Hockaday Art Museum in Kalispell is hosting a tour of Flathead Valley artists working in their shops today. Tickets are $5 and you can drive between artists locations and see them in action.
While taking our sail boat our of Flathead Lake this week, I learned from Jim Leakander the history of the dock at Dayton. Dayton Yacht Harbor (remember this is Montana so "yacht" is used loosely in a non-formal manner) Has been owned by Jim for decades. The dock was originally built in the 1920's or '30's as a railroad trestle. Logs were brought in from surrounding forests by train. The train went out on the trestle so the logs could then be loaded on boats to Somers at the north end of the lake. Somers had a railroad tie manufacturing plant and transformed the logs then to railroad ties. Jim told me a story about one train heading down the tracks toward the lake and it went out of control. All passengers jumped to safety. Eventually, trucking was a faster and more economical way of transporting these logs. A gentleman bought the dock in the '60's for $10. Dayton is close to Wild Horse Island by boat and is a fantastic place to keep a sailboat in the summer. Winds are consistent and nearly always present. Our boat is lifted out by truck and put on stands for the winter. Flathead Lake is drawn down by a dam at the south end of the lake near Polson, to control spring snow melt in the Flathead River which feeds the lake. There is a new craftsman house with great views of the harbor and also building lots for sale next to the marina.
It has been an awesome summer week in the valley. No hard frost yet which is very rare for coming into October, but we aren't complaining!
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