Yesterday Joyce and I drove 100 miles and crossed the Continental Divide in search of a blue sky. We found it once we reached Maria Pass. The mountain tops held the clouds back and it was solidly clear and blue to the east.
Sun! Oh, glorious sun!
Around East Glacier everything was coated in a thick frost.
We skied 7 miles to Two Medicine Lake and close to the shadows from the clouds trying to get past the mountains. The wind brought occasional snow flakes flying floating by.
Late afternoon we watched the looming clouds and anticipated the loss of sunlight as we drove back to and under the massive line of clouds. Even after we entered the cloud's shadow we could still see the snow covered mountains to our side lit by the sunlight. Then all traces of sunlight were gone.
Today I have a 'hangover' from my blue sky experience. It is gloomy and gray here yet again for another day and the forecast has this forever. I miss seeing the blue sky.
Tonight there was a story on the local weather forecast that said that the Flathead Valley has had five days of blue skies since December 1. Only five days! Fortunately I spent a few weeks back in Minnesota and North Dakota since December so I saw more than just five days of sun. Still... I want more sun.
It didn't help that Leah forwarded me some photos taken by a friend of hers who hiked up to Mt Brown Lookout last weekend. This hike is on my list of things to do this winter and I haven't made it up there yet.
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