A change of scene

Part of the allure of the wild country is that a scene like this

(Munson Creek flowing through the cedars in the Teepee-Spring Creek roadless area)

or a scene like this

(Old growth cedars along Munson Creek)

is only a four hour hike from a scene like this.

(North side of Coeur d’Alene Mountain peaks in the Cherry Peak roadless area viewed from the South slope of Big Hole Peak)

Both of these roadless areas would receive the Federal protection of a “Wilderness” classification under the provisions of House of Representatives Bill 1975 now in process in the 110th Congress.

Spring is the time

To spend time

with things like this

(Bear Grass Xerophyllum tenax)

in places like this.

(The peaks of the Cherry Peak roadless area viewed from Big Hole Peak in the Teepee-Spring Creek roadless area.)