I guess fall is officially here.  I've been slowly freezing to death out here, since the mountains keep threatening snow daily.  Brr.  I only have a little over a week left in Wyoming, and I'm rather excited to get back and see everyone again.  Each time I leave, it gets easier to come back.  It gets easier to leave each time, too, but still.  Since it got cold I haven't gone on any long hikes, and I never bring my camera anymore.  It's heavy, and I'm lazy.  The hikes I have been going on are short walks down to the lake and the spot I found that's away from everything.  I love it.  We had a pumpkin carving night here, and I made a superawesome Doctor Who pumpkin.  Archibald helped.  He's my moose friend, and he doesn't mind getting pumpkin guts on his face.  I do.

This is the post-carving picture.  I took a couple of the whole process, but they're on my phone and, again, I'm lazy.  For those of you who don't know of Doctor Who, which is probably most of you, I present the Tenth Doctor:

Credit: The Telegraph

I love this show, and I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys British humor, time travel, sci-fi, and general Britishness.

In other news, I'M COMING HOME SOON!  It's so close I can taste the hotdish.

-E

Sunday Drive on a Thursday

I realized today that I hadn't been up to Glacier for a while, so I went for a little drive.  It was fantastic.  I love the drive up the mountain to the park.  It's always peaceful, especially on sunny days like today.  I got really excited when I saw the snow on the mountains.  Winter happens quickly up there.  

I took some pictures, and I compared them to the ones of the same part of the park from a month ago.  The differences a month can make in a landscape are astounding.  

The leaves were just beginning to change in September, and the mountains were just bare rock.

Now the mountain has snow, and the leaves are all yellow or on the ground.  

I love sunny days off.

I get to look at things like this whenever I want, just because I can.  So pretty.

-Erika

Butterflies and Frozen Mornings

I keep forgetting that a) I live in the mountains and b) Kalispell is significantly farther north than Rochester is.  This usually isn't a big deal, but when I forget to close my bedroom window at night (every night, by the way.  I'm dumb.) I wake up FROZEN.  Absolutely frozen.  I have consistently woken up with a very cold nose every morning for the past 2 weeks.  There was one morning when I didn't wake up a popsicle, but that's because I actually remembered to close my window.  Who knew that a window opened only 4 inches let in so much cold air?  In September?  Summer is fading fast up here, and I think I like it.  If only I could remember to close that silly window.  

I took this picture a couple of weeks ago, and I really like it.  Butterflies aren't usually my thing, but this little guy slapped me in the face.  I had to pretend I didn't notice, but anyone who has been around me for more than five minutes knows that I spazzed a little bit.  It was inevitable that I take this picture after the butterfly made me look like a crazy person, and it turned out well for everyone involved.  The butterfly now has its moment on the internets, and I get to share a pretty picture with everyone.  

Next time, I'll look out for errant insects, though.

-Erika