Random Shots

Used car special! Buy one, get one free! There are a lot of old VW Beetles in town; many more old ones than ‘new’ Beetles. Most are in slightly better condition than these. This is from my office window; deer just randomly walk by a few times a week. The cats don’t really react; they …

Big Sky Country

I think the phrase “Big Sky Country” is trademarked by Montana (no, I’m not kidding) but the sky in the west is, well, bigger. That’s right over our back fence… yes, the weather *has* been a bit unsettled this week. Weather is also insanely localized; one day I was downtown, nice and dry – rode …

Traffic!

So when town takes 5 minutes on a bike to get from one end to another, there’s rarely traffic….. First, we went for a hike up a canyon 5 minutes from town – nice and scenic, although there is quicksand in the area: But then driving back to town – like I said, 5 minutes …

Spring

The cactus are starting to flower; not all of them, but the ones in full daytime sun. There are loads of them right next to the trails. Need some of those in our front yard. How do you transplant a cactus anyway? (Yes, I know…. carefully). We probably don’t need any of these in the …

Tour of Town

Some pictures of town, by request: Corner of Main (US Highway 191) and Center, looking north. These were taken a few weeks back – note the lack of tourists. The bottom floor of the building at the corner was a horrible restaurant that went out of business 3 or 4 years back, and has been …