It's a little after 10 AM here in the North Cascades; halfway through June and 4 days since nearly 2 weeks straight of rain and daytime temperatures in the lower 60sF/16C range.

And I just turned on the air conditioning…

Days from our first real Junuary in 5 years and there is a 'Heat Advisory' for today and tomorrow. And, while I suppose that Junuary was the #weather outlier in the current day, as a resident in #WA for near 70 yrs this feels wrong to me.

#MountainLiving #ClimateChange #PNW

Yesterday a friend drove down from Bellingham and we went to a #geology lecture at the local library before driving up into the hills to do our own little geology field trip. The goal was to locate a large vein of white quartz I'd originally found #hiking up that way nearly fifteen years ago.

Only we couldn't get anywhere near it. The road into the Mt. Baker National Forest, which was paved and maintained by the forestry service, had apparently washed out last winter.

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#MountainLiving

I took a trippy photo when I went out 2 buy me sum eggs. Coz I thought i was seeing a shiny truck? idk Weird af 🥴 but it's normal 4 locals here to get a vision lyk this. . .

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#mountainLiving #province #supernatural #naturephotography #streetPhotography #philippines #fediverse #boost #tuesday #mastodon

Can you see them behind the brush? A couple of young guys hanging out in the back yard.

#MountainLiving #deer #wildlife

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We’re training alpacas for the Utah backcountry! 🏔️🦙

We are officially documenting our journey of training these amazing animals to be our hiking and camping companions. We’re currently a year into building our off-grid property in the Sanpete Valley, and while we’re still living in our campers, the ranch life is in full swing.

We just posted our first video. It's called "A Quiet Beginning" and is just a mini-intro. We'll be posting weekly content.

If your feed feels a little noisy, we invite you to step into our world. Our videos are a deep breath of unfiltered calm—no talking and no rush. Just the sounds of the "Woof Pack," the wind through the high-mountain valley, and our alpacas grazing.

Subscribe and keep an eye on us as we grow and eventually head from the pasture to the peaks:

📺 https://www.AlpacaOutpost.tv

#TheAlpacaOutpost #OffGrid #Alpaca #Utah #SlowLiving #ASMR #Backpacking #MountainLiving #SmallFarms #HikingUtah

One of my favorite bear photos 🖤
The Bear and the Sunset 🖤

#bear #blackbear #sunset #nature #colorado #photography #photo #usa #wildlife #mountainliving