http://islandpark.com America’s longest main street Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:40:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en First it was crowds in the thousands for Labor Day, then the power company called for increased stream flows in the Henry's Fork, all of which led to pretty weak fishing in the river for the last month or two. But temperatures have cooled off, the crowds have gone ... http://islandpark.com/2009/10/22/fishing-heating-up-in-island-park/ We haven't done a Makin' The Loop spot for awhile, so I thougt it was about time. Today's loop is from Island Park to Ennis, from Ennis to Bozeman, from Bozeman to West Yellowstone, and from West back to Island Park. This is an easy day loop with ... http://islandpark.com/2009/10/21/makin-the-loop-4/ This has been a really odd fall in Island Park. Last year we experienced a change in colors that was almost indescribable. It started with the trees in September and continued with the ground cover all the way to November. As you drove around it was almost ... http://islandpark.com/2009/10/20/what-happened-to-fall/ You know, a lot of people would say this year's gardening efforts were wasted. I know of many people who got little to no produce from their gardens. But there is more than food that comes from the attempt to grow a garden and this year may have ... http://islandpark.com/2009/10/15/5-lessons-learned-about-gardening-in-island-park/ It seems our neighbors to the north are about fed up with the noise, pollution, road degradation and danger of big trucks and are actively pursuing an ordinance preventing them from driving on their roads. Residents of the Madison River Valley from West Yellowstone to Ennis (and from Henry's ... http://islandpark.com/2009/10/14/no-more-semi-trucks-in-island-park/ Fall River electric co-op announced this week it will raise rates on electricity effective this coming January. While any rate increase is bad news, there is also good news. Rate increases nation-wide have averaged some 23% and the rate we face this coming year is 8.3%. At the end ... http://islandpark.com/2009/10/13/electric-rates-will-increase-in-january/ Well, I suppose it had to happend sometime. We have a couple of inches of snow and the die-hards are already trying out their new sleds. While we've only had about three inches here at Macks Inn, up on Black Canyon they have nearly a foot. You ... http://islandpark.com/2009/10/12/early-season-snowmobilers-already-going/ If you haven't winterized your cabin yet, it just might be too late. Temperatures have been unseasonably cold for the last week and a half or so, but what was bad is going to take another dramatic turn for the worse. Forecast lows for the next couple of ... http://islandpark.com/2009/10/09/record-low-temperatures-forecast-for-island-park/ As a person who doesn't have a bear-proof garbage can, I'm at the Island Park landfill a couple of times a week. And I have to say I'm amazed at the amount of garbage that goes into that place. I mean, we're a small community. Yes there ... http://islandpark.com/2009/10/06/recycling-in-island-park/ With this week's snow storms and colder temperatures (highs in the 30's) cattlemen are calling it a summer. It's common now and will be for the next couple of weeks to see cowboys on horseback scouring the mountain valleys and high meadows for their cattle. After finding them, ... http://islandpark.com/2009/10/01/its-cattle-drive-season-in-island-park/