If April showers bring May flowers, What does April snow bring? April started out looking like we were going to have a short spring and roll right into summer. The snow had all melted out and the ground dried up enough that I was able to drive into camp two weeks earlier than last year. That is critical to…
And The Snow Turned Into Rain
Of course the snow drought ended the day I started to head back to Washington. And of course, the snow started falling just as I had the chance to avoid it at the intersection of shortcut and long way around. Of course I took the shortcut over a 7000 foot pass into Idaho’s Bitterroot mountains. If it was good enough…
Come On Inside
I headed south from Great Falls to get to my next AirBnB in Dillon, Montana. I took the back roads because I had plenty of time before check-in and I wanted to revisit the historical town of Virginia City, the capital of the Montana Territory back in the 1860’s. When gold was found nearby, the town grew to over 10,000…
Walk Out To Winter
New Year’s Eve morning was the end of my month long stay in Powell, Wy. It was also -10F. The car’s battery was not happy about being nudged awake after a month of little use. That feeling of relief that only someone driving an old car while living in the path of arctic winds can understand washed over me as…
Blinded By The Light
The old adage that time flies when you are having fun is not really true. It turns out that time flies regardless. It seems like just yesterday that I rolled into Powell, Wyoming and now its already been a month. Don’t get me wrong. I didn’t come across this realization in a fit of misery and boredom. I just can’t…
Where The Deer And The Antelope Play
My third season on the mountain has come to an end. Winter is predicted to be another snowy one but thankfully hadn’t settled in before I left. I was stuck in rainy season since Mid-October. After a storm lasting 3 days, I had 5 inches of water in my rain gauge. There isn’t much to do when it gets like…
One More Cup Of Coffee
It is late November and the road to camp ices over every night now. Only to melt out to a simultaneously slippery and sticky mud by the afternoon. t the risk of being overly dramatic, I have to say it is a difficult effort and a bit unsafe. I know because I have walked it 4 times yesterday and 2…
I’m alright
It finally happened, third times a charm, I finally got all my forms together and my application for a build permit for a small cabin was accepted. It takes a real load off since my well permit was going to expire in Mid November and I was going to have to go through a load of bureaucracy (and a bit…
Its A Long Way To the Top
I finally got all my cameras powered up and an SD cards with enough space to record a video of the drive up to my property. I only have rudimentary editing software so let me know if it sucks. YouTube said this video violates copyright laws so they wouldn’t let me post it in my preferred form. So the legal…
You Ain’t Much Fun
This summer has really flown by. Then again, I can’t remember one that hasn’t. As busy as I keep myself, there hasn’t been much to write home about. Just the daily grind of little projects that seem to get closer and closer to being finished but never really cross the line. It isn’t even like there is a big list…