Cold Moon

 Full Moon 

View from cabin 1

Boomer enjoying the romp at sunset

Sunrise

 We spent Thanksgiving night at Kim's parents house and

 woke up in the morning to this spectacular sunrise!

Natasha cat on Louis Cat

Cuddle time!

Boomer's Hill - near Choteau Montana

 Most around the Choteau area know about Priest Butte, as you are driving to Choteau on US 89 just before you arrive in town there is a Butte on the left that has 3 large crosses on the top of it.  Boomer says "beam me up Scottie"

Priest Butte Lake and Highway 89 

If you venture up the trail, beware of rattlesnakes.  

Though Suzi has never personally seen any, we are told they are in abundance here.

For that reason Boomer normally only runs to the first hill and back to the car.  

Hammer the Dog

 We puppy sat and Louis loved playing with Hammer.

Pelicans - Great Falls Montana

 Photo was taken downstream from the springs at Giant Springs State Park in Great Falls,

 near Rainbow dam.

Blackleaf Wildlife Management Area

We had a moment to take a day trip so we headed North towards Bynum and turned West toward the Bynum Reservoir and the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. There is a large wildlife management area called Blackleaf Wildlife Management Area.  

On the way we saw a bit of wildlife.  

This whitetail doe has a super long neck!

At the turn to head to the reservoir we stopped and let Boomer stretch his legs. 

He was checking out the minos in the water

Further down the road we saw a large herd of Antelope.

Once in the Blackleaf Wildlife Management Area we saw no wildlife at all.

Actually it looked like a great place for a post apocalyptic movie to be filmed. 

When we got out of the car we could really tell that we are having a bad drought, 

the ground was dry and crunchy.

We meandered around the roads looking to see if we could get to the Teton Canyon Highway, and we did manage it, but there were spots I would not have wanted to drive if it was wet, or even threating rain.  On the whole journey we only saw 1 group of 3 guys that were working and no cell service. 

Perfect! : )

Going To Sun Road, Glacier National Park, Montana

We had a moment to get away, so we decided to go for a ride to Glacier Park.  We left the RV park in Choteau shortly after noon, so we knew we should not doddle.

We drove on Highway 2 to the West entrance, of course we did doddle a bit, so we arrived at the West entrance of the Going to the Sun Road about 5pm.  (after 4pm they no longer check passes)

The only limit I saw for vehicles was 21 feet long.  The edge of the road seems much safer now, new morter on the rock blocks, and some railings added in.

There was more trees and bushes than I remember from previous years. 

(we have not driven this road since about 1995)  

I bet that helps with erosion.

Birdwoman falls is just as I remember it.

We did find ourselves spending a bit too much time at the scenic views.

Boomer enjoyed the ride.  He loves his road trips!

We did doddle too much, next we have to face the ride back to Choteau where it seems all the deer and antelope are just waiting for dusk to jump in front of traffic. 

Glad we went!

We did indeed see many deer on our way home, so it took a longer than normal to arrive. 

Before I lost all light we were treated by this group of deer who wandered across the highway just north of Dupuyer Montana on highway 89.

There were 2 Bucks, complete with velvet horns,

Accompanying a doe and her little spotted fawn.

Priest and Rattlesnake Buttes - near Choteau MT

 Been a good summer so far, Suzi has been taking Boomer on a quick hike to Priest and Rattlesnake Buttes just outside of town each morning.

Below Boomer is standing on Rattlesnake Butte looking across to Priest Butte.

Boomer loves to survey the land from the top.

Below is looking towards Freezeout Lake.

Strawberry Moon - Choteau, Montana

 

Indian Fort Fishing Access - Reed Point Montana

 Stopped by the fishing access to see how high the Yellowstone River is getting since we had about 2 inches of rain over Memorial Weekend.

Muddy water was racing by at a good clip!

The boat ramp was not much of a hill to walk down at the boat dock.  

This rock fell onto the road, I am told is has since been moved off to the side.

Geese with babies - Livingston, Montana

 

Looks like the babies are getting big enough to start changing color.

Moonset at sunrise - Rocky Mountain Front - Choteau Montana

 

Osprey - Pelican Point Fishing Access, Grey Cliff, MT

The Osprey nest at the entrance to Pelican Point Fishing Access on the Yellowstone River had a bit of activity today.

The other Osprey was delivering tasty treats, then the one in the nest would feed it to what looked like there might be little ones hidden in the nest.

 

Sand Crane - Big Timber, MT

Beautiful day for a drive!  Thses are the Crazy Mountains Near Big Timber Montana.

Saw a lot of Sand Cranes in the fields in the area.