I would really love to live in that house. I would have a rocking chair on the back porch and spend my leisure time drinking coffee and looking at the Crazy Mountains behind me. Life doesn’t get any better.
Hi everyone! I have finished my 11-part Crazy Mountains compilation. Now I am going to add a little spice to the pot. Today, will be my Best of the Best of the Crazy Mountains. I have gone through all of the images that I included in the previous blogs and have posted the very best of them for your pleasure. I hope you enjoy them.
2018
From October 23, 2018, our first trip to see the Crazy Mountains. There wasn’t anything special in these first photos except one had Doug and the other had me.
2019
First view of the Crazies in 2019. The date is February 2, 2019, otherwise known as Groundhog Day. That’s one of my favorite spots, mile marker 377 on I-90.
The Crazy Mountains from mile marker 377
A mountain with snow on it. And a train. I love it. That’s Crazy Peak!
From March 11, 2019: There is lots of snow. I love it!
Look at the last picture. There is hardly any snow in the valley. Look at this one. WOW! What a difference one month can make. We got something like 60 inches of snow during the 2018/19 winter. It would take an entire decade to get half as much back in Nashville, Tennessee.One of my better photographs. Crazy Peak with a lot of snow on it. I love it.
The next day, I woke up early. It was March 12, 2019. I wanted to catch a sunrise. It’s a little over an hour’s drive, so I woke up really early. It was worth it.
I got up really early to catch the sunrise on the Crazies. I think that’s called alpenglow. My brother can tell you the proper term.In the plains, they have a term called “ground blizzard.” Although it’s not snowing, the wind is blowing so hard that it picks up the light powdery snow and move it around just like a driving snowstorm. Although this was no problem, sometimes it can be so bad as to create “white-out” conditions. Although the snow posed no hazard, on this day, it felt really weird driving through it.Now that’s a nice shot!Another good picture of Crazy Peak covered with snow.
March 30, 2019
For some reason, I think Norman Rockwell when I see this photograph. It almost looks like a painting. I really liked the way it turned out.
A perfect day for a perfect photo.
Randy, Hunter and my brother, Doug. And of course, Thunder Jack with the Crazy Mountains in the background.
Not too bad, but nothing to write home about.
May 12, 2019, spring is in the air. On the way to the Mission Road and the Absarokas.
The valleys have cleared out and starting to “green” up. Still plenty of snow on the Crazies! Doug and I were scouting for possible fall-foliage opportunities, checking out places that might have large groves of aspens.Crazy Peak behind Frosty Freeze in Big Timber!
June 12, 2019, my Glacier National Park Trip
On the way to Glacier National Park!Mile marker 377!Crazy Peak. It’s now summer, but still a good amount of snow on the mountains.
June 27, 2019, my Yellowstone/Grand Tetons National Parks Trip
On my way to Yellowstone!Crazy Peak from mile marker 377!
September 22, 2019 on the way to the Rocky Mountain Front
The start of our Fall Foliage Tour. We’re heading to the Rocky Mountain Front. Three days later, we would be coming home with a blizzard forcast behind us. That’s Montana weather for you.The Crazy Mountains from the east side. We had not seen them from this side.WOW! They have the right idea!Not as good a view of the Crazies, but I wouldn’t object to living their.Now that’s a beautiful shot of a Montana mountain valley.Another one of those Norman Rockwells!
September 27, 2019, Becky’s Trip
Doug, Becky and me! While we were having our picture taken with the Crazy Mountains in the background, up north in Glacier National Park they were going to get inundated with four feet of snow. And it wasn’t even October yet.
October 3, 2019, our Wind River Trip
The week before we had to cancel our trips to Glacier, Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks due to an early season blizzard on the high plains. You would hardly know it by looking at this picture. Sure the Crazy Mountains have a lot of extra snow on them, but the valley below is still green.
October 24, 2019, some late season pictures. Although we were through with our big travels for the year, I still wanted to get out and take some more photos of the Crazies before winter really set in.
Coming up on my favorite I-90 spot, mile marker 377!Off the interstate at the first Big Timber exit. The Crazies loom large before me.The Crazies from the other side of Big Timber.
October 25, 2019, some more late photos
Coming up on mile marker 377.My favorite spot on US Highway 89, mile marker 31. Looking at the Crazy Mountains from the west side.
November 18, 2019, some fall pics
It’s the middle of November and the valleys are still relatively snow-free. But look at that early snow-cover on the Crazies.Crazy Peak, just outside Big Timber!From Big Timber!Crazy Peak behind the Frosty Freeze in Big Timber!
November 19, 2019, Some more November pictures
The Crazy Mountains from the other side. This view is from mile marker 31 on US 89.From my favorite spot on US 89. My last photos of the year.
2020
The new year, February 21, 2020
In Billings, it didn’t seem like we got as much snow last year as we did in 2018, but the mountains got there fare share.Crazy Peak in 2020.From the other side of Big Timber.Crazy Peak!
February 22, 2020, some more pictures from the new year.
The Crazy Mountains.From my favorite spot on US Highway 89, mile marker 31!I wanted to get some sunset shots, so I kicked around at my favorite spot on US 89 (mile marker 31) and then down in the Paradise Valley, the northern entrance into Yellowstone National Park, before coming back to mile marker 31 for these shots.With the pandemic going around, these were the last pictures I would be able to take for many months.
