Big Sky Sunrise - Red Lodge, Montana

Lenn,

Thank you for sharing your happy memories of Red Lodge.  I am assuming you experienced the scenic drive on the 53.7 miles Beartooth Highway between Cooke City and Red Lodge.  The Beartooth Highway (reaching heights of nearly 11,000 feet and with spectacular views of snow-capped peaks), has been described by former CBS correspondent Charles Kuralt as 'the most beautiful drive in America'.  You are very welcome to come and visit Red Lodge again.   The small town hospitality is still very much present.

Kevin and Monica,

I agree.   Thanks for visiting my post.

Gail,

I have not heard or seen any destruction of the forests as a result of the logging industry in the area of Red Lodge.  Most of the cutting around here has been for fire management purposes.  The only destruction of forest I am aware of happened through fires ((Mother Nature's way for rebirth of the forest).  There was a wildfire who destroyed hundreds of thousands of acres of forest in Yellowstone Park in 1988. We had a fire scare in the summer of 2008 with a little over 10,000 acres of forest destroyed and the fire getting within a few miles of town and of Red Lodge's ski mountain resort before it was contained.  We were very fortunate and needless to say we were very thankful and proud of all the firefighting crews (most of them volunteers) who contained the fire after weeks of valiant effort.

Paul,

Thank you for the positive comments.

April,

It sure is.   Our office motto shown on our website is "It's not a dream...It's our reality!"

Patt,

Thank you.  They sure are lots of great photo opportunities in and around Red Lodge especially for great outdoor and nature photos.  I can not help but carry my digital camera wherever I go (you never know with all the pleasant surprises from Mother Nature).

Randy,

Thank you.   It is hard to go back to sleep when for some reason you wake up right before the sunrise time.   It is too good of a view to miss out on once you realize that each sunrise is beautiful to watch and is always a little different from the previous ones.

Cheryl,

I like your description of sunset and sunrise.   Thanks.   It is a pleasure to share my photos of Big Sky Country online.

ForestWander,

Thank you for the positive comments.   You have a website with lots of wonderful photos.   I enjoyed checking some of them out.

Christine,

I was also amazed at the brighter and intense yellow/orange colors of this sunrise.  I am glad I was able to nicely capture them with my digital camera and to be able to share them on-line. 

Paul,

You are welcome.   I am sure you will shoot lots of photos when you do visit Montana.  Thank you for visiting this post and for commenting.   I enjoyed taking a glimpse at the beautiful photos on your website!