Well, this is a Pacific Northwest adventure blog, but I recently drove back and forth across this amazing nation I call home and have to say that I was continually stunned by the beauty of Montana (and South Dakota). There’s a wild desolation to the landscape that sings to my soul.

I pulled off the road just inside the eastern border of the state to take some pictures and video. The clouds were churning around the sun as though being sucked into it.

I’ve never seen a cloud formation quite like it. It looked positively sublime over the long expanse of highway and high desert terrain.