Driving Along the Clark Fork

American Bald Eagle Points the Way

Snow Squalls in the Cabinets

Intermittent Snow

Mountains Reach to Blue Skies

HWY 200 is Like a Roller Coaster

River, Rail & Road in the Gorge

Coming Out of the Gorge

Big Horn Sheep Country

Big Horn Sheep Nibbling Early Grass

Train Like a Winding Snake

Ranches & Mountains

Big Sky Country

Quinn's Hot Springs on the Clark Fork

Cold Day to Canoe the Clark Fork

Turning onto the Interstate Headed to Missoula

Snow Dust

Passing Missoula in a Snow Squall

Snow on Coal

Our Turn Off Where Rock Creek Merges with the Clark Fork

The Clark Fork River flows from the mining country of western Montana into the Lake Pend Oreille, the second largest alpine lake in the US. We live on one end in the Sandpoint, Idaho area and our daughter, Rock Climber, lives on the other end in the Missoula, Montana region.

The river winds around the Cabinet Mountains and through the Cabinet Gorge. It's a modern marvel that a two-lane highway, water generated power lines and train tracks carrying controversial coal fit through the narrow gorge.

Uneven, the faded paved road swoops like a swallow trail, making it an exciting ride. As the Hub says, I hold the "chicken handle" mounted above my door often. He likes driving the curvaceous road ad I imagine him pretending to be a race car driver. I'm distracted by the scenery which is stunning beyond words and perfect for Wordless Wednesday (linking up with Abracabadra).

Photos are all my own. Note that I used a highly technical filter known as the "windshield."