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 : Central Idaho Early summer in eastern Oregon A summer chiaroscuro for the little one. While cleaning up my cache of summer photos I found a neglected video, showing how nimble bears can be when climbing:
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