"Be ver-wy, ver-wy quiet..."

"... we're hunting wabbits!" ~ Elmer Fudd

 

Coolest rainbow EVER!!



I had every intention of staying home and being domestic today, but Dan had to point out that the sun was shining. He called up a friend of ours who is ALWAYS willing to go four-wheeling with us, especially if there is snow involved. Grif suggested that we go down to Belfry and check out the rabbit population. His son John also joined us, and once again we were off and running.

 

If at first you don't succeed...

The guys said that I should take the lead, since I am the "light-weight" of the group (whatever...), so away I went. But it didn't take long to find a drift big enough to stop me. I backed up and hit it again. Now I was STUCK! The boys got me loose and I backed up farther and hit it faster. SUCCESS!

 

...try, try again.

 

The bunnies made themselves scarce, so we just rode. Eventually we came to a drifted incline that just wouldn't be conquered. I tried at least three times, and once again, the guys had to come to my rescue. Grif gave it a go, but only got a little farther than I did. We decided to call it a day.

 

The truck was in sight when we came to the last Y in the road. Knowing that the guys would follow me (Dan says males are stupid that way!), I turned away from the truck and hit the throttle. What a blast! The road looped back to the truck and we were losing daylight, oh, and I was hungry, so we packed it up.

 

                                                 Nope, not this time.

 

Maybe tomorrow I will get the Christmas tree down... If the sun doesn't shine!

 





The Eagles Are Back!

Today is our 26th wedding anniversary! It is also the first day that we have had nice weather when we were not at work. What difference does that make? Well, it has been nearly three weeks since we bought our new camera, and we have been dying to try it out.

We loaded snacks, water, and both cameras into the truck and hit the road. We left the interstate at Columbus and made our way toward Absarokee. Before too long, the mountains came into view and we stopped to take a few pictures with both cameras, just for the sake of comparison. Not long after that, we spotted the first bald eagle of the day. It was one of a pair, and we got a few pictures before they took off. Not much later, we came across another pair. One flew away immediately, but the other one was too busy watching the river below it to care about us. Unfortunately, it was a little too far away for truly good pictures. The next one was on Dan's side of the road, so he parked the truck and walked back. He got a few shots, but when the eagle took off, it headed back my way, away from Dan and the camera. It took a minute, but I "woke up" and grabbed the old camera, and as the eagle circled overhead, we both kept clicking away until it flew out of sight.

We did have a destination in mind when we set out this morning. We drove up past the Stillwater Mine to the Souix Charley trailhead at the end of the road. Leaving the parking lot on foot, we were amazed at how much snow and ice were built up in the river. At one point, it was even completely frozen over. We have never seen it like that! About half a mile up the trail is a frozen waterfall. It is only there in the winter and it is different every year. We have photographed it four times before now, but never this early in the season. It will be interesting to see how it changes as winter progresses.




On the way home, we encountered a young big horn ram with an attitude (in the road), a photo-bombing deer, and two golden eagles (neither of which was overly photogenic). All in all, it was a beautiful sunny day and spending it with the with the one I love, doing something we both enjoy just made it that much better.