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Heading south down the back-side of the Pintlers. We're starting to get a lot of smoke from the fires in Eastern Washington.

2026-07-23 PIXELFED RELAY
A mountain range rises in the distance behind greenery and a rocky outcrop. [Fuji X-T5 / Tamron 18-300]
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And the bigger of the Twin Lakes! There was a horse camp on the other side of it... I was slightly jealous.

2026-07-22 PIXELFED RELAY
A large mountain looms behind the forest on the edge of a lake. [Fuji X-T5 / Tamron 18-300]
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Book Rated: Trail Work: Restoring the Paths and Stories of America's Public Lands, by Dillon Osleger

2026-07-21 GOODREADS LOG
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> SCANNING: Trail Work: Restoring the Paths and Stories of America's Public Lands> AUTHOR_SIG: Dillon Osleger> SENTIMENT_Q: 40.0% POSITIVE> THEMATIC_VECTORS: NARRATIVE_STRUCTURE, LEXICAL_ANALYSIS, FUNKY_ROBOTS> LEXICAL_DENSITY: 47.38> MEMETIC_HAZARD: LOW
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One of the Twin Lakes (perhaps "Lesser Twin"), north of Mount Evans.

2026-07-20 PIXELFED RELAY
A nice lake with rocky shore in the foreground, trees to either side, and blue skies above. [Fuji X-T5 / Tamron 18-300]
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I'm not sure I've ever seen skies as *weird* as we did at Birch Creek. These were all within a few minutes of each other ā€“ orange skies one way, deep blues another. And later, lightning rolled through that we listened to on the radio.

2026-07-20 PIXELFED RELAY
Orange skies over scrubby brushland. [Fuji X-T5 / Sigma 17-40 1.8]
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Book Rated: Children of Memory, by Adrian Tchaikovsky

2026-07-19 GOODREADS LOG
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> SCANNING: Children of Memory> AUTHOR_SIG: Adrian Tchaikovsky> SENTIMENT_Q: 80.0% POSITIVE> THEMATIC_VECTORS: ENTOMOLOGY, WORLD-BUILDING, NON-HUMAN_POV> LEXICAL_DENSITY: 51.26> MEMETIC_HAZARD: HIGH
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A remotely-operated telescope run by the University of Montana Western, as weather rolls in.

2026-07-18 PIXELFED RELAY
A telescope dome sits in front of a mountain, with dramatic clouds. [Fuji X-T5 / Sigma 17-40 1.8]
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Some wild skies rolled through while we were in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, and the light on the paintbrush was really cool.

2026-07-17 PIXELFED RELAY
Red flowers sit amidst grass under orangey light. [Fuji X-T5 / Sigma 17-40 1.8]
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Farlin, MT at once point had 500 people working in mining and smelting operations. The current population is "not so much".

2026-07-16 PIXELFED RELAY
An abandoned log house in front of tall mountains. [Fuji X-T5 / Tamron 18-300]
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