Schaefers with dog Pippin
in around 1:45 pm brought rain from Seattle with them as well as Andie Moore and
her eight girls in order Drew, Danni, Destinee, Devon, Delaney, Dale, Dylan, and
Davis from Missoula. Sue Day, Vicki Lucero & Lynn Gearhart in. Daneil Belcher &
Katie - Linda Summers. Turned out to be a nice warm day.
July 18 (Sunday)
6:20 AM 46 degrees - mostly clear. Sourdough & regular hotcakes etc, etc. for
breakfast. Yummy! Dorrie - Lee - Carole - Pat - Gar - Sue - Vicki - & Joann went
to the rock.
July 19 (Monday)
Clear. 50 degrees @ 6:30 am. 19 of us here this A.M. Everyone cleaning & packing
to head out - Bennie - Lee - Carol out by 10-1030 AM. Warming up~ Paul N, Samantha
N, Kristian N to home, Sheila N to Bzn, Louise & Harry Rose, Joann & Hank N, to
C Bank, Terry H & Ross Boring to Libby, Dorrie S. to Pacifica via Hln. airport,
& Helen Smith Zane Reneau to Msla by 1 PM. Karen St G. & Lois S. stayed to relax
(ha) Did final touches of cleaning, & shutters. Hot! 90 degrees - 4PM - thunder
clouds coming over - will leave soon - DHP gone by 1PM to Whtfh. Porta-Potty
people here close to 5Pm. See all of you next year!
August 16 (Monday)
DHP & Blue Dog in from Whitefish about 1PM. Calm, mostly sunny & 74 degrees.
Did a bag of knapweed - now is the time that they have bloomed & the whole plant
with its seed pods must be bagged and banished to the landfill. Sadly, I found
a brand-new (to me) patch of knapweed up on the flat. Visited with Joe & Sharon
Madsen, they sold their business but are not leaving/moving.
August 17 (Tuesday)
50 degrees calm & clear at 7am. Will go attack the "new" patch of knapweed after
breakfast. Did knapweed bagging until 2pm, ran out of gas so went & picked
chokecherries & took weed bags to the landfill. Got up to about 86 degrees.
Found out we had a small fire last Sat over by the Clarabelle. It was the result
of a lightning strike on Thurs & the spotter sent a crew in Sat & they dealt with
it successfully. That explains all the new track up that way - our tax dollars
at work!
August 18 (Wednesday)
Calm, clear, 50 degrees at 7am. Put to the west 80 to resume the bag work.
Hauled weeds & garbage to the landfill after it got too hot for weeds. 95 degrees
in the cabin this pm.
August 19 (Thursday)
Overcast calm 60 degrees at 7 am. Me & B Dog are out of here at 9 am.
September 4 (Saturday)
Karen St.G & Lois S. here from Hln & Gt Fs around 2PM - sunny. Big white clouds
- 60 degrees - cow signs in our big yard. Enjoyed the sun all afternoon. Cool
breeze in eve. Counted 12 cows in here - couldn't see any brands. 50 degrees -
10 PM.
September 5 (Sunday)
48 degrees - 8AM - sunny day - lots of yellow jackets & pesky small black flys.
We ended up sitting in the cabin most of the day. Bruce & Nikki St. G. here about
2 PM - ate dinner with us. Bruce found 2 places with fence down near the spring.
Cows headed toward Blue Sky Heights. We didn't see any of them in the eve. Bruce
& Nikki left early, she's allergic to stings. Clear night - 64 degrees - 1030PM.
September 6 (Monday)
50 degrees - 8AM - sunny. Went up the plaques right after breakfast - before the
heat moved in. Nice walk - the flying pests weren't out yet. Sat in the cabin
again, played games, & ate! Picking up about 4PM, heading out. 70 degrees 4:30PM
good weekend!
September 7 (Tuesday)
DHP & Blue Dog & Montana Land Reliance lady here at 2pm. Nice day. Lady left at
5pm & will come out next week for a more extensive look around of our property.
Her name is Noorjahan Perwana in case you need to know.
September 8 (Wednesday)
36 degrees, clear & calm at 7am. Off to the weeds after breakfast. Took a load
of knapweed to the land fill this pm. Picked CC's on Jackson Creek, enuf for jelly
and syrup.
September 9 (Thursday)
40 degrees, clear & calm at 7am. Off to Whitefish after breakfast. The Tordon
spray did a good job up the draw. Will plan to use some more next year where
needed!
October 4 (Monday)
Blue Dog & I in at about 3pm from Whitefish. All's quiet. Sunshine & 72 degrees
in the shade, dry! Put some D-Con in the garage & down in the basement - watch
your pets & kids.
October 5 (Tuesday)
Clear & cool at 7am, a slight breeze down the draw - sun over the hills at about
8am. Met with Montana Land Reliance people this morning to finalize our conservation
easement. Went out this pm & spray-painted gate post, etc. for "no hunting" signs.
Worked up some firewood, plus patched fence by spring & on east end. Saw 15-20
antelope in Schuele's pasture. Also saw a pretty red fox down by Jackson creek -
kind of nice to do something besides knapweed!
October 6 (Wednesday)
Overcast & calm at 7am. We'll be heading out after breakfast & loading up the Ford.
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