South of the Border, "Recreational opportunities in the Sweet Grass Hills"

Column No. 20

Columnist's note: With the onset of spring in the Sweet Grass Hills there's a profusion of wildflowers along the roads and in the fields. I've always had an interest in wildflowers and decided to do a column about wildflowers in my adopted home around Whitlash.

I equipped myself with a couple of well-respected wildflower guide books, did some looking on the internet for resources to help me identify wildflowers and hooked up with Bob Thompson, a third generation rancher in the Hills. Bob knows a lot of the wildflowers in the Hills and took me several places to see unique plants....