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Lesson Learned

I’m obviously not the brightest bulb on the planet. Sometimes I have to experience a thing to learn the lesson that others have attempted to share. On top of it, I have a poor memory as I have learned this particular lesson already, a couple times – I simply had to re-learn it, again… The… [Read More]

Curecanti

I am currently in the Curecanti National Recreation Area a little west of Gunnison, CO. The National Park Service says the following about the area: “Curecanti National Recreation Area is a series of three reservoirs along the once wild Gunnison River. The reservoirs that make up Curecanti today are a destination for water-based recreation high… [Read More]

Colorado River

For the last couple of weeks, I have been in the Grand Junction, CO area. The terrain and sights in this area are fantastic!  The Colorado River has done some amazing work and revealed some truly spectacular sights. I spent a week dry camping at the McInnis Canyon National Recreational Area. I really loved this… [Read More]

Clark Canyon Reservoir – Part 3

I’ve been back at the Clark Canyon Reservoir south of Dillon, MT for the last week and a half. This is the same area that I visited back in June (here and here). Once again, it has proven to be a really great spot. This time, I setup at the Cameahwait campground. There are two… [Read More]

Visiting the Home Towns

This summer I have spent a considerable amount of time exploring some of the areas in which I lived as a child – my home towns.  We moved around a fair amount when I was young but I consider Livingston, Montana my childhood home and Helena, Montana my ‘teenage years’ home. This week, I am… [Read More]

Mystic Lake Montana

This past weekend, I was at Mystic Lake which is south of Columbus and near Fishtail, Montana. I camped at Emerald Lake campground, a forest service site on the edge of the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness area, with several friends from high school and their families. Getting into this location is a task and a half!  The pavement ends some… [Read More]

Heat Wave

A heat wave was scheduled to arrive in Helena, where I was sitting, so it was time for me to get out of Dodge.. err.. Helena. I decided to take the very scenic route to Lincoln, Montana.  This is state route 279 to Highway 200 and into Lincoln.  This takes you over Flesher Pass at… [Read More]

Return to Helena

I’ve returned to Helena, MT and it appears that I am just in time. The weather guessers have 100 degree temperatures planned for the next week! I don’t think I can handle those temps but I don’t have any secret hideouts at 8000′ MSL here in Montana like I do in New Mexico. So, I’ll… [Read More]

Clark Canyon Reservoir – Part 2

Note from JD: Part 1 is here. I stayed a total of twelve days at the Clark Canyon Reservoir so have a reasonable take on the conditions. As previously noted, I stayed in the Beaverhead campground which is right beside the east end of the dam (northeast corner of the reservoir). I used relatively poor… [Read More]

Reflections

I’ve spent a good bit of time kayaking on the Clark Canyon Reservoir while staying in the area. The reservoir is pretty large and most of the shoreline is relatively benign.  However; there is an island in the middle and it has some pretty neat looking cliffs that drop off into the water. I was… [Read More]