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Dog Days, 2018

Labor Day is approaching and the long hot smoky days of summer draw are drawing to a close.  Fire season necessitates sticking close to home over the summer but there have been some chances to escape to a nearby lake or two, and even a couple of days on the coast.  Here’s a couple of shots from the last month or two of adventures.

Paulina Lake never disappoints with its blue water and beautiful sunsets.  The kokanee are pretty tasty too.

Sunset over Paulina

 

Before fires completely filled the sky with smoke later in August we were treated to a few nice color filled sunsets, including this one spotted on the way back from an evening trip to Paulina.

 

Smoky Sunset

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Bitterroot Detour, 2018

The Bitterroot

Well, we went all the way to Montana to float the Smith River, but it was an awfully long drive to not see a sight or two on the way home.  So with that in mind, after we pulled off the Smith we stayed a night in Missoula and then it was on to a day trip on the Bitterroot river just outside of town.

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Smith River, Montana, 2018

Montana.  If the word doesn’t conjure an image in your mind I don’t know where you have been, but you need to go there.  For me, it brings to mind green valleys surrounded by forested mountains.

But the Smith River?  If you have heard of it you probably talk to people in the rafting world.  When I told most people we were going I got a blank stare.  Where is it?  Well, it’s not really by anywhere you have heard of really.  And that is part of the charm.

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