On very cold mornings there is a dividing line between the deep blue cold of the sky and the steam that rises from the river. It makes a very pleasant place for a morning walk.
After several sub-zero nights ice is forming on western Montana rivers. These photos are of the Flathead River about a hundred miles downstream from Glacier National Park. By the coming weekend, ice will cover this part of the river from bank to bank.
Today I was invited to hike with a friend through a section of forest land (640 acres) that is owned by a friend of hers and which he has logged, selectively and carefully, since the 1940’s. It is my opinion that he really knew what he was doing.
