Thanksgiving in Montana

Yeah, it was a few weeks ago. Oh, well. For T-Day, Nancy and Walter and I went snow shoeing on the Montana/Idaho border. The snow was so packed and wet that we did not actually need our snowshoes so I guess we just went boot shoeing. We did not go anywhere with dramatic scenery but it was nice and quiet. We ran into a couple of people on skis and the backcountry patrol hauling someone out behind a snowmobile. The day before we had gone on our first x-c ski at Mt. Spokane. That was fun as well. Today Walter and I were going to hit Mt. Spokane for snowshoeing but it was raining up there. It did not sound too fun. I am not sure what Christmas is going to bring. I am still working in Richland once a week so my weekends are short. My Solstice Choir performance is this next Saturday and I have to say this is the best sounding choir yet. We have 21 women in the choir this year. I am very excited. So here are some pictures of skiing and booting.

Packed road/trail near Lookout Pass (actually an old railroad bed) looking toward Copper Basin

My most favorite pack of all time

Sign in Wallace

Big moose tracks on Mt. Spokane. Evidently the day before a cougar had killed something at one of the trail junctions.

Nancy as the clouds started rolling in.

The first trail junction at Mt. Spokane