A little trail run

I got two days off for Labor day, Sunday and Monday. My original intention was to go to Glacier National park, but I decided that time just didn't allow it. So instead I went to Helena, Montana. Still a ten hour drive each way, but really I have nothing better to do. Helena is a fairly cool town, the capital of Montana, nestled in to the Mountains. I did a short trail run right out of downtown, up to the summit of Mt. Helen. It was beautiful, like most mountain trails are, and reinforced my desire to quit my job and move West ASAP. Yes, I did once again make my ITB a bit too sore, but I had to do it. Nothing else really makes me happy.

This is a nice shot of the "1906 trail". I'm not sure how it got its name.

This is the rocky approach to the summit. About 2000' above town.