Around the Bend

Oregon Coast: Thea

Montana Nostalgia

If you're ever in the area, Polebridge MT is a truly special place. Although at least 1/5 of the town is portrayed within this frame, I assure you its well worth the 15 miles of dirt road it takes to get there. Just to give you an idea of the laid back earthy attitude that permeates the place, my brother and I were taking refuge in the shade of a nearby yard as we waited for a hitch into the NW part of Glacier national park. When the women who lived there walked out on her porch I apologized for sitting on her lawn, to which she responded "if its a good place for you its a good place for me." Wow.
And the baked goods at the mercantile are delectable.

Portland Lowlands

Feeling blessed with great old and new friends.

Far and Away

Hello, again. Please excuse my long blog absence. During my month and a half in Glacier National Park, I had very little internet access (rather nice, actually). And to think, I subsisted without constant snacking on those little tidbits of web simululacrum we're all so hooked on. I worked, I walked, I met and photographed interesting people, and I breathed in the bigness of the Montana sky.
My project on the Blackfeet Indian Tribe is still very much a work in progress. I've got pictures to show, but I really don't want to post them out of context on this blog. It looks like I'll be going back to continue work on it next summer, and possibly even this winter. We'll see. Feeling good about the interactions, but less so about the photos. Thats OK.
As for now, I'm on the road again visiting friends. Missoula MT, Bellingham WA, Portland OR (now), Eugene OR, Zion NP UT, Carbondale CO, Boulder CO and back home to Chapel Hill NC. Somehow enamored with the NW in a way that I wasn't when I lived here. Its probably just the people I'm spending time with. Lots of nice moments.