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Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Meandering in the trees


Went back to the Herrin Lake area today after taking Monday off, and I went half an hour earlier than usual in hopes of catching the brilliant sky. It didn't happen today, at all (just a hint of pink before it got boring). This is just after sunrise, looking across the valley at (what else?) Stonewall Mountain.


I picked my way north and west into the deep draw where the heavy logging has been going on. I thought I might be able to find a new access point to the Blackfoot River.

Once down there, I wandered up and down what amounted to a logging road, looking for egress toward the river, but not finding it.

As you can see, though, I did find lots of elk tracks in what had been mud a few days ago.

I'll have to go back to Google Earth and see if I can figure out that convoluted area — it shouldn't be that difficult.


I did find plenty of open spaces once I got back to the area I've been running in for the past few weeks, including this spot where the tall man greeted the dawn.


As I wrapped up the run and got back to the car, Herrin Lake itself was looking rather scenic.


Just for contrast, here's what the lake looked like from close to the same spot three weeks ago. Spring comes on fast hereabouts!

Today the lake had three kinds of ducks and two kinds of geese on it, honking and quacking like crazy, but they were at the other end, so the reflective quality at the west end was ... picturesque.

I think tomorrow I'll go back to a snowmobile/ATV trail so that I can actually run. Today I ran where I could — probably 75 percent of the time — and there were plenty of hills to navigate, but the going was slow in the logged area because of all the limbs, stumps and even patches of ice.

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Posted by Mose, 7:59 AM

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