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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2014 9:34:56 GMT -5
WTH?? I haven't even harvested Olives yet and you have snow!?!?!?!
Holy smokes how do you cope with such a long winter?
Nice postcard images. The last two woulda been perfect if the hay field was filled with a herd of elk.
Thanks Bill.
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Post by snuffy on Aug 25, 2014 9:40:25 GMT -5
Pretty view!! Hard to imagine,high is near 100 here,got squash,cucumbers,potatoes coming up for my fall garden.
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Post by Fossilman on Aug 25, 2014 9:45:07 GMT -5
You can keep that stuff buddy-LOL!!!! Talked to my brothers in Roundup,MT..Their high the other day was only 48 degrees,rains hitting them hard for a few days too..........
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Post by jamesp on Aug 25, 2014 12:03:18 GMT -5
Startling views. My focus is limited to my tall vegetative habitat. I get dizzy looking off that far. the clouds are also a trip. Blowing over the peaks and that layer.
If I went there today it would mess up my seasonal clock. A 59F morning the other day confused my seasonal clock. You should be in the post card biz.
You are lucky man to have such beauty.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2014 12:21:56 GMT -5
Phabulous photos. You beat us on the low by 6 degrees but I would imagine we can see snow too. I don't know because I am so pissed that I have to wear long pants that I have not gone outside.
On the way back from Billings Saturday it was rain most of the way but it let up long enough for me to stop along the Clarks Fork River to check out a few rocks. The wind was blowing so hard I could not hold the camera still enough to take photos. Mostly granite but I picked up a couple that I could not tell what they were. Probably junk but at least I can say I went hounding for about six minutes.
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Post by radio on Aug 25, 2014 13:07:25 GMT -5
Gorgeous shots! I spent a winter in Anaconda in '68 or 69 and fell in love with the Big Sky country! Now that I'm retired I would love to live there if not for the long, cold winters. Kinda wish I had wandered back that way while I was younger
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Post by rockjunquie on Aug 25, 2014 13:30:38 GMT -5
Those are such beautiful views and pics- thanks for sharing  |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Aug 25, 2014 13:32:05 GMT -5
Great photos, Bill. Beautiful country. You guys see real weather in those parts. Takes a special person with a strong constitution to live there.
Ditto what Scott said, where are the elk hiding in that field? That was the first thing I looked for, lol.
Phabulous photos. You beat us on the low by 6 degrees but I would imagine we can see snow too. I don't know because I am so pissed that I have to wear long pants that I have not gone outside. On the way back from Billings Saturday it was rain most of the way... Jim Ha ha, still shorts and flip flops weather here. Warm as it is now (mid 90s tomorrow), the warm weather doesn't get here until September/October.
Rain? What's that? I could stand to have more of that, knock my water bill down a little. But I don't do cold temps and that white stuff. Nice to look at, not so good to have to live in. Florida is full of retirees that moved south to escape it.
What Radio said, "would love to live there if not for the long, cold winters." My sentiments exactly! Hmmm, maybe with global warming it could become livable?
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Post by garock on Aug 25, 2014 14:02:48 GMT -5
I remember on August of 1962, our family was on vacation in Yellowstone Park and and the college students working in the park celebrated Christmas August 25th. We were in the West Yellowstone area and it was reported that a snow shower would hit within the next few days. We were getting ready to return to Georgia and the thought of snow was a wild idea. There were reports on the 26th that a good snow had fallen in the northern part of Yellowstone Park and us kids tried to talk Dad into going up in the there just to see the snow. He decided not to since it would be sorta out of the way because we were going out the south pass to Cheyenne and visit some friends of his. Mom and him lived there three years and I was born in June of the 1950 and my folks and came back to Alabama. I did get my wish to see snow in Yellowstone Park on June 14th 2004 on a vacation. It had snowed 6 to 8 inches on the south pass. One of the best birthdays I have ever had !
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Post by spiritstone on Aug 25, 2014 14:13:43 GMT -5
I felt that this weekend hiking in the Icefields, frost at night and I could swear I had seen snow falling at high altitudes. Nasty to come this early. Beautiful pics!
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Post by Thunder69 on Aug 25, 2014 14:23:59 GMT -5
So hot hereI had to turn my ac down that low just about to get cool,LOl...Beautiful pictures.....John
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Post by kap on Aug 25, 2014 18:53:14 GMT -5
Awesome pictures!!!!
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Post by drocknut on Aug 25, 2014 19:45:29 GMT -5
Beautiful pictures. I'm working near Whitehall right now (south central Montana) and we got rain and chilly weather this weekend too. There is snow on some of the nearby mountains but not as pretty as yours. God hailed on Friday. This is crazy weather for sure.
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Post by snowmom on Aug 26, 2014 5:57:13 GMT -5
spectacular... bet is smelled great, too! Love snow... bring it on. 58 degrees and foggy here, high predicted in the 70's.
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Post by grayfingers on Aug 26, 2014 7:11:12 GMT -5
Thanks for the comments, all! We will be back into the high 70s today. Any temp over 40 here is considered warm enough to be out and about, many will wear shorts and t shirts. @shotgunner and rockpickerforever, the elk are still up high, the rut will begin soon. They follow 'spring' grasses up into the mountains all summer. They will not come down to browse the fields until winter pushes them down. I have taken a few elk on those wooded ridges under the peaks. snuffy, I always am envious of your double gardening season. We average around 90 frost free days, on a good year maybe 110 or so. @wampidy, we really were happy to get the rain here, really watered in the trees and such before they start into dormancy. radio, cool to hear you were out here back in the most pristine days. The Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness is a great area. Thunder69 my wife and I and another couple ran a bar/cafe with cabins for a year in the Gallatin canyon about 25 miles north of West Yellowstone. On July 4th we woke to fresh snow right down to the river. When the guests came out of their cabins to the cafe their eyes were as big as dinner plates. |
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Post by Fossilman on Aug 26, 2014 9:13:28 GMT -5
Gotta love Montana!!!!! Proud to say I spent my childhood there and some time as an adult...I call Montana my home state,no state better in my books!
After living in North Dakota,the Montana winters aren't to bad...LOL
But I'm not a cold weather guy anymore,so Oregon has me.....(Great photos by the way)...
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