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Cliff-Lake-2.jpg (308268 bytes) Cliff Lake in the Jewel Basin

DSC_0633.jpg (163873 bytes) Millard caught some fish!

A forest fire across Hungry Horse Reservoir:

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Great Northern Mountain:

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I took a hike in mid September and found some winter.  It was nice in the Jewel Basin parking lot, but climbing Mount Aeneas, I had to turn around before getting all the way to the top because of the snow . . . here are some pictures.

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A panorama of Jewel Basin after an early fall snow.

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We tried to get to Cliff Lake again the last weekend in September.

The snow didn't look that bad . . .

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But we got pretty wet and cold . . . here is where we turned around.

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We drove around the Hungry Horse Reservoir - the fall colors were beautiful.

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A hike in Herron Park with Rufus in early November - a warm cloudy day . . .

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Milllard and I saw these bear tracks on Big Mountain on a hike up there in the snow . . .

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Another hike in Herron Park the day after Thanksgiving, this time with Stella . . .

 

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DSC_0885.jpg (174319 bytes)  Any food in there ? ? ?

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Julie and Millard all decked out to go to a punk rock concert in Missoula . . .

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They are starting their own punk rock group . . . they're called the "Atomic Squirrels from Montana."

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