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Lazy Sunday

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A giant tree overlooks a dock and a lake, all done in a vintage edit.
June 1, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Off Exploring, Mom

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A blue touring bicycle lying on its side in some leaves by a dock.
December 18, 2024 at 2:48 PM
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Origins

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Large tree with colorful fall foliage in mostly golds and brown.
December 8, 2024 at 3:07 PM
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Auld Lang Syne

Day 29: Reflect

Near my home and makes me reflect on how much I love my community.

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A distressed rendering of green and red lily pads, with a red boathouse on the lake and pine trees in the background.
January 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Airbrushed

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#pastels #blue #water #dock #pink #yellow #blue
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#filtered #skysunday
A candy colored sky (pink, blue and yellow) is mirrored above a lake, with a tree and dock in silhouette.
January 19, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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Down Home Tropic

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A winding dirt road leads to a lake that’s bathed in dying sunlight, causing the sky to turn pink, gold and blue. Silhouettes are trees and the barest outline of some fences. The gathering darkness gives it an ethereal quality.
April 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Crystal Tears

Monday only 'trilogy before Christmas' series. Not much cold here, so I carpe diem when possible.

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#snow #ice #winter #trees
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Snowy landscape of pine trees and icy streams surrounded by a fence.
December 9, 2024 at 4:00 PM
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Finally got to take the dogs out on the trail. Lakefork near Red Lodge, Montana. They needed it.
July 25, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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I completely misplaced the #januarty challenge, so since I've missed so much, I'm just going to a few.

For day 12: pink!

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Pink tinted landscape of a winding road, bracketed by two small fences. The slight slope overlooks a sliver of lake and has pine trees dotted throughout. The sun is setting and the sky is sparsely filled with clouds.
January 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Home Is Where The ❤️ Is

Day 21: Happy

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A two-tiered, white and light green birdhouse stands tall on a rusted pole. Behind it is a lake with some stumps showing. It's surrounded by red roses, yellowish-green, tall grass and shrubbery. In the distance are pine trees with both green and orange-ish brown leaves.
January 21, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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Bobbing Along

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A dock on a pretty, blue lake is overlooked by a tree and some gently rolling hills in the background, with a few clouds overhead. At its entrance is two oversized replicas of red and white fishing corks (or bobs). The railing is silver and the whole image has a retro feel to it.
April 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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The Exorcist Aquatic

Day 28: Solo

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A fog hangs over a lake with a far and near small dock. Pine trees are in the background and there's a lone, tall light (with a halo) inside a fenced enclosure. All of this is reflected in the water and everything has a green cast to it.
January 28, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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Relatively cool pattern still w/us which we are savoring. Upper trough over ID/MT/WY, free-air freezing level 3000m. Meant cool 8C w sprinkles Lakefork Cyn run 2200-2450m then back. Reminded me of AK summer day 👍🏽. Warming tomorrow, hot late next week. #climate #running #dogs #montana #gye #mountains
side streams are much lower (l) on canyon walls. nice where Lakefork widens out for bathing (r). Lake Fork of Rock Crk. drains highest terrain in MT all in Absaroka/Beartooth Wilderness. Pure clean and cold. Looking downstream from 2300m. Flooding in NW MT today around Glacier NP, heavy rains there last 2 days. Missing all that further S here. just misting a bit, and stiff W down-canyon wind. 2450m on old avalanche path. probably 25-30 yrs old.
June 29, 2026 at 11:01 PM
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Lonesome

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A long deck looks out over a lake and shrubbery. It takes a 90 degree angle to the left and has a small boat house at the intersection. Everything is rough in a vintage sense and some in shades of pink and blue.
February 2, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Deeper/colder upper trough gave 7-8cm ❄️ in town yest. Less than half that fell to S and SW Rock Crk./Lakefork Canyons. Lakefork low start 2100m to just past falls base 2450m. -6C at the start on the cold shaded side whole way. Narrow and deep. Surprised see no moose. #climate #hiking #dogs #montana
storm total from yesterday's 2 hr. snowburst 7-8cm 👍🏽. across street from our place, wind-sheltered. -11C early this morning, coldest of the season so far. heading back, almost done 2130m. heavily shaded here our SNOTEL site 2400m at the ski area has only 11% of average SWE, top. Because in SW-WNW flow it is all downsloped, which is what we have had most of OCT til now. Beartooth Lake, further west gets good upslope from SW-W flow, doing much better. around -7C here 2450m. shallow stream portion, freezing up.
November 26, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Growth

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#gold
A brown tree (consisting of multiple trunks, some smaller and the other medium sized) has a large canopy of gold and green leaves with a hint of pink. On the ground is a covering of motion but dark gold and brown fallen leaves. In the clearing behind, you see a faint area of light green grass with the soft glow of the sun shining on it. The whole picture is framed in black with rounded edges at the inside corners.
January 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Tho there was 25cm snow dump in deep Lakefork Canyon behind town 4 days ago, road is open to the 2200m trailhead. For our run today, started lower, 2100m on road. Could only make it up trail 4K, then yearling moose alone. No sign of mother, abort. #climate #running #dogs #montana #wildlife
if we were to surprise Ma between her and the babe, could be problematic Love that pure Lakefork water. 2150m here, very shaded area. over on the sunny side of the canyon, much less snow. 2300m here, adequately wide and firm center of the trail 👍0-4C lite W wind, quite nice. not feeling sprightly enough to hop across the 2022 destroyed bridge, slippery rocks, and ice 😜 amazing to think of the force needed to throw those concrete slabs around.
April 21, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Deeper/colder upper trough gave 7-8cm ❄️ in town yest. Less than half that fell to S and SW Rock Crk./Lakefork Canyons. Lakefork low start 2100m to just past falls base 2450m. -6C at the start on the cold shaded side whole way. Narrow and deep. Surprised see no moose. #climate #hiking #dogs #montana
deep shade all day here 2150m, starting to freeze up more, the pristine waters of the Lake Fork of Rock Crk. Our fav., it has the most flow, draining very high country of Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness 👍🏽 only about 3cm here near the Lions Camp start 2100m. just lite W breeze, thank goodness. this morning's vis sat image shows a great northerly upslope snow footprint along the Beartooth Front and out over the higher plains. Right over our area. the low-level northerly upslope winds are blocked by two plateaus in the canyons. So glad we got the moisture here. really sparse even up there on the dry downslope side of the Beartooth Plateau 3100m.
November 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Sweltering humid 21C 2200m start of our signature long hike, up to 3365m Sundance's Pass. 34K total hike up/back Lakefork Cyn approach. Gale force winds at pass could only stay 15 min. Lowlands heating up again, thermal low pressure. Baby moose at 3050m. 👍🏽 #climate #hiking #dogs #montana #mountains
looking NNW from the pass. so grateful I can still do this long hike. one of my fav. places anywhere. even after living 16 years in AK. looking down toward our return thru the Lakefork Canyon to our start, from the pass. such a long way... a little hazy, some wildfire smoke from OR. had to do this now, it will be smokier here on out. probably won't do this again until its cooler in Sept. 3824m Whitetail Pk. behind us at 3365m Pass. wind was strengthening rapidly early afternoon, had to descend quickly. probably 18C up there, 35C in town today 😔. it grieves me strongly to think that this kind of hot pattern now will be average in 20 years or less. probably less, climate modeling has been underestimating timing/intensity of the warming from excess atmospheric CO2/CH4 from fossil fuel combustion. this little patch right beneath the pass is on maps as permanent feature. much thinner now, melted out completely last year, will again this, for sure. so much thinner.
July 24, 2026 at 11:21 PM
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Lakefork Canyon road/trail snowpack survived 10 day warm period, ended today. Decided run, not ski it. Crusty slightly icy w ruts, not fun on return. Still over 20cm base most areas, even road. Under timber on trail still good, but icy/crusty. 1C w flurries starting. . #gye #winter #running #dogs
the road up from 2100m start, 2150m here, can get some speed up. The trail (rite) at 2300m, crusty/icy, good for running w spikes, not skiing. Happy 03MAR love GYE The Lake fork of Rock Creek is more open now. just starting to snow on the return.
March 3, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Now half the deep E-W oriented Lakefork Canyon gets very little sun. Even tho there has not been much snow last few weeks in there all frozen. The trail for our run from 2200m trailhead up 5K to 2450m was quite icy, could of worn spikes. 0C calm in there. #running #climate #dogs #montana #mountains
the Lake Fork of Rock drains much of the highest country in MT pristine wilderness 👍🏽. clean pure water, starting to ice up here 2300m. been several -10C lows in here last few weeks. really skimpy snowpack even way back in high country 3400m +. thus only the darkest trail sections had any left, 2-3cm at most. glad we did not see any moose in here, they like this area.
October 31, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Flow aloft became NW overnite w sharp upper trough. Heavy snow area shifted S over us, 25-30cm powder our place. More in town, had to turn back from Lakefork Survey. Could barely see the highway, low vis./S+. Dangerous and with -20C and N wind. Short 'hood run instead. #winter #dogs #gye #climate
Sundance is a big boy. not easy breaking trail back here, but necessary. probably ski it tomorrow. closest SNOTEL, up at the ski area 2400m. quite the recovery. two dry warmer weeks, maybe longer coming up. Sundance does do well in the cold, but he loves his creature comforts too 👍
February 18, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Nrly flow troughs great ❄️ producers this area Beartooth front. 2nd biggest of season, 18-20cm our place wet powder. -8C this morn. Lakefork Cyn got as much or more than town. Slow going first tracks but beautiful for our slog 2100m-2350m then back. #climate #running #dogs #montana #gye #mountains
Otter loves going out on these points. Happy Spring love GYE. Walls of canyon became visible on way, sun came out at the end. no smokes in the burn area but surely some hot spots left, ash pits/big logs smoldering. drones are used now to survey for that, saw 4 teams out there today. Cathedral Rocks early this aftn. (l) still snowing a bit. Beartooth Plateau 3200m + on our way out (r).
April 24, 2026 at 11:23 PM
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What to do on cold rainy day? Short Lakefork Canyon hike 2200-2400m see what's left of fall color in this deep shaded gorge. S-facing canyon wall had nicest colors. 4C but just sprinkling 👍🏽. Sheltered from N-NE upslope flow that brought rain all day in town. #hiking #climate #dogs #gye #mountains
S-facing canyon wall here. Couldn't see up high enough to determine snow level. It will be snowing in there soon, should have at least 5cm by this time tomorrow near 2200m start these Aspen already spent nice here 2250m. would not want be out in this all day, but few hours is nice. a little bear scat 3K up.
October 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Tho we had 25-35mm precip. on 21st Beartooth Front, so warm/dry since, forest floor Lakefork Cyn dry, could 🔥. But sides and main stream of Lake Fk. of Rock Crk. are high now w full snowmelt. Ran from 2200m start up 5K, then side detour Silver Crk. falls. #climate #running #dogs #montana #mountains
The Lake Fork of Rock Creek from the trailhead bridge 2200m. loud. getting closer to the falls gets very difficult just up the way there. glad we came up and did not run into a moose they do like it in there. i sure do hope this pans out. could see good precip. amounts, all rain, in town tomorrow-mon. not a cold system so snow only above 3000m.
May 29, 2026 at 11:06 PM