This is an interesting time of year, depending on your altitude. You might have seen your last 90 F day. You have killed off another summer. You want to 'dance in the end zone.' But in fact, it is a bit too early to celebrate. One or two surprisingly stubborn heat spells are to be expected. That is what makes it so bittersweet.
It was a good summer for me. I saw no forest fire smoke until the middle of August. There were even a couple rains in July. Even better were the big skies of eastern Oregon and Idaho:
 |
| Early summer in eastern Oregon |
While cleaning up my cache of summer photos I found a neglected video, showing how nimble bears can be when climbing:
Comments