July 01, 2004
Back From the Mountains
The beartooths of 2004 were even more beautiful than last year! Lots of
snow in the high country, budding and blossoming flowers in the lower meadows,
waterfalls like Yosemite, birds, bears, deer. And, all week, we were
never out of earshot of guzzling, roaring streams cascading through bouldered
chasms, and were always in sight of mighty cliff faces never trod by
humans.
You'll hear more about it when my compatriots, Captain Phil and Senor
Cutter send me their digital shots.
Magnificent scene! Thanks for this teaser taste of sharing your journey -- can't wait to see the rest! What dates were y'all out there?
Posted by wild thing.We started hiking on June 17 and returned to the trailhead on June 23. During that week we encountered only 7 people near our campsite or at higher elevations. On our 2nd day out, we met two tall, lanky fishermen brothers from Tennessee, who told us that they'd been out fishing the Beartooths since Memorial Day, and the day of our conversation was the first day the sun shined. So our timing was exquisite.
Posted by Michael at July 1, 2004 06:13 AM
Magnificent scene! Thanks for this teaser taste of sharing your journey -- can't wait to see the rest! What dates were y'all out there?
Posted by: wild thingat July 1, 2004 09:00 AMWe started hiking on June 17 and returned to the trailhead on June 23. During that week we encountered only 7 people near our campsite or at higher elevations. On our 2nd day out, we met two tall, lanky fishermen brothers from Tennessee, who told us that they'd been out fishing the Beartooths since Memorial Day, and the day of our conversation was the first day the sun shined. So our timing was exquisite.