Full Moon - at Se¿lis¿ Ksanka Ql¿ispe¿ fka Kerr Dam, Montana

A little Montana-style entrepreneurial humour  courtesy of this Ronan, Montana, company ….couldn’t resist the share…!

(Seen on a recent visit to Se¿lis¿ Ksanka Ql¿ispe¿  fka Kerr Dam.)

Big Sky Smokey Clouds, Big Blue Tractor - Near Ronan, Montana

Construction driving delays near Ronan, Montana, allows the fire-season (darker) version of “stop and smell the roses”…a rather strange dichotomous beauty in the flawless big sky span intersected by roiling wildfire smoke morphing into fluffy high cumulus clouds….

But the prayed-for rain is coming…

Mission Mountains Marsh Melody - Near Ronan, Montana

“The marsh, to him who enters it in a receptive mood, holds, besides mosquitoes and stagnation, melody, the mystery of unknown waters, and the sweetness of Nature undisturbed by man.” - Charles William Beebe (1877-1962), The Log of the Sun

Meadow To Mountains - Near Ronan, Montana

Click here to hear the meadowlark serenade of my soggy boggy traipse in pursuit of this vie near Ronan, Montana.

Storm Clouds, NinePipes Reservoir, Ronan, Montana

“Stormy weather….” (Click to listen or sing along with Lena Horne!)

NinePipes Reservoir, Ronan, Montana

Walking through the boggy grassland on the early leg of the Ninepipes Reservoir trail reminded me of childhood treks across the fields between our house and my grandparents’ farmland. We’d be sure to skirt sloughs like this one, keeping our feet dry so we could continue our grand adventure for the day.

Cattails at NinePipes Reservoir, Ronan, Montana

Ninepipes Reservoir, south of Ronan, Montana, is a great place to stop & stretch your legs on a drive up the Flathead Valley.