{"id":2464,"date":"2009-04-15T08:01:27","date_gmt":"2009-04-15T14:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fromthefrontporch.com\/WPBlog\/?p=2464"},"modified":"2023-09-18T12:11:15","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T19:11:15","slug":"the-road-to-somers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/2009\/04\/the-road-to-somers\/","title":{"rendered":"The road to Somers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The mountain view part of Karl and my walk is off limits for the time being.  The only home in the large acre sub-division that comprises our loop is occupied by its owners for Spring Break.  Karl and I have their permission to be on the property when they are not there.  <\/p>\n<p>So&#8230;we dawdle on our own 8 acres and the 40 acres of state land with peeks at the mountains from the edges.  <\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, on a run to Kalispell we headed for the Somers walk en route.  As we rounded the bend in Somers Rd., Mr. Hay Farmer on board his John Deere was ahead&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"Somers\" href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Apr09\/Somers9440A.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Apr09\/Somers9440A640426.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" alt=\"\" height=\"427\" style=\"width: 640px; height: 427px\" title=\"\" class=\"center\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center-noborder\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Mar09\/Spacer65050.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" alt=\"\" height=\"50\" style=\"width: 650px; height: 50px\" title=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"Somers\" href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Apr09\/Somers9443B.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Apr09\/Somers9443B640426.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" alt=\"\" height=\"427\" style=\"width: 640px; height: 427px\" title=\"\" class=\"center\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center-noborder\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Mar09\/Spacer65050.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" alt=\"\" height=\"50\" style=\"width: 650px; height: 50px\" title=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"Somers\" href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Apr09\/Somers9446C.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Apr09\/Somers9446C640426.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" alt=\"\" height=\"427\" style=\"width: 640px; height: 427px\" title=\"\" class=\"center\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center-noborder\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Mar09\/Spacer65050.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" alt=\"\" height=\"50\" style=\"width: 650px; height: 50px\" title=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"Somers\" href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Apr09\/Somers9447D.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Apr09\/Somers9447D640426.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" alt=\"\" height=\"427\" style=\"width: 640px; height: 427px\" title=\"\" class=\"center\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center-noborder\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Mar09\/Spacer65050.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" alt=\"\" height=\"50\" style=\"width: 650px; height: 50px\" title=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"Somers\" href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Apr09\/Somers9452E.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Apr09\/Somers9452E.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" alt=\"\" height=\"533\" style=\"width: 516px; height: 533px\" title=\"\" class=\"center\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These two Osprey were working on their nest in the bird sanctuary adjacent to the walking trail.  The male left for a hunt verifying the pair as Osprey with the characteristic white under-wing &#8211; majestic!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center-noborder\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Mar09\/Spacer65050.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" alt=\"\" height=\"50\" style=\"width: 650px; height: 50px\" title=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Always something interesting and beautiful on the road to Somers, Montana.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center-noborder\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Mar09\/Spacer65050.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" alt=\"\" height=\"50\" style=\"width: 650px; height: 50px\" title=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center-noborder\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Mar09\/EndofPost64050.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" alt=\"\" height=\"50\" style=\"width: 640px; height: 50px\" title=\"\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mountain view part of Karl and my walk is off limits for the time being. The only home in the large acre sub-division that comprises our loop is occupied by its owners for Spring Break. Karl and I have their permission to be on the property when they are not there. So&#8230;we dawdle on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,11,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-montana","category-nature","category-photos"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2464"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22304,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2464\/revisions\/22304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}