UPDATE 15 MAY 2015

We got some much needed rain the last few days and a lot of folks are smiling.  Our summer water situation is not looking so good as the snow pack is low for this time of year.  A few pictures below.

Low clouds after the rain.

Rain drop prism.

Arrowleaf Balsam Roots are really blooming around here.

Ike, Brenda, Connie, and I served food to the referees at the Maggot Fest rugby tournament in Missoula as a fund raiser for our Legion Post.

Connie snapped a couple of pictures of this snake below our cabin.  It is a gopher snake or more commonly called a Bullsnake around here.  This is a fairly large one and they can get up to 7 feet long.

REUNION OF TWO VIETNAM PILOTS

A Jolly pilot that I flew with at Hill AFB and an F-4 pilot who lives here in the valley (actually graduated from Hamilton in the early 60's) had a little get together after not seeing each other in 44 years.  Dave Heditch was flying his F-4 supporting ground personnel when he was shot down.  The Jolly pilot, Karl Bakke, has stopped and visited us one other time and this time coordinated a reunion with Dave.  They had a get together at Dave's house and the local paper covered the story.  I played a bit part in their reunion as in 2005 there was an article about Dave's shoot down and recovery in the paper which I sent to Karl.  They started corresponding after that.  We all went out to dinner at the West Fork Lodge after they met at Dave's and had a great time telling war stories.  Karl and his wife Deanna then followed us home and stayed in the cabin.

Here is a link to the article in today's Ravalli Republic.  http://ravallirepublic.com/news/local/article_b79fb2a8-f693-11e4-89a0-df58332ba398.html

Dave on the left, Karl on the right.

 Our table at the lodge - Karl, Deanna, Roxy, Connie and Dave.