More Thompson River frost

I was going to save these shots of the frosty trees along the river, but the meteorologists are predicting a lot more frost soon (forecast is for -7° Monday), and so there will be more chances.

(These photos were taken about 36 miles upriver from Montana Highway 200.)

Mule deer heaven

A blue-sky day in winter should never be wasted and this afternoon was perfect for a visit to a place I think of as “Mule Deer Heaven”. It’s a great place for sheep, too (I encountered 5 Bighorns, the same number of mulies and a couple of white-tails). That’s a sheep trail in the foreground and the Coeur d’Alene Mountains in the background: what can be better than that?

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Waiting for the snow

This pine looks like a sentinel looking out over the Clark Fork valley, watching for the badly needed snow that just hasn’t come yet this year.

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From trail 345

A few scenes from what has become one of my favorite trails in the Cabinet Mountains. I’m anxious to walk on it when it’s covered with deep snow.

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Frosty day on Thompson River

Photo was taken about 36 miles upriver from Highway 200 in the vicinity of Murr Creek in western Montana’s Cabinet Mountains.

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Strawberries & ice crystals

Nature decorates small things in remote places. These wild strawberry leaves along a mountain trail are all decorated for the season

and the Oregon Grapes are decorated as well.

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