This weekend Ted and I hiked at Holland Lake in the Bob Marshall Wilderness. The hike was short -- to a waterfall. We had a really nice day. I like nice days. Unfortunately though the area is ablaze and everything is sorta smokey and campfirey. Makes my dead yard seem like not a big deal in comparison.
My friend Catherine and I went to the rodeo Friday night in C-Falls (Columbia Falls for those not in the know). It was "Heritage Days" and so we thought we'd check it out. I was not as distressed as I thought I would be -- no animals were harmed and it was pretty amusing to be honest. Lots of cowboys and cowgirls and tourists. We had a drink at the Blue Moon afterwards -- a place that had always scared me. It was pretty fun.
I didn't have my camera, so you're going to have to pretend this guy, who is actually a pet of the Swope Park people in Kansas City, is a little bigger and there are four of them standing in a row -- then you will visualize what I saw on my run this morning. Sonja was with me and didn't even notice the four very large turkey vultures staring us down as we ran by. I would swear they were 3 feet tall but according to the trusty interweb they aren't *that* big.
Yesterday I did a 20 mile trail run/hike in the park -- I took the shuttle to the Gunsight Pass trailhead and ran/hiked to the Lake McDonald lodge where my car was waiting for me. It was perhaps the most amazing and beautiful run I've ever done. Here is the full set of pictures.
