Dreaming of Favorite Places

 

South Fork Flathead River, Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex - a favorite place.
(Photo: Sigma DP2)

I got a message this morning from a PR agency in San Francisco that I started my day off with a good laugh:

    "Now that the weather has finally warmed up for good, it’s time to head outdoors!"

I had to laugh because the view out my window today was awfully ... white.

Spring snow always gives me a chuckle because of the irony it brings to the landscape. Yesterday, Stephanie and I took our first spring walk in the Bridger Mountains and found arrowleaf balsamroot and shooting stars in bloom.

Today, those same flowers are buried.

But as much as the spring flowers yesterday offered hope of a new hiking season, so too did today's snow remind me that accessing my favorite places by foot and packraft is still a ways off.

Comments

[Joshua]

I find myself doing the same thing. I work on a farm that grows (mainly) alfalfa and chili. As hay season has just hit full swing and I find myself working more than eating and sleeping, I dream of backcountry getaways more and more. http://joshuajayg.smugmug.com/Camping/South-San-Juan-Backpacking/IMG0151/609122929_8vmEH-M.jpg I am actually sitting in the coffee shop after running away from work for the afternoon and brough my map of the San Juan Wilderness with me to plan a trip as soon as I get a week off. Some places it is weather, here it is agriculture for me.

Joshua

[Marshall]

Really beautiful shot. I got turned on to your blog by Jay Friesen and I've really been enjoying your images and words. Nice stuff.