…from Group Three’s Montana Wildlife Federation President, Tim “Four More Years” Aldrich:
Tis indeed a beautiful Mother's Day here in Missoula, MT. Sitting on our back deck, relaxing and enjoying coffee with my lovely Bride Carol, the mother of our two lovely children, I have watched no fewer that 20 species of birds doing their spring things while also enjoying the sunshine and warm weather. Fifteen mule deer just traversed the slope across Miller Creek. Behind the house the Creek is flowing at what I believe is a normal rate for this time of year; the water is somewhat colored but that too is what I would expect.
The snow is gone in the low and mid-elevation areas, but off to the southwest at the southern most end of the Bitterroot Range, I can see Lolo Peak and Carlton Ridge at 9000+ feet above sea-level, standing out as whitened remnant landscapes of a mild winter and somewhat mild spring. The Rattlesnake Wilderness Area to the north is blocked from our view by the grassy ridgeline that forms the northern limit of our Miller Creek Valley and the southern limit of the City of Missoula, but I know that there too, whiteness gifted us by winter also persists.
This is where I was born and choose to live; a place where you can find summer in the Valley and the continuing blessings of winter in the higher elevations, blessings that will help assure the flow of cold clear water to support our amazing fisheries and the marvelous opportunities we enjoy to fish and just generally be in touch with nature here in Montana. Montana is ready for and awaits the arrival of the Clausens and the 2012 Extravaganzites!
How's that for poetic license my friend?
Best thoughts to you and Kathy on this Day when we celebrate the many gifts of life we enjoy because of a mother's love. tim and carol
Bravo. pal!!!
RCR---<’///><
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