SE Montana TR (not FF)

Fought a balky camera battery the whole drive from VA to Whitefish which, for some reason, behaved itself when we hit Ekalaka so I was able to get a few pics from Medicine Rocks SP. Pretty cool place to visit if you're ever in the vicinity.


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The wife provides some perspective of scale. Supposedly a number of very old petroglyphs have been discovered here; the Native American tribes considered this sacred ground. The only ones we found were of a more recent vintage


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Shared the campground with some turkeys and one rattler (botched the shot on him but did find a skin while we were climbing around)


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Regards,
Scott

Amazing place, thanks for sharing your pictures.

Ronnie

A few (only a few because the balky battery returned) pics from the other end of the state.

Decided to drive up to Logan Pass and walk around even though most of the trails were still closed due to snow

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Kenneth, what's the frequency?

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nice marmot

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Hiked about a mile of the Hidden Lake trail which was 50% snow covered and got a few good looks at a grizz from about 1000 yards; slip/slid the whole way back down, even with decent footware. Back in town discovered the knee wouldn't straighten out any more; all signs point to torn meniscus. MRI (which I slept through) last night, surgical consult on Monday. This is gonna screw up some of my fishing plans (just say "No" to the Big Hole and Madison, "Yes" to tailwaters and a few other flooded parking lots I know of) but I should be good for hiking the PNW, Yosemite, Rim-to-Rim come late Sep.


Regards,
Scott