Yesterday I went to Red Lodge, Montana. Many of you may recognize this as a ski resort. But for me its a place where I have taken several beautiful photographs. I would highly recommend a visit to Red Lodge, if not for the cool shops down Broadway St. for the beautiful mountains and scenery that surrounds it. There is a road to Custer National Forest that goes out of Red Lodge.
So when I got there I took a road that goes up a steep hill, and about halfway up the hill there is a spot to turn off and put chains on your tires. Well, it is January here and you may expect me to need to put chains on my tires, especially at the high elevation, but there was absolutely no snow on the roads. There was some off the roads, but not as much as there should have been. Anyways, when I turned off I turned my car off and got out to take some pictures. My goal was to capture the city of Red Lodge and the mountains in the distance in one photo. I walked a little bit until I found a good spot to take the photo. I took in the view and relaxed so I could get a good picture. All of the sudden six deers flew out of the brush in front of me. I definitely startled them, but I think they startled me equally. To make a long story short, I fell into the snow, luckily there wasn't very much, but I was still snow covered. From there I took a few pictures, but those deer sure got the best of me! Enjoy :)
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| Red Lodge with Mountains in distance |
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| Mountains in Red Lodge |
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| My Off-Road Capable Prius ;) in Red Lodge |
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| Cool Scene from Red Lodge golf course |
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| In Custer National Forest by Red Lodge |
Thanks for the photos of Red Lodge. My husband and I were there a few years ago on a visit to Yellowstone—and there was much more snow then! It is, indeed, a beautiful spot.
ReplyDeleteI see you're living in Montana so you might want to have a look at my most recent blog post about a nordic ski area in Big Sky, MT.
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Rita
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It is definitely a cool area! I'll check it out! I've heard Big Sky is beautiful. Thanks for the comment! Have a good one :)
DeleteGee, those blue skies would be a sucker for my polarizer! Great sight for sure! I do like the Prius as well which I've always wanted, just because Larry David has one!
ReplyDeleteHaha. The Prius is awesome,as long as you can handle the crap everyone gives you for driving one. It really is great in the snow. Surprising, but true. Thanks :)
DeleteAww, you've missed shooting the deers, but you have these great sceneries instead! And they're beautiful. It seems strange, though, that this ski resort has too little snow at this month. But your pictures are still lovely even with those little snows.
ReplyDeleteYeah it is strange it seems like this year there is very little snow. I'm afraid that everywhere is going to get blasted with it once mother nature decides to turn on the snow machine!
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