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Where The Sun Shines

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The sun shines on the surrounding mountaintops. Another inversion day. The view from atop Whitefish Ski Resort, looking down across the cloud-covered Flathead Valley.

The Tortoise & The Hare

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Guess who’s the tortoise?

BTW, you can see in the distance behind me a low fog bank. This is a classic NW Montana inversion day with thick fog in the valley below and full sun up on the mountains. When we’re socked in at home, we often look at the mountaintop webcam for shadows — not unlike groundhogs, I suppose.

Somer Ice

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I took the bird up to nearby Somers, yesterday, to get a look at some of the lake’s interesting ice patterns.

Miami Ice

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We live on a hill with long, gravel driveway. At times in the winter, this driveway can get a tad icy. Today, when we were going to drive out, we were blocked by a parked SUV. I walked down to find a nervous young man sitting behind the wheel of his running 4×4 vehicle.

“I’m lost and I’m stuck. I’m going to call AAA.”

“You may be lost, but you’re not stuck. You’re just spinning on a little patch of ice. Backup into that snow-covered turnaround where you’ll have traction. I’ll show you where to go and I’ll push you off this ice.”

“I’m afraid I’ll slide off of your driveway and down that cliff.”

“There’s no cliff, but that snowbank would stop you anyway. Just go slow and easy. You’ll be fine.”

“Maybe I should call AAA.”

“You’re not stuck. This is no big deal. Hey, where are you from?”

“Miami.”

“You don’t say.”