{"id":3295,"date":"2009-07-07T19:54:20","date_gmt":"2009-07-08T01:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fromthefrontporch.com\/WPBlog\/?p=3295"},"modified":"2023-09-18T12:08:39","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T19:08:39","slug":"echo-lake-on-a-summer-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/2009\/07\/echo-lake-on-a-summer-morning\/","title":{"rendered":"Echo Lake on a summer morning"},"content":{"rendered":"

My driveway has a curve to the west as it meets the road. West on my road leads to Montana highway 35 from which I go most everywhere. This week MT Hwy 35 is being chip sealed 4 miles in both directions from my road. I plan on avoiding it until they are through.<\/p>\n

But, my road is also a road to Echo Lake, a medium-small lake that lies in the foothills just a few miles away.<\/p>\n

This morning, I turned East on my road.<\/p>\n

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Looking between the bug splats on my windshield, you can almost make out that the road changes from asphalt to gravel. I am thankful to live on the asphalt part!<\/p>\n

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Along the road is mostly thick forest but there are beautiful meadows in some spots.<\/p>\n

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That is Blackies Bay to the south along the road. There are a number of small lakes\/large ponds in this area.<\/p>\n

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The lake was quiet when we arrived. Karl puttered along this access and then we walked a road that borders the end of the lake and a marshy area.*<\/p>\n

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As we returned, an early morning water-skier approached. I was ready to take a photo of the geese taking off as the ski boat turned…<\/p>\n

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…but they were unfazed by the boat and it made the turn without getting too near them.<\/p>\n

On the drive home, with the sun behind me, it was easier to see into the woods and get a glimpse of some of the cabins and homes. Every once in awhile I would see one that seemed so appealing to me.<\/p>\n

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And then I turned into my own drive and caught the first glimpse of my home…<\/p>\n

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…and it looked so very nice to me. It looked wonderfully nice to me and I had this overwhelming feeling of gratitude that I have this place to live, in this beautiful woods…<\/p>\n

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…a good dog to walk with and a good cat to come home to.<\/p>\n

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* Below are links to posts with Echo Lake photos from Fall 2008<\/p>\n

Echo Lake Fall<\/a><\/p>\n

Echo Lake 2<\/a><\/p>\n

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My driveway has a curve to the west as it meets the road. West on my road leads to Montana highway 35 from which I go most everywhere. This week MT Hwy 35 is being chip sealed 4 miles in both directions from my road. I plan on avoiding it until they are through. But, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-front-porch-musings","category-montana","category-pets"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3295","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=3295"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22238,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3295\/revisions\/22238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}