August 2010

Sometimes, it seems as if my life is in a constant state of packing and unpacking and then packing again. This year I have already been to both coasts, Baja Mexico and a dose of deserts and prairies thrown in for good measure. So, July has been a bit of a break from the traveling show as I have explored a bit closer to home in my beloved Montana. After all I live in a place where many folks dream about coming to on vacation for 50 weeks of the year. You know what they say about Montana; 9 months of winter and three months of relatives and friends coming to visit. Well that’s a bit of an exaggeration, but you get the drift, Montana is a special location and I wouldn’t want to be in any other place.

I never feel like I spend enough time in my own backyard of Glacier National Park. This summer we have been blessed with abundant rain and very pleasant temperatures making the excursions to the park even better. This has been one of the most amazing summers for wildflowers, especially along the Rocky Mountain Front that I can recall. I have also taken advantage of the great weather by doing another one of my passions and that is sea kayaking in some of the numerous mountain lakes in the area. The boat makes it possible to see from different vantage points and there is always bird and wildlife to capture with my 300mm lens.

Here are some of my favorite Montana images taken in July;

http://www.agpix.com/platform5/AGPix_chaney/?platform_num=5

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Upcoming trips;

I am planning on traveling to Great Falls and central Montana as part of my duties for being Montana “Guest Photographer”. My goal is to bag new cycling images and maybe the beginning of wheat harvest. At the end of August I will be traveling to the Oregon Coast for my good friends at Adventure Cycling Association to capture road bicycling touring images with a Pacific Ocean backdrop.

Before you know it autumn will be arriving and I will be driving east to Minnesota for a workshop along Lake Superior and an article for Adventure Cyclist Magazine. For more information about this exciting class and the autumn Columbia Gorge trip go to the workshops page.

http://www.chuckhaney.com/workshops.html

This months new covershots.