Day 5 – Friday, September 30
Jim and Kit left for Bozeman early in the morning, so Shawna and I went to into Ennis for breakfast, then drove what’s called the Varney Road in the hopes of seeing sandhill cranes. We did see a couple at quite a distance, and managed to get a few photos of pronghorns. Wildlife viewing opportunities haven’t been abundant on this trip.
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| We saw this buck right after leaving Jim's driveway. |
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| And he'd gathered a bunch of does. |
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| This is the Varney Bridge over the Madison River. |
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| Looking south-southeast from the Varney Bridge. |
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| Sphinx Mountain |
We got back to Jim and Kit’s a few minutes before they returned from Bozeman and settled in for a visit. In a short time, they received a call that their horse, Kato, was out. Catching Kato was no problem, but Jim needed to figure out why or how he got out. He quickly saw that a vehicle had run off the road and broken two sections of his jack fence.
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| Here are the tracks of the vehicle that missed the curve near Jim and Kit's driveway. |
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| The jack leg on the ground collected the vehicle's sideview mirror. |
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| Another view of the damage. |
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| Broken glass from one of the passenger side windows. |
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| The exit path - it sure looks like the vehicle drove over these rocks - and we found scrapings on the biggest one. |
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| Sphinx Mountain. Sigh........... |
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| Sphinx as the sun is setting. |
Jim and Kit fixed fried rice and fresh walleye (amazing breading of Italian breadcrumbs and parmesan cheese) for supper, and we packed up the car to prepare for our two-day, uneventful (well almost uneventful) and hot drive home.
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This is Sphinx at sunrise on Saturday, Oct. 1. Heavy sigh......
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That's all, folks! Thanks for visiting!
On Sunday or Monday, we'll return to "regular programming," as I post photos from Rachel and John's October 8 wedding.
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