Juniper Monkeys

Hearst Lake, tucked up behind Anaconda. Every time we roll through Anaconda we really like it – it seems like there's always something neat going on. The co-owner of the Pinter's Portal Hostel (itself very nice) was telling us about a couple new trails that've just been built coming off town, yet to formally open, so yet again we have a reason to go back!

2026-07-24 PIXELFED RELAY

Many rocks lie under the surface of a lake, with mountains and forest behind. [Fuji X-T5 / Tamron 18-300]

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Heading south down the back-side of the Pintlers. We're starting to get a lot of smoke from the fires in Eastern Washington.

2026-07-23 PIXELFED RELAY

A mountain range rises in the distance behind greenery and a rocky outcrop. [Fuji X-T5 / Tamron 18-300]

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And the bigger of the Twin Lakes! There was a horse camp on the other side of it... I was slightly jealous.

2026-07-22 PIXELFED RELAY

A large mountain looms behind the forest on the edge of a lake. [Fuji X-T5 / Tamron 18-300]

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Book Rated: Trail Work: Restoring the Paths and Stories of America's Public Lands, by Dillon Osleger

2026-07-21 GOODREADS LOG

Cover for Trail Work: Restoring the Paths and Stories of America's Public Lands

> SCANNING: Trail Work: Restoring the Paths and Stories of America's Public Lands> AUTHOR_SIG: Dillon Osleger> SENTIMENT_Q: 40.0% POSITIVE> THEMATIC_VECTORS: CHARACTER_ARC, LEXICAL_ANALYSIS, FUNKY_ROBOTS> LEXICAL_DENSITY: 43.71> MEMETIC_HAZARD: LOW

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One of the Twin Lakes (perhaps "Lesser Twin"), north of Mount Evans.

2026-07-20 PIXELFED RELAY

A nice lake with rocky shore in the foreground, trees to either side, and blue skies above. [Fuji X-T5 / Tamron 18-300]

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I'm not sure I've ever seen skies as weird as we did at Birch Creek. These were all within a few minutes of each other – orange skies one way, deep blues another. And later, lightning rolled through that we listened to on the radio.

2026-07-20 PIXELFED RELAY

Orange skies over scrubby brushland. [Fuji X-T5 / Sigma 17-40 1.8]

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Book Rated: Children of Memory, by Adrian Tchaikovsky

2026-07-19 GOODREADS LOG

> SCANNING: Children of Memory> AUTHOR_SIG: Adrian Tchaikovsky> SENTIMENT_Q: 80.0% POSITIVE> THEMATIC_VECTORS: WORLD-BUILDING, ENTOMOLOGY, SPECIES_UPLIFT> LEXICAL_DENSITY: 44.23> MEMETIC_HAZARD: MEDIUM

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A remotely-operated telescope run by the University of Montana Western, as weather rolls in.

2026-07-18 PIXELFED RELAY

A telescope dome sits in front of a mountain, with dramatic clouds. [Fuji X-T5 / Sigma 17-40 1.8]

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Bun!

2026-07-18 PIXELFED RELAY

A rabbit sits in a grassy little hidey-hole, behind trees. [Fuji X-T5 / Tamron 18-300]

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Some wild skies rolled through while we were in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, and the light on the paintbrush was really cool.

2026-07-17 PIXELFED RELAY

Red flowers sit amidst grass under orangey light. [Fuji X-T5 / Sigma 17-40 1.8]

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Heading south down the back-side of the Pintlers. We're starting to get a lot of smoke from the fires in Eastern Washington.

And the bigger of the Twin Lakes! There was a horse camp on the other side of it... I was slightly jealous.

Book Rated: Trail Work: Restoring the Paths and Stories of America's Public Lands, by Dillon Osleger

One of the Twin Lakes (perhaps "Lesser Twin"), north of Mount Evans.

I'm not sure I've ever seen skies as *weird* as we did at Birch Creek. These were all within a few minutes of each other – orange skies one way, deep blues another. And later, lightning rolled through that we listened to on the radio.

Book Rated: Children of Memory, by Adrian Tchaikovsky

A remotely-operated telescope run by the University of Montana Western, as weather rolls in.

Bun!

Some wild skies rolled through while we were in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, and the light on the paintbrush was really cool.

I'm not sure I've ever seen skies as weird as we did at Birch Creek. These were all within a few minutes of each other – orange skies one way, deep blues another. And later, lightning rolled through that we listened to on the radio.