Yet another Geocaching expedition, this one near Lion Lake located on the road up to Hungry Horse Dam.

Bone Graveyard.

Dan at the cache site.

Lion Lake

Before stopping at our friend Sonja’s home in Hungry Horse we took a drive up to Hungry Horse Dam and Reservoir. I tried to capture the interesting sight. The reservoir is mostly frozen, except near the dam. On our bright and sunny day the mountains and trees were reflected in the non-frozen (but still freezing!) water, and if you looked at it the right way, it looked like the ice dropped off of a shear cliff. I thought it was neat anyway. (If you click it to enlarge, the effect is more pronounced.)

Alpha creek runs into the reservoir through a culvert. The creek is flowing slowly, but the snow melt will increase the water flow. Even if it doesn’t look like the snow is melting.

I was going to post these in December, but I just didn’t get around to it. I’m participating in a swap-bot, traveling camera swap. If you’re not familiar with this concept, a disposable camera is sent from person to person, each snapping a photo of their own desire, and then sending it along to the next person. Eventually when the cameras are full, they’re sent back to the originator and developed. The photos are then displayed online for all to see. I decided to take a trip up to Hungry Horse Dam and Reservoir to take my photo, and took a few of my own. Well, a couple. It was cooooold!!!

The first three photos were taken at Hungry Horse Reservoir. The first two are where we found the willy worm (or wooly bear), the third at Lost Johnny a few weeks prior, and the final two were taken near Flathead Lake. Honeysuckle, lupines and wild roses were thick around the lake.

This guy was found on the rocks here, at Hungry Horse Reservoir

On Monday, Dan and I went to the Hungry Horse Dam and Reservoir. We were halfway between Kalispell and Columbia Falls before I realized I was still wearing my flip-flops and forgot to put my hiking boots on. So our original intent to go hiking turned into mucking about.
Edit: If the ‘play’ icon in the center of the video doesn’t work, try the one in the bottom, left.