Self portrait on the way back
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Hiking!
The first weekend of July, Steve and I went backpacking in the Big Horn Mtns. We had beautiful weather and it was wonderful to get away for the weekend. Meanwhile, there was a monsoon happening in Sheridan and our neighbors were vacuuming the water from our basement - needless to say, everyone in town now knows where we keep the extra "hidden" house key.
Fording the creek - balancing can be tricky with a huge pack
The scenery from our tent the first night - can't beat that!
Old cabin ruins along the trail that were once lived in by miners in the 1920's
Hmmm, slight structural damage, no?
An opening to a mine, right across the trail from the cabin shown above
Lake Geneva
Steve on the trail next to an old petrified tree and the lake
We had two passes to go over - this is from the top of the first pass looking down at Lake Geneva
The meadow after the first pass - the second pass is behind Steve
Walking down from the second pass into another meadow area with several small lakes (the black form to the right of me is Guinness, Steve's dog - he made sure every squirrel and chipmunk in the Big Horns was chased after)
Beautiful flowers growing right in the middle of a group of large boulders
Our camping area on the second night - not a bad view!
Looking out from the front of our tent at Granite Lake
Self portrait on the way back
Self portrait on the way back
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
BEAUTIFUL COUPLE
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Attack of the Hummingbirds



As always, we put out our bird feeders when we arrived in Helena, and in the summer months, we add several Humming Bird feeders. Within 24 hours, we had two hummers, and as the week has gone on, the amount of birds have increased. Last night, our birds entertained us as we sat on the deck eating dinner, and about 8 or 9 hummers came to play, fight, feed and mostly divebomb each other. At times we would have 4 feeding on one feeder, with several on the other, and some in the air, hovering, just waiting to come crashing down.
FLOWERS AND WILDLIFE






Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Sadly, the wine lounge I worked at, Meritage, was recently sold. These are pictures from our last hoorah, a "field trip" down to Denver.

Those wine glasses are huge!!
I am one classy lady. (Balancing a spoon on my nose at a fancy restaurant...nicely done)
Ready for the circus!
The pictures above are from our first night, when we went to dinner at a fantastic restaurant called "1515." After dinner, we went to see Cirque de Soleil! The guy on the bike was our ride from the car to the tent - these bikers were everywhere downtown, transporting people around for tips.





Tuesday, July 10, 2007
POSTCARDS FROM MONTANA 7-10-07










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