I stand on the plateau, my family's bags draped in black garbage bags in hopes of keeping them dry as I watch a blackened storm cloud bubble up in the distance against the azure blue sky.

When she left Denmark, her father was a farmer and if you weren’t Lutheran you weren’t allowed to own land leaving very few options for work to support a family.

Tucked into the Idaho Panhandle, Lake Pend Oreille is more than just the state’s largest lake; it’s a place where wilderness, wildlife, and history all converge.