{"id":6839,"date":"2021-02-13T05:38:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-13T10:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=6839"},"modified":"2021-02-07T23:44:19","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T04:44:19","slug":"prospecting-at-10000-feet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=6839","title":{"rendered":"Prospecting at 10,000 feet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2021\/02\/big_sky_bowl_2020.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2021\/02\/big_sky_bowl_2020.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2021\/02\/big_sky_bowl_2020-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2021\/02\/big_sky_bowl_2020-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As crazy as it sounds, I did get a few days in the middle of 2020 to bolt to Montana and roam my old stompin&#8217; grounds.  I had *one* tiny window of opportunity amid a year of non-stop work, and it happened to coincide with the date during which I had my buddy&#8217;s lake condo at Big Sky.  After clearing it with my boss, I took it.  And I didn&#8217;t come back empty-handed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2021\/02\/big_sky_quarters_2020.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6837\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2021\/02\/big_sky_quarters_2020.jpg 333w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2021\/02\/big_sky_quarters_2020-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2021\/02\/big_sky_quarters_2020-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>While roaming the top of Lone Peak (solo &#8211; my family wanted to do more kayaking, and I wanted to do <em>both<\/em>) I found two quarters in separate locations.  Since there really isn&#8217;t much of &#8211; well, <em>anything<\/em> in the places where I was, I surmised that these may have been lying there for quite some time.  They may have been dropped in the snow, then settled into the meadow with a spring thaw.  Or they may have been dropped by hikers like me.  Either way, the odds of my stumbling (figuratively) upon both of them probably weren&#8217;t very high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I took a ton of photos and video, but that time in June was the last time I took off until Christmas.  I haven&#8217;t had much time for photo editing, either, and what time I have had lately has been consumed with frost (<em>okay, Rime Ice<\/em>) photos.  But sometime I hope to get to those pictures, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As crazy as it sounds, I did get a few days in the middle of 2020 to bolt to Montana and roam my old stompin&#8217; grounds. 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