Posted in Montana, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures, Reflections on December 31, 2007 | 10 Comments »
I always think kindly of the man of snow when he visits on a cold winter day.
His life and mine, while equally real, are separated mainly by 66.6ยบ F and a good pair of hiking boots. He is, however, much more beneficial than I in a re-cycled state.
Happy New Year everyone!
Posted in Coeur d'Alene Mountains, Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures, tagged Coeur d'Alene Mountains on December 28, 2007 | 16 Comments »
Every winter we look forward to seeing “winter waterfalls”, which are fairly common in this area. This one is beside a minor highway which runs next to the Clark Fork River where it cuts through the Coeur d’Alene mountain range. The vertical bars in the rock are from holes that were drilled so that explosives [...]
Posted in Cabinet Mountains, Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures, Winter, tagged Cabinet Mountains, Loneman Divide, western Montana on December 27, 2007 | 17 Comments »
After yesterday’s hike, three miles still remained to make my goal of 1,300 miles this year. Those last three were the hardest. I walked them today on two feet of snow:
The last time I used snowshoes was in the late 50’s and they certainly have changed. Back then they looked like something Paul Bunyan and [...]
Posted in Cabinet Mountains, Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures, Teepee-Spring Creek roadless area on December 24, 2007 | 16 Comments »
Merry Christmas everyone!
(Photographed December 24th along trail 372 through the Teepee- Spring Creek roadless area in the Cabinet Mountains of western Montana.)
Posted in Animals, Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures, White-tail deer, tagged White-tail deer on December 19, 2007 | 22 Comments »
This was the only photo I brought back from today’s hike,
but it sure reminded me of this one taken back in July.
Posted in Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures, tagged impressionism on December 19, 2007 | 8 Comments »
Today She chose to paint a leaf.
Posted in Conservation, Environment, Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures on December 18, 2007 | 13 Comments »
In this morning’s Billings Gazette was an article about Montana’s main supplier of electrical power, and here is an excerpt from it:
“NorthWestern Energy intends to double its wind power capacity over the next seven years but foresees no new coal plant construction due to uncertainty over global warming, according to documents released by the company [...]
Posted in Montana, Outdoors, Rural fire department, tagged Rural fire department, volunteer on December 15, 2007 | 10 Comments »
I have been troubled for the last several months by the difficulty we face in staffing our volunteer Rural Fire Department and the general feeling of apathy of so many of the people in the area as well as the lack of cooperation we encounter. We receive no pay when we work hard and take [...]
Posted in Montana, Reflections, Rural fire department, Wildland fires, tagged Rural fire departments on December 14, 2007 | 14 Comments »
Half a dozen times lately I have written versions of this story and each time deleted them, thinking that it dwelled too much on negatives, but because I seem to have such a compulsion to tell the story, I finally decided I would.
Fourteen years ago I moved with my family back to Montana where I [...]
Posted in Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures, Winter, tagged Clark Fork River on December 13, 2007 | 10 Comments »
Along the lower Clark Fork River in December 2007.
