Late Spring: Photographs
Thermopolis this spring is at least a thousand shades of green. People who’ve lived here for fifty years say the mountains look better than ever. The rivers are high, running fast over rocks that usually stay dry. The sage brush has had a growth spurt not unlike a class of teenage boys, sudden and surprising, its color a cross between mint and slate in the sun, a silt-rich glacial blue in the moonlight. In the fields, colts and kids, lambs and calves are testing their legs and crumpling down to rest. Horses are full of tall grass, frisky like children at a birthday after the cake. Town is peppered with people on motorcycles and bicycles, playing put-put golf and lining up at the ice cream drive-thru in the evenings.
These photographs were taken on my drive this week, from Seattle to Missoula, Thermopolis, Red Lodge and back. Thanks to Linda and Raven, John and Kari, Carole and Bill and the Carbon County Historical Society for the good cheer and good times.
Photos by Margot Kahn
Colt, Thermopolis WY
Cows, Thermopolis WY
Storm Brewing, Butte MT
Cows and Calves, Butte MT
At the Truck Stop Cafe, Livingston MT
Mares, Thermopolis WY
Across the River, Thermopolis WY
Road to the Ranch, Thermopolis WY
Looking North on Route 78, Red Lodge MT
Looking West on Route 78, Red Lodge MT
