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The dogs.....well, they immediately jumped into that ice cold lake..... Me.....I wanted to explore.....I wanted to see more.....I wanted to walk the shoreline at the very least..... The mountains in the background.....they were calling to me.....but a light rain began to fall so we took...

The month of July in Montana was a brutal one. Eighteen straight days at the cabin with high temperatures in the 90's.....and rain.....it was non-existent. I've never seen a summer like this one. We did nothing to speak of during that entire heat wave. Finally towards the end of the month the...

This is another one of those climbs where the pictures don't depict the true steepness of the mountain..... Now it wasn't so steep (at least at this point) where it was four point climbing.....but believe me, we stopped often so that I could catch my breath..... The AllTrails ap states...

Ace.....it still is "we". I think that "I" and "we" are easily interchangeable. If you take a second look at that paragraph, you see that I was speaking to "my favorite pastimes" so I used the word "I". That being said, nothing that I write is well thought out.....and thanks for the compliment...

We kept on climbing upwards.....and then there were two..... They eventually took off for higher ground.....and we followed. And that's where we found the main part of the herd....grazing along the mountain slopes..... They easily numbered in the hundreds.....and when they saw us they...

ITTOG.....looking back, I wish that I had taken the time to photograph the small canyon, the well worn trail, and how it all led to the bowl filled with tall grasses, and which was surrounded by pine forests.....it was such a perfect spot for a predator to kill an elk or deer.....or me...

There's something special about these places that are off the beaten path.....these places that are rarely visited.....at least by the two legged kinds..... Initially I attempted to place my feet where the wildflowers didn't grow, but it became a senseless task as they must number in the...

We awoke that following morning to a perfect weather day.....I mean, this was the weather that every vacationer prays for when they come to Montana.....we started the morning with a hike down to the lake where there were even more campers that morning than there were before..... Which got...

As we headed back to the camper, I decided that we needed to check out the abandoned structures that were located on the Dome Mountain Wildlife Management Area lands..... This stuff was pretty cool but the best part was that lots of animals lived in these abandoned buildings.....the dogs...

Ace.....that was a great way to wrap up the day. I sure wish that we had summited, but you know as well as most do, summits are optional..... RealTruck.....beautiful area that's not too far from home. We will definitely return another day..... So, to start off the month of July, I had made...

And we just kept on climbing..... In the confines of the dense conifers at the lower elevations, the wind was bearable for sure..... But the higher we climbed, the winds just became terrifying (almost).....at times nearly knocking me off my feet and eventually the wind removed my $200 pair...

Halseyt.....thanks.....I do my best..... Chet6.7.....I don't and I don't carry anything similar. I guess you could say that I'm cavalier about that as well. Sometimes I scare myself, but honestly, I'd rather die in the mountains than I would in my bed..... ITTOG.....you have to hike snow in...

Ace.....yep, probably one day maybe I'll regret being so cavalier...... So here I was.....approximately 150' below the ridgeline.....trapped by the boulders and to make matters even worse, I had fallen backwards, now unable to even reach my foot to try to free it, really, unable to do much of...

Jupiter58.....I too can't get enough of the old decaying buildings.....I don't know what it is that attracts me to old wood but there definitely is an attraction. It's probably what I love best about my cabin that I built.....the old boards that I used to finish the interior......they're...

Initially I attempted to navigate around the deepest sections of the creek crossings.....and initially I was somewhat successful..... .....but it was just taking way too much time.....and it was really difficult..... By the time that we got to the third major creek crossing, I gave up and...

Sierra Valley.....I also have the map books for all of the mountain states. I was just lazy that morning, I didn't research the name of the trailhead, and I just simply added the name of the lake into Google Maps and went with it. Once I had left the area and had cell reception, I realized the...

All I could think of on the way out was how bad I wanted to hike to Campfire Lake that day.....here's a few pictures from September, 2020 on a hike to Campfire Lake (see page 222).....now maybe you can understand my disappointment..... Anyhow.....as we retraced our tracks, I had a great...

Dougnuts.....I get that for sure.....and I assure you that it was awesome. The wildflowers were just beginning to bloom and of course the scent of the evergreens is wonderful. Everything there, really, was & is wonderful..... After two nights camped at the Rock Creek Trailhead, it was...

The trail passed over several ridgelines..... The views from the trail's highpoints of the Absaroka Mountain Range to the south were outstanding..... In between each ridgeline was a small creek crossing..... I spotted an elk with her fawn as we hiked along the trail..... I choose...

I believe that when one thinks of the word "travel", and I say this in it's broadest sense, that they generally think of great distances and long periods of time.....at least I do. Our next adventure was neither a great distance nor a long period of time.....it was close by, and it was only for...