Posted in Autumn, Cherry Peak roadless area, Coeur d'Alene Mountains, Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures, tagged Autumn leaves, Cherry Peak roadless area, Coeur d'Alene Mountains, western Montana on October 30, 2007 | 15 Comments »
The drops on the leaves came from snow that had melted just minutes before.
A couple of miles up the trail (and a thousand feet higher), this mullein had a pretty coating of frost,
and this fungus peeked out from under a blanket of fresh snow.
(These are photos of a few of the small treasures along [...]
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At some point after I’m gone, someone will say: “Overall he was a fairly decent sort, but he just couldn’t stay away from the Larch”.
The scenes in these photos are between the North Siegel Creek and South Siegel Creek roadless areas and southwest of the Reservation Divide roadless area in the Coeur d’Alene Mountains of [...]
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This is the only tree of which I am aware that is both deciduous and coniferous. At this time of year the needles on most of the Larch have turned yellow and will soon drop off. They provide spectacular color to our northern forests for several weeks. This is what a stand of them looked [...]
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A few drops of last evening’s rain…
A light morning mist…
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Posted in Autumn, Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures, tagged Autumn, Clark Fork River, western Montana on October 12, 2007 | 20 Comments »
Scenes along the Clark Fork River in western Montana, photographed October 12, 2007.
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Today, returning from a wood cutting trip into the high country, I caught a glimpse of this small draw not far off the highway. I found a place to turn around, went back and admired Mother Nature’s landscape design.
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Now that the Aspens are “blooming”, they join the others in a chorus of yellows.
However, not everyone likes crowds:
These photos were all taken on October 1, 2007 along the North slope of the Coeur d’Alene Mountains overlooking the Clark Fork River valley in western Montana.
I hesitated before posting so many similar photos of this area, [...]
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Here is another set of fall color photos from the Coeur d’Alenes. I seem to run out of time before I run out of photos, and the wild country changes by the hour.
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To some, it’s just a hillside…
To some, it’s only a leaf…
So sad…
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It has been a long, hot summer, and with the extreme fire conditions we have encountered here, I have not visited the Coeur d’Alene Mountains since the latter part of June. Now, with some rain and several light snowfalls in the high country, it’s again possible to visit there and just in time for at [...]
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