Monday, May 19, 2008

Rightfully is it called the Big Sky Country

...for the azure blue sky here is as wide open above you as it possibly can get. We are high, high above sea level and you really can feel how much more effort it takes to breathe. The air is dry and with the wide expanse of sky and space around you there seems to be almost too much light. Although Montana is far from being flat, there is little to obstruct the view but the nearest mountains somewhere far away.

It has been hot while I've been here, mostly very little clouds. The Clark-Snustads were saying that Helena gets at least 250-300 days of sunshine per year. Quite the opposite from Oregon then and being here does really feel like being in another country.

Anyway, after the things I described in a post that appears to be lost from this blog, we spent a day on the Missouri River. Another hot day, quiet and slow flow. The river was amply populated, by people flyfishing, pelicans, beavers...



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