This is the second part of my montage to the Crazy Mountains. The first segment was about those photos taken during the last couple of months in 2018. This section starts showcasing my pictures during 2019.
February 2, 2019 was a fine Saturday morning as we headed west to visit our Big Timber friends, Randy, Debbie and Hunter. I got some great shots of the Crazies that day.
Coming into my favorite section of I-90. The section between mile markers 375 and 377 give the best views of the magnificent Crazy Mountains.
As you come around that curve you see mile marker 377 and a sign saying Crazy Mountains. Notice the train coming up on the right side of the interstate.
This was a great shot. Crazy Mountain rising tall in the background with that train in the foreground.
Randy, and his son Hunter, took us out on a nice little excursion to view the Crazies from a different view. These were shots after we left the interstate.
I like taking a photo with layers. In the foreground you have those bare trees, and in the center are the mountains, with the sky above. The trees just do something for this picture.
Another view of the Crazies, perhaps not as nice as the previous one, but still it gives you that layered-look.
Now these pictures had absolutely nothing to do with the Crazy Mountains, I just wanted to show you how much snow was still on the ground in the middle of March. Doug and I walked across the street to the nearby park, and took measurements of the snow. Now this is March, a time when back in Nashville, Tennessee, winter would be a foregone conclusion. Here in Billings, Montana, however, on March 10, 2019 . . . well I will let the photos speak for themselves.
Over a foot of snow on the ground, and this was in Billings, not up in the mountains where you expect to see a lot of snow. In Nashville, there would be NO snow this late in the winter.
These photos are from the next day, Monday, March 11, 2019. Many times, I would just drive out I-90 west to view the mountains. All it takes is about an hour before I can get these magnificent shots of those mighty Crazy Mountains.
A perfect day for “mountaineering.”Another image from my favorite spot on I-90. It snows a lot in Montana, but they do get out and plow the major thoroughfares rather quickly after the snow stops.Crazy Mountain, covered in snow. One of my finer images of these mountains.
The following morning, Tuesday, March 12, I woke early to hit the road and see what a sunrise would produce among the Crazy Mountains. I arrived at my favorite spot for viewing these majestic mountains, mile marker 377 on I-90, heading west toward Big Timber.
This is what they refer to as “alpenglow.” Doug could explain this much better than I could.The wind was really howling this morning. The dry powdery snow was being blown across the interstate. At times, in the western states, especially across the plains, it could be so bad that they have a term for it, “ground blizzard” in which, the visibility could be so reduced as to make driving a hazard. This morning wasn’t that bad, but I received an inkling of what they must be talking about.See that mile marker; it’s mile marker 377. My favorite place. The Crazy Mountains sign is just before it. As you can see, the weather was great. Although it was very windy, it did not pose a problem.Another great shot of Crazy Mountain.This may be one that I actually have blown up into a poster. Perhaps I’ll crop out that mile marker sign. But I really like this scene with Crazy Mountain towering in the background and those bare bushes and trees in front. There is something about this scene that really strikes me. I love a good zoom lens. This was a great shot of Crazy Mountain covered with a blanket of snow.
