Wildflowers & Wind

Nicole and I made our way back from Montana today. The ride felt so, so long because it was ridiculously hot on the highway. Off in the distance, it looked like there were rain clouds on their way to ease our suffering, but they never materialized. They were just a taunting mirage.

We ended up being a little rushed after getting stuck in some construction before leaving Montana. We were sitting there for quite awhile, but it didn’t look like any road work was actually being done. Just a big guy with a stop sign keeping us from being on our way.

We were eventually allowed through and to my amazement, they were not only paving all those bumpy roads, but installing guardrails! Only… the guardrails were being on on the flat, cliffless areas of road, and not need the steep, cliffed sections of road. I’m fairly certain someone was reading the plans incorrectly.

Though the construction had held us up quite a bit, we had to stop to check out a section of forest that had been destroyed in a massive fire a couple of years ago. It looked eerie at first glance, but then when we looked closer, there were wildflowers growing happily out of the destruction.

We took the long way home, stopping through Magrath again to take more pictures of the wind turbines. On the trip down, the light had been rather harsh, but as we passed through again, it was much nicer to work with.

After many hours, I’m settled back in at home. It was such a nice vacation, even if it was just a few days. I need more spontaneous vacations.