July 31, 2021
We knew we wanted to see Lolo Pass. It’s an Indian road through the mountains that Lewis and Clark took when they realized they still had ranges of mountains to cross before they would reach the Pacific Ocean. We thought the story we would tell would be about how the road over Lolo Pass was a rugged 156-mile trip with little game available that took 11 days. Instead we found ourselves seeing the behind-the-scenes efforts to fight the Granite Pass Complex Fire.
The fire started 7/12/21 with a lightning strike about 35 miles southwest of Missoula. It split into four fires and three weeks had burned 5,800 acres. Estimated containment as of 7/31/21 was not until the middle of September.
The skies were eerily beautiful.
Some of our experience on Lolo Pass was about geocaching.
2 Comments
Laura · August 8, 2021 at 2:43 pm
Loved this, especially seeing you in a picture. You look so happy!
So glad you’re in areas if small population. Covid totally rampant here again!
Hugs!
Susan · August 9, 2021 at 7:21 am
The smoke makes the sky eerie indeed.