Adorable home on 2 acres fenced for horses. 3 beds, 2 baths, in this remodeled farm house. Machine shed and over sized garage/shop. Garage is 32x24 shop is 24x24. Open floor plan with master on the main floor and a covered porch with awesome mountain views. Hot tub included.

Listing Agent: Cary Jo Hofstad, Blue Sky Realty, LLC

406.261.2758

Cute and efficient, this 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom is ready for you to make it your own! It has a large fenced backyard with a small garden and is in a great location just a few minutes from downtown Kalispell.

Classic 1950's era home. Must see to appreciate the original touches such as the tile, wood paneling and unique door handles. The spacious floor plan includes large rooms and closets. The master bath has the look and feel of a spa. The lower level features a self contained one bed, one bath apartment with a fireplace and its own entrance.

Great building site in Spring Creek Estates, interior lot, great views of the mountains, .178 of an acre and surrounded by very nice homes.

Besides this event with close to 500 participants and 20,000 spectators, there is always a multitude of other events going on that I am not up to speed on. Not to be missed: HAIR running in Whitefish thru the end of July. We saw it and it is amazing. Alpinetheaterproject.org is where you can get tickets while they last.

Our hay is in so now we can sail, ride horses, and go camping - around work of course! Weather is awesome, very comfortable in the low 80's and sunny. Garden is going crazy.

Flathead Valley beekeepers are having a field trip tonight to look at some hives and get more education. This is our second year with hives and have soooo much to learn. Lots of knowledge in this group to help all of us beginners.

Get out there and enjoy!

     Farm life: cutting and baling hay, hope to have it in this weekend so we can enjoy the rest of summer. Went from rain to sun and hot but we are NOT complaining.

     Summer Pops at Rebecca Farms Saturday night. Pay by the car full. Going with some friends to enjoy the outdoor concert by Glacier Symphony and Rob Quist.

     Real estate: got an offer on a listing this week, showed another listing, took 2 buyer calls. Usually July is quiet, maybe not this July?

BEAUTIFUL NEWER HOME with 4 bedrooms, 3 baths & many upgrades to include solid wood doors & trim, wood flooring, stainless appliances, travertine, slate, tumbles stone & marble accents. Living room & large family room. Fenced & landscaped with sprinkler system. Wonderful location near schools & shopping all on a dead-end street.

''Pure Charm'' The McAllester house is located on a quiet tree-lined street and is a short distance to schools, downtown and more. The home has been extensively remodeled including new roof, new front porch and kitchen. Beautiful oak floors on main floor and in sun room. Deluxe flower beds, brick sidewalk and charming paver stone pathway. Heated 16x16 sun porch.

Fantastic open floor plan with views overlooking Foys Lake. Private lake access with dock. This is truly a beautiful home.

  Going to the Sun Road set to open today!! Pretty amazing with the weather we have been happening. Rain, and more rain. Over 11" so far this year with 1.4 inches just from Sunday night to Monday night. Unheard of. We only average 16" a year and in the 15 years I have lived in the Flathead, I don't know if we have even seen that. Looks like we could make it this year. Wonderful for the hay crops. Every time the sun comes out and it is a nice day, we beekeepers experience a swarm. Hope we get some honey this year with the bees we have left.

   Continuing to watch the news on the Kalispell City airport, growth and expansion in the future yet to be determined. Pros and cons on both sides of the issue.

   Packed in a lot of summer fun last weekend. Met some friends who were camping at Apgar in Glacier National Park and rode bikes for a few hours. Ate lunch by the Middle Fork of the Flahtead River and saw the raft racers going by. An incredibly nice day. Came home and found one of our bee hives had swarmed. Made the end of the day hectic trying to get zillions of bees off our pasture floor and into a box for some friends to come over and pick up so they could have bees this year.

   Sunday we took the horses to Lost Trail and had a wonderful ride. Love that area, it is huge and you rarely see another soul. The horses did great - all my hard work has started to pay off.

   Next week the western US governors all converge in Whitefish including the famous Arnold from CA. Kinda special to have this event in little old Whitefish.

   Headed with my daughter to the Jewel Basin for a morning hike this week, surprise, surprise, so much snow we couldn't get to the trail head. Must have been 2' of snow across the road, and it was COLD! So, did Lone Pine St. park in Kalispell instead which was just right for the time we had left.

    Some scattered showings on my listings in the last week. 2 townhouse buyers I am working with, over all a little quiet. Summer traffic is definitely building. Glacier Park road is not yet plowed out so some travelers may be in for a little surprise. Things are very nice and green around here with all the rain we have had, very much needed. Watching the hay grow and hoping for a great crop.

    Mama goat is producing about a quart a day and we have tried making cheese and mint chocolate chip ice cream - yummy!! Goat kids are a riot. If you need to smile, just hang out with young goats for awhile.

    All the lake home tours are going on this month, Flathead Lake, Whitefish Lake, Bitterroot Lake all happening this week or next.

   Some friends are camping in the park this weekend so we will take our bikes to Apgar and be prepared to hike as well and see what the group wants to do. Supposed to be a wonderful sunny weekend so get in riding and as much as possible.

   Sailboat going in the lake next week for the summer. SOOO much fun stuff to do this time of year!

   We took a drive last Sunday up the Star Meadows Road between Kalispell and Whitefish. Round Meadows is an area for x-country skiing and snowshoeing in the winter, horse back riding/hiking in the summer. Beyond that is a long very nice paved road that goes for miles. We didn't make it to the end - Lake Sylvia is 10 miles further off the pavement. On the way back, took the road over to Tally Lake, one of our favorite places in the valley. Tally Lake is 9 miles long, in a canyon.  A very deep lake with no residences on the land around it. There is a campground and boat launch at one end. Being from the Seattle area, it is awesome to us that you can drop a boat in the lake and never see a soul for miles. We learned the hard way that is not always a good thing, a few years ago. We had beached our boat to go for a walk and it wouldn't start when we returned. It is not easy to row a 19' cuddy cab boat. Finally someone came by and gave us a tow to the launch.

   Update on Pick's Bowling Alley in Bigfork. Elizabeth emailed me and wanted to spread the word about their Safe Kids - Free Bowling Club this summer. Please visit www.PicksBowl.com for more information.

Restaurant addition: Three Forks in Columbia Falls. We finally made it there for dinner tonight. Very good and interesting menu. Had halibut cheeks in corn fritters on a salad with aioli and orange vinaigrette, should have stopped there but had their classic burger (sans bun) with garlic mashed on top and mashed potatoes. We both ate and hubby had a glass of wine for under $50! Great atmosphere. Nice for C. Falls to have a classy place.

   Started milking our mama goat last weekend with mixed success. The kids are so much fun to watch. Lots of changes for a first time mama.

   Hooves and company, the competitive trail riding club, is doing a poker run at Herron Park near Foys Lake in Kalispell this weekend. Weather isn't supposed to be too great but it is one of my favorite local places to ride. I have been fitting in rides in my arena and around my place on my various horses. Getting them ready for summer and working on different issues with each one.

   Honey bees are hard at work. We are going to split our hive, over populated and crowded. Got stung 2x already, they are more aggressive this year so need to suit up to check out the hives each time. They went after my Golden Retriever who innocently followed me into the garden to inspect the hives. Poor Maggie, I chased her out and swatted the bees off.

   Salsa Dancing has come to Kalispell. A native from Honduras teaches classes in Kalispell and Whitefish and tonight there is a dance at the Eagles in Kalispell with live music. Sounds fun but I want to be outside in the sun on these beautiful nights.

   African drumming being taught tomorrow by the Drum Brothers at Alternate Root in Kalispell. My conclusion: there are just too many things to choose from, summer must be on the way!

    Is it safe to set out my broccoli and onion starts yet? Probably not with the below 32 degree nights.

    Showing homes up by Glacier National Park today to an out of state buyer. Good day for a drive. Many closings coming through daily, the market is definitely picking up.

    From the local papers: the[pedestrian over pass in Whitefish across Wisconsin from parking to the Lodge at Whitefish Lake is drawing much criticism. Some say it looks like a boxcar elevated above the busy road to Big Mountain. Seems like someone in the city of Whitefish knew what it was going to look like before it was built and suspended.

    Profiles of all those running for office in the Daily Interlake. From Sheriff to Judges and every where in between. Primary is coming up quickly and my absentee ballot appeared in the mail yesterday.

    Centennial birthday events for Glacier National Park have started. Look on the internet for dates and events throughout the summer. On a travel note, if you are driving the "short cut" from I-90 at St. Regis to Hwy 93 at Flathead Lake, be aware they are rebuilding that road at Hot Springs. Adds 30-45 min to the drive with traffic lights and pilot cars. Still shorter than any other route.

School elections were held this week. New board members for the various districts are now in place. Where I live there are 2 districts. What we call a "country school" district which is an elementary that goes up to grade 8 and then the Kalispell district for high school. Most of the valley is like this with many country schools take care of the lower grades unless you are within a city limit.

2 goat kids were born on my ranch Sunday! They are adorable of course. Cinnamon and Mocha, female and male. See photo below. Hard not to hang out in the goat barn and just watch them.

People getting grumpy around here about the weather. Rain and even snow! Should make a huge difference in our fire season this summer thankfully. But, still hard to see white stuff falling in May! Making the outside spring projects pile up since it is too nasty to be outside.

     The elevated walking bridge is installed in Whitefish across Wisconsin St. between Whitefish Lake Lodge and the new property across the street. Should elevate parking issues and make it safe to get across the street.

     Tis the season for theater productions from middle school to Flathead Community College. Many to choose from. Heading to the Docks restaurant tonight with friends for some music in Lakeside. I am hoping it is inside as it is definitely too chilly to be outside by the lake listening to music!

     Hope to work with the horses this weekend. Learned so much at the Mark Rashid clinic last weekend in WA. All about using your mind and energy to work with the horse, a united effort to get the job done. Plan on setting out cones in the outdoor arena to work my young guy and keep his mind busy while we improve on turns and moving forward.

     Every real estate deal these days has its challenges, but getting them to the closing table anyway. Be it appraisals, inspections, sellers not wanting to spend money on fixing anything, loans, you name it, I have seen it in the last few months. After 12 years, keeps me on my toes and always learning. This is why I love my job - never the same from day to day!

     Heading out to see if our goat babies were born during the night, due any day now.