If you hate somethingDon't you do it, too.

We did an absolute ball-buster of a hike on Saturday.



Do you see those jagged peaks, up and left, between the pines?



Those.



We hiked up there. It was fairly brutal.



It was basically 4000 feet, straight up.



Montana is ugly. Unsightly. Why in God's name would you want to live there?



Next week is Lollapalooza.



Yay!



Wildflowers are blooming.




This ought to give you a little perspective on the steepness of the terrain. This is looking back down the trail, less that halfway up.



If I told you I broke a sweat, would you belileve me?



The smoke made it a bit hazy.

I have to stop here... I gotta go to bed.

There is a lot more to follow.

It was an interesting weekend.

I took the following today, during our river adventure.



That is an osprey.

*Edit* It is a young, bald eagle.

Like I said, more to follow. I had a pretty cool weekend.



Young bald eagle.

Yeah.