For our Sunday drive this week we drove over to Musigbrod Lake over in the Big Hole Valley. This area had a large fire in this area in the last month. It is still burning in some areas but the road is now open. We did this to get to Musigbrod Lake where we have kayaked in the past. It is a very pretty drive to get there although it is over some of the most wash-boarded gravel roads we have driven on! They are still putting up their hay in that area. It is certainly big ranch country. And a very beautiful place. High in altitude and very cold in the winter! It is also known for it's aggressive large mosquitoes! We did not bring our kayak as the water in the lake is used for irrigation and this time of year is getting low and we got a late start. I also wanted to take some pictures of the burned out areas - some of which are below. I took a lot more!! Lots more!
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This is Trail Creek which the fire was named after.
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You can see some smoke where the fire is still burning north of the Big Hole Battlefield National Monument.
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Lots of lilies on the lake in this area.
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This part of the lake gets a lot of wind and blows the trees up here in high water times.
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Some campers had too much time on their hands and made a few things out of the numerous little dead trees!
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On this end of the lake there is a great white sand beach.
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Lots of fireweed around also.
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