Saturday I decided to take a little field trip. There was to be an Amish auction in Libby so I thought I would take the opportunity to check out several things.
I have already written about
Record Lows at Lake Koocanusa but I hadn't been all the way down to Libby Dam to see how things looked. Things looked pretty amazing. I stopped at the dam and took these pictures. Quite extraordinary.
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| Libby Dam, Montana |
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| Lake Koocanusa, Montana - So low it's other worldly. |
From the dam it was off to the Amish auction. Koty had a good time greeting lots of people but I didn't see anything I wanted to hang around and bid on. I did, however, find this little collapsible step stool that I thought was quite the value U$D 15.00.
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| Collapsible Step Stool |
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| Stool in the open postion |
After we left the auction our next destination was Kootenai Falls. I thought they might be interesting to see with the water running so high. On the way to the falls I saw this pretty view of the Cabinet Mountains and couldn't resist taking a photo.
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| Cabinet Mountains |
Well, the Kootenai Falls were interesting. They practically didn't exist. The river is flowing so full the fall drops are practically eliminated. Never seen anything quite like it. You'd need to see them at normal pool to get how extraordinary these photos are.
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| Kootenai Falls with the falls nearly flattened. |
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| Kootenai Falls but without the falls! |
After the falls we headed over to a trail on the north side of the river that always seems to offer lovely wildlife sightings. We were not disappointed. Actually, before we went over to the river trail I stopped in at the Libby Cafe and had a "Montana Burger" and fries. Needed to get my strength up for the hike. :) It was pretty good and certainly way more food than I should have consumed. I still have an appetite like a truck driver. No offense truck drivers. That was just an expression I heard when I was a kid and it stuck.
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| Big Horn Sheep Ewes high in the cliffs overlooking the trail. |
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| Nesting pair of Canada Geese |
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| Big Horn Ewe flying through the bush. |
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This last picture is of the Kootenai River flowing bank to bank.
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| Kootenai River, Montana May 21, 2011 |
Living in Montana is a privilege.
©Kinsey Barnard
2 comments:
The view of Cabinet Mountains is breathtaking. Thanks, Kinsey.
I enjoyed the photo of Kootenai Falls. I've never stopped and seen it that high, even though I live only an hour a way. Thank you.
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