An Amazing Fall

Fall is my favorite season. Okay,  until Winter begins then that is my favorite season until Spring. One of the best things about living in Montana is the four seasons (sometimes in one month or day). Fall of '09 was a bummer. We had a hard frost really early so the leaves all froze and turned black. It was really sad but Mother Nature has made up for it this year. (Unfortunately, I didn't really capture the beauty in any photos- I was too busy enjoying the view). I don't know if it is just because last year we had no leaves or because leaves have not froze yet but it seems like the best Fall ever. 

As of Sunday, October 24th, I still had flowers blooming at the Red Lodge house. Last year we on October 10, they received 40 inches of snow at Red Lodge Mountain. Back in '08, we were running dogs in town the second week in October.

This Saturday the weather was perfect so I took advantage of it. I built a fire in the fire pit, got a glass of wine (it was after noon), and curled up with a book. 

Oh, the little pleasures of life. 

 

 

The Off Season in Pictures

Kids and Dogs Weekend

My sister, Ang, and the kids came for the weekend. 

They're on their way to a new big ADVENTURE in Alaska. 

(Ang is not half as excited as I am. Now I have lodging near Anchorage.) 

I tried to plan some fun activities to keep their mind off the big trip.

I took them river rafting. 

You will notice there are no photo. That would be because two ziplock bags is NOT a dry bag, therefore, my good camera is not so good at this point.  

(You would think a kayaker would know this.)

The trip was a big success. Chase and I jumped off the 15 foot high rock into the river. 

When they come back next year, we are going to take rubber duckies and a waterproof camera.

We went "dog sledding" August style.

Our Family Vacation

We tried to squeeze everything into one week so Bryan would feel like he really had a vacation.  

We boated,

 rode Honda 90s,

made it to Independence,

fished,

hiked,

but mostly we spent time with dogs...

"June"uary to "June"ly