Hiking on the Last Warm Day

This time of year, in Bozeman, you have to assume every day that's fairly warm and with sunshine is the very last warm day of the year. After last weekend's 30-degree temps and three-plus inches of snow, I didn't want to take any chances of this day going to waste. We were on our way to the car for Colter's swim lessons, when he commented on what a beautiful morning it was. I agreed and told him we need to go on a hike today.

There's a new trail across from the "M," Drinking Horse Mountain. We decided to try that one. It was a fairly steep climb, but we did it in about an hour and had burgers for lunch afterward. From the top, we could see the Bridger Mountains (the range we were in), the Absorokees, the Gallatin Range, the Madisons and the Tobacco Roots.

Seventy-seven and sunny today. Next week, who knows?

a) looking west to the Tobacco Root Mountains, about 75 miles away

b) Colter at the summit, Bridger Mountains in the background

c) C and I at the summit