Jeff Schmerker
Man, I really wanted to make it to that island
Old mining history dots this trail -- a shack here, coiled wire there, and a headframe with water gushing out of it. Miners left us this trail to use, but I could care less about mining relics -- I want to make it to that island. Earlier this summer I saw one of Zack's photos of Rock Lake (one of probably a few dozen 'Rock Lakes' in Montana, so take heart if you are not sure where it is) and while beautiful, what really captured my attention was a peninsula on the south end of the lake -- or was it an island? Some peninsulas are islands in high water, land-attached in low. The land stuck so beguilingly into the lake that for some reason I really super wanted to visit.
Well, here I am, late in the day, kind of cool weather overhead, and it indeed is an island, I can't see the bottom of the lake meaning the water is probably too deep to wade, and the water is for sure too cold to swim. I'll have to be content to snap a photo and leave it at that -- but what a beautiful photo it is.
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