Outside of the Great Lakes, Flathead Lake is one of the largest freshwater lakes in the US. It’s 192 square miles, and 370 feet deep, and is one of the cleanest lakes in the world. The lake’s waters are a deep, clear blue, and there are many recreation-focused small towns situated on its shores.

After a long drive along the shore, we arrived at the small town of Lakeside, where we stopped for dinner at the Tamarack Brewing Company. By this point, we were all famished, since all we’d eaten were a couple granola bars and some cheese samples, so this was a pretty hefty meal. We got some garlic bleu fries and Caesar salads to start. Mom ordered fish tacos (beer battered Atlantic haddock, chipotle sour cream, shredded cabbage, cheese, and tomato); Dad got an entree Caesar salad and smoked bacon mac n’ cheese (local peppered bacon, MT-made pasta, amber ale white cheddar sauce, shaved parmesan, green onion); Faith got the huckleberry salmon (Alaska sockeye salmon, wakeboard wit huckleberry coulis, local organic goat cheese, mashers, seasonal vegetables), and I ordered bison tacos (bison carnitas, salsa verde, pickled red onion, cabbage, white cheddar).