A view of Flathead Lake from Wayfarer’s Park, Bigfork, MT. Photo taken on Jan 20, 2010.
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The sun came out late this afternoon and convinced me to take a break before a final hour of work to be done. The mountain loop walk is off limits with neighbors in residence so we headed to Wayfarer’s.
The air felt balmy at 50 F.
We dawdled and watched – across the lake…Still waters.
Yesterday started with freezing rain, then snow, then freezing rain. On the way back from Somers, the sun tried to make a brief appearance. It hit the lake away out there. I stopped to try to catch it.
It’s magic when the light changes as it did. It was gone just as quick as it came.
There was a happy girl also! I took a late afternoon break (yesterday) from the house and computer to walk with Karl at Wayfarer’s Park along Flathead Lake. The brush is starting to turn red, the air was clear and the temperature an extremely pleasant 71.
Happy Dog!
I like to do my supply gathering and errand running mid-week, even if it means working a bit evenings or on the weekend to make up for it. But the San Francisco trip resulted in a large project with tight deadlines and it has been head down and work, work, work during the week. And then the weed control, septic fixing, house painting…yikes! It has been somewhat busier than House de Summers is used to!
We never, never, never skip walks or stomach rubs…but the supply gathering and errand running and hair appointments have slipped to the week end (say that as the Brits do – emphasis on “end”…).
The drama continues this week and I find that yet again, I am doing the aforementioned supply gathering, etc. on a Saturday.
But, mitigating the “pain” of being in the weekend “crowds” was today’s scenery. Along the route, this morning on the Somers cutoff (Rt. 82), were these views from that dump site*:
The green box dump site on the Somers cutoff affords a view across the fields of Flathead Lake from the northern tip to the southern, where sits Polson, MT.
This morning as we have our mid-August Fall preview, the clouds and light were spectacular.
Views from the dump…I love them!
*There are 2 green box/dump sites that I have spots I love to take photos from. My favorites from the other site:
South of Bigfork, along the east shore of Flathead Lake are Woods Bay, Yellow Bay and then Blue Bay. Blue Bay is on the Flathead Indian Reservation. The campground and day use area are owned and run by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. The entrance and part of the day use area are visible from the 2 lane highway. Every time I’ve passed I’ve said that I should sometime stop and see what all is there.
This morning started at 42F with a forecast for mid-70’s…Karl and my version of “warm enough to spend the afternoon in the cool house”. We headed to Blue Bay early this morning while it was cool.
Beautiful! The camping area is no frills. There are a number of spots to “park” or pitch a tent along the lake. A few places with electric are located on a bluff slightly above. Grass, trees, the lake views and absolute cleanliness of the spots made it appealing despite the fact that the campground was nearly full.
After driving around the camping area, I parked and got Karl out for a bit of exploring of the day use area which includes a beautiful swimming area, boat launch and small marina.
Blue Bay on Flathead Lake.
I’m glad I went and I’m glad I decided to come home. A few things not done at the house with the impromptu take off, some minor motorhome things and the final decider being the weather due to deteriorate. Since I was only 50 miles from home, after much dithering, I decided to return and take care of all from home base.
It was a wonderful weekend in a beautiful spot with beautiful weather. I am refreshed.
Maybe Karl and Bob picked up on a little bit of my disappointment at cutting things short. Neither wanted out when we got home. Usually they both want out whenever I stop and when I open the door to home they are out and about immediately checking out their territory. Today, they delayed and then after getting out, got back in again while I was unloading a few things and cleaning up.
Funny boys! I assured them we would roll again.
A surprise on the way home – the cherry trees were in bloom. The east shore of Flathead Lake is home to many cherry orchards. The blossoms were gorgeous against the backdrop of the lake.
