Hello from Illinois. Kalispell - one of my favorite areas, can't beat Flathead Lake for drop dead gorgeous! I sold a puppy to a horse trainer up there, her name is Carol last initial T.
A funny story. MANY years ago a friend sent me a funny e-mail that had a picture of a billboard that said "Please Neuter your dogs and weird friends and relatives". I hung a little picture of it in my cubicle. MANY years later Hubby and I were driving north on 93 (down near Proctor I think) on our way to Glacier and what do I see ... THE billboard. I took a photo and sure enough the landscape around it was identical.