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Title: This Iowa boys heading to Kallispel, MT ( PIX ADDED )
Post by: 23feetupandhappy on December 17, 2010, 10:23:00 AM
The family and I are getting on a train in LaCross, WI tonight and headed to the Big Sky country for Christmas.  No hunting    :(    but I am planing to paly around with building a bow in my father inlaws Timberframed Woodworking shop   :thumbsup:  


Also planing on shooting at one of the coolest archery shops Iv been in  "Spirit Quest Archery"!!

Merry Christmas everyone   :campfire:
Title: Re: This Iowa boys heading to Kallispel, MT ( PIX ADDED )
Post by: jfelkins on December 17, 2010, 10:26:00 AM
Have fun! I'd love to see some pics of that shop. Timber frame is sweet!
Title: Re: This Iowa boys heading to Kallispel, MT ( PIX ADDED )
Post by: 23feetupandhappy on December 17, 2010, 10:45:00 AM
Ill take some pics of the shop!  Hes an artist and it shows in all his work  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: This Iowa boys heading to Kallispel, MT ( PIX ADDED )
Post by: Orion on December 17, 2010, 10:59:00 AM
Nice area.  I make a couple trips a year to Kalispell.  Don't think I'm familiar with Spirit Quest Archery.  Is that the shop just south of town on 93.  Has an indoor range, but almost totally compound oriented.
Title: Re: This Iowa boys heading to Kallispel, MT ( PIX ADDED )
Post by: katie on December 17, 2010, 11:05:00 AM
Have a safe trip!  The rest of the Iowans will stay home and look after the late split bucks for you:)
Title: Re: This Iowa boys heading to Kallispel, MT ( PIX ADDED )
Post by: 23feetupandhappy on December 17, 2010, 11:12:00 AM
Orion,  yep thats the one   Arron the owner is a stand up guy  :thumbsup:    Dave made him a two piece SilverTip longbow a few years back  but it just didnt catch on.......  :confused:
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Post by: lone hunter on December 17, 2010, 11:17:00 AM
12 degrees there this morning.
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Post by: Hess on December 17, 2010, 01:10:00 PM
Go see Dave and Beth Windauer, and Niel Jacobson, great folks...

Lots of microbrews up there too.
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Post by: groyce on December 17, 2010, 02:24:00 PM
Yep.. go see Dave and Beth and check out the little town of Whitefish. Enjoy!
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Post by: Sixby on December 17, 2010, 02:51:00 PM
Marriah Bows is there too. Ric is a great guy and a good bowyer.
You'll love Kalispell. Its one of the prettiest places I have ever seen.
Title: Re: This Iowa boys heading to Kallispel, MT ( PIX ADDED )
Post by: pete p on December 17, 2010, 05:15:00 PM
have fun...cool way to travel too!
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Post by: Mike Gerardi on December 17, 2010, 06:29:00 PM
Sounds like my kind of Christmas. Enjoy!!
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Post by: Ranger44 on December 17, 2010, 07:49:00 PM
Have a great trip!  I would also love to see pic of that shop.
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Post by: SERGIO VENNERI on December 17, 2010, 08:23:00 PM
You will like kalispell....but you will love Whitefish.
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Post by: chanumpa on December 17, 2010, 08:25:00 PM
Get your woolies on and have a great trip.You will have fun in the Flatthead valley.Good luck on that bow.
Title: Re: This Iowa boys heading to Kallispel, MT ( PIX ADDED )
Post by: JGoemaat on December 17, 2010, 11:38:00 PM
I see you are also from Eastern Iowa. My grandfather and mother live in Kalispel, and my mother just returned from a visit. Enjoy Big Sky country.
Title: Re: This Iowa boys heading to Kallispel, MT ( PIX ADDED )
Post by: newell38 on December 18, 2010, 08:09:00 AM
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Originally posted by SERGIO VENNERI:
You will like kalispell....but you will love Whitefish.
i agree!  flew into to kalispell last summer and stayed in whitefish on whitefish lake...best vacation of my life.  go check out glacier national park...the beauty will be burned in your mind forever. the place is just breath taking.  big mountain just north of whitefish is also where the late great paul schafer left us in a skiing accident if ya want say a prayer. MT is an amazing place.  im jealous of whoever lives there!  (except in the winter ofcourse) haha
Title: Re: This Iowa boys heading to Kallispel, MT ( PIX ADDED )
Post by: 23feetupandhappy on January 03, 2011, 02:15:00 PM
The Fam and I got back from our trip on Sat. night and ill post pics of our trip over the next couple of days but for starters heres a sneak peak

The view:
 Shooting at Spirit Quest Archery:
 My fatherinlaws timberframed woodworking shop:
 
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Post by: pete p on January 03, 2011, 11:16:00 PM
cool pics! how was the train ride?? didnt know you could hitch a train from WI to MT
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Post by: 23feetupandhappy on January 04, 2011, 07:39:00 AM
Pete p, yes the northern route runs from Chicago to Portland and hits many stops along the way........we got on in LaCross WI.  LaCross to Whitefish Mt. is schedueled to be 27 hours with 23 stops along the way but due to delays we where on an additional 7 1/2 to 8 hours!!!!!
Title: Re: This Iowa boys heading to Kallispel, MT ( PIX ADDED )
Post by: 23feetupandhappy on January 04, 2011, 09:45:00 AM
We had about 35 hours on the train and it was spent relaxing......watching some Tom and Jerry   :biglaugh:  

 sitting in the observitory car                  ( notice Mick Mittens book!! Good Read!!)

 playing games and watching the world go by.

 More to come......
Title: Re: This Iowa boys heading to Kallispel, MT ( PIX ADDED )
Post by: ti-guy on January 04, 2011, 09:47:00 AM
Nice,thanks for sharing
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Post by: katie on January 04, 2011, 12:15:00 PM
Wow!  Looks amazing.
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Post by: pete p on January 04, 2011, 12:39:00 PM
awesome pics, what a scenic trip!
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Post by: limbow on January 04, 2011, 12:51:00 PM
Thanks for sharing your family trip--Very inspiring  :)
Title: Re: This Iowa boys heading to Kallispel, MT ( PIX ADDED )
Post by: Mudd on January 04, 2011, 01:04:00 PM
Thank you for taking us along!

Awesome pictures!

God bless,Mudd
Title: Re: This Iowa boys heading to Kallispel, MT ( PIX ADDED )
Post by: 23feetupandhappy on January 04, 2011, 01:06:00 PM
I had hopes of working on my first bow while i was there but found out that it wasnt going to work out.  I checked the shop out and with a setup like this you just got to find something to build..........

 So I came up with the idea that I would build a small box for storing all my broadheads in......

Iv also wanted to learn how to hand cut dovetails, and that fit the bill for my project.
Title: Re: This Iowa boys heading to Kallispel, MT ( PIX ADDED )
Post by: 23feetupandhappy on January 04, 2011, 01:15:00 PM
So with a warm fire we started in

 I chose Tamerak for the body of the box with a Walnet top.
Heres what it looked like after I cut the tails and the tips with some of the tools used.

 Then dry fited together

 
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Post by: 23feetupandhappy on January 04, 2011, 03:37:00 PM
Next was the lid

 
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Post by: stick_string on January 04, 2011, 03:56:00 PM
Wow...just wow.
Title: Re: This Iowa boys heading to Kallispel, MT ( PIX ADDED )
Post by: rice on January 04, 2011, 05:28:00 PM
Very nice and great pictures! Thanks!
CkR
Title: Re: This Iowa boys heading to Kallispel, MT ( PIX ADDED )
Post by: Pepper on January 04, 2011, 09:40:00 PM
Looks like a great time was had by all.
Great project, and pics.
Title: Re: This Iowa boys heading to Kallispel, MT ( PIX ADDED )
Post by: TKO on January 04, 2011, 10:41:00 PM
Looks like a wonderful trip with a picture book family. Those boys remind me of my 2 and 6 year olds. They're Tom & Jerry fans too!

Beautiful scenic pics by the way.

Tom
Title: Re: This Iowa boys heading to Kallispel, MT ( PIX ADDED )
Post by: 23feetupandhappy on January 05, 2011, 09:44:00 AM
Heres the finished product

 It was good to get out and shoot and Spirit Quest is a very nice shop!!

 
Title: Re: This Iowa boys heading to Kallispel, MT ( PIX ADDED )
Post by: 23feetupandhappy on January 05, 2011, 09:53:00 AM
It was a great trip with lots of sitting around with a cup of  :coffee:   reeding One With the Wilderness by Mick Mitten.

Plenty of mountains to look at

 And lots of snow

 Thanks for comeing along and Happy New year!!!