Bedrock & Paradox

I dream of a hard and brutal mysticism in which the naked self merges with a non-human world and yet somehow survives still intact, individual, separate. Paradox and bedrock.

Thanksgiving

Thursday was a good day. We woke up in the back of the truck in a rest area near Bozeman, and needed breakfast.  Where to find food on Thanksgiving morning?  IHOP, of course.  Then it was on to Yellowstone, where we found little snow, but a perfect day.  Clear, bright, blue, shockingly still.

The above was not monkeyed with in any way.


Wolves have big feet.  Big.  The Lamar Valley is a wonderful place.

Recognize this log Chris?


Panorama of a certain superlative camp site.  M doing well with the camera’s features.

Then we went back to the car, and Thanksgiving dinner.

The next day we tried to find snow, and eventually managed to succeed.  
Weeeeee!
A gorgeous new tradition.
Now we’re back in Missoula, which I’ve decided is not real Montana (not Big Sky, too many hippies), and it’s raining.
Snow, please.  Damnit.

DaveC

6 responses to “Thanksgiving”

  1. Ed Avatar
    Ed

    Did you keep the antler?Ed

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  2. Dave Avatar
    Dave

    Nope. It was heavy, and taking stuff out of a NP is illegal.

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  3. Bill Avatar
    Bill

    When I was growing up in Roundup MT I watched people being pulled into the back of pickups, shaved bald, and then beaten to a pulp. I said to myself, “that person has it all, they posses powers that others are afraid of. They know they are hated but still exist in the face of the cruel ones”.One reason that when I moved back to my homeland of Montana I choose Missoula is that they don’t treat people like that here.Funny they call it Big Sky when most minds are narrow. Missoula is the true Big Sky … open minds.

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  4. Dave Avatar
    Dave

    Can’t argue with that, and a good point. I meant literally big sky; too many clouds around here.

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  5. Phillip Avatar
    Phillip

    Beyond the silly pun…Is that little trench in the rock, maybe we will call it a “canyon”, sustained?

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  6. Meredith Avatar
    Meredith

    Phillip, the “little trench” sustains itself right over a hundred foot waterfall, approximately two feet farther around the bend… and then opens into a big flat valley. Also, the photo was taken from a major road, Dave says, if you’ve been to Yellowstone, you’re probably seen it. But everything looks more fun in the snow :)

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