Left Glacier this morning after sending a couple of postcards and snapping a few mountain lake pics like this one…
And also took this shot of Scarlet taking the morning sun at Apgar Village.
On the back roads I chose in traveling to my current locale (a place I’ve already passed through briefly without mentioning it), I saw a few of the numerous espresso kiosks that dot this area of the country. Out in the middle of nowhere, as you drive along admiring the nothingness, up pops a kiosk. “Espresso!” it shouts. In fact, even the small sleepy resort towns like Seeley Lake [clue!] have an espresso place. In fact, Seeley Lake has at least two of them, right across the street from one another. I dont’ know if the proprietors stand outside their stores, trading insults and trying to convince passing motorists to try their brew, but it’s fun to think about. The Americano I had was very good, but don’t tell that to the guy across the street.
Another, albeit unfortunate, common sight along these roads are signs like the one pictured below.
This has not been a good summer for Montana. Though most of the wildfires are out or contained by now by now, a full third of the state lies under a blanket of smoky haze. It is constant.
In the lake picture at the top of this post, you can clearly see the effect. It can make for lovely evenings, but I doubt Montanans are cheering about the glorious sunsets given the cost.
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Today is Friday but I’m giving you the warning now, because I know you’ll want to plan in advance. I’ll be honoring the sabbath on Sunday and as a result will not be posting anything. Mark your calendars for Monday as I’m going to try to come up with something really cool to post as a sort of apology for Sunday’s post-freeness.
Finally, you probably don’t need another clue to find out where I am, but I’ll give you one. Laura Palmer’s cousin Maddy Ferguson was from here.
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September 14, 2007 at 7:36 pm
Jen
I want to say Idaho, though I didn’t watch the show.
September 14, 2007 at 10:10 pm
jvjannotti
Nope. But Idaho is only 106 interstate miles from this place.
September 19, 2007 at 1:17 am
Stephen
Gorgeous photos…well, the first few. The last one’s sorta depressing given the circumstances. Makes me curious to see if the south Georgia wildfires are going on. We had to share some of the pain of those fires as Atlanta was suddenly engulfed in smoke for several days earlier this year. No fun. I do seem to remember the sunsets being more beautiful, but that may be from the photography books I was reading at the time.
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