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48˚ NORTh BY CLINT WALKER
Lake Five
The place where time stands still
S itting atop a beach blanket, our family assembled together tightly like human puzzle pieces. We are
gathered here with dozens of other camp- ers to watch the Fourth of July fireworks over the calm lake. In the distance Louis Armstrong’s “What a Wonderful World” can be heard. The air is silent with the ex- ception of small waves lapping on the shore. The scores of children heard laughing and frolicking on this once-chaotic day are now all tired and sun-washed, and look on anx- iously as we all await another aerial display. Welcome to Lake Five – the place where time stood still.
For nearly 100 years, families from Montana, Canada and all across the coun- try have been coming to Lake Five Resort to escape the trappings of the world and re-
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FLATHEAD LIVING | FALL 2013
PHOTO BY GRAVITY SHOTS
PHOTO BY CLINT WALKER
