Posting reports from the road isn’t all that easy, and rather than force one through right now, I’m looming up the Underground’s new Roadwarrior Mobile (a 2002 Grey Subaru Legacy sedan), meeting a client in Missoula area, then firing the rockets for home.

Unfortunately, I won’t make I90 West until 1:00 pm, which means – even if I stayed awake and drove straight through – I wouldn’t reach the loving embrace of the L&T and the Wonderdog until 3:00 am.

I’m not at all sure that’s going to happen – long drives through remote areas can lead to hairy eyeball moments with roadside deer, any one of which can end a trip – so the Undergrounders may not see a post until late Wednesday.

Still, never underestimate the power of the word “home.”

It exerts a powerful draw on all of us, regardless of where the word leads you.

Still to come from the Montana Road Trip?

We’ve got photos and a report from the coolest little meadow stream in the world.

And a handful of photographs from Georgetown Lake – where one thunderstorm after another finally sent us packing – though not before we squeezed in a couple hours of the lake’s famous Monster Caddis Hatch (Monster CADDIS PULL! Be There! Torque Torque! Torque!!!).

With the Underground’s faithful photographic companion (the much-abused Pentax Optio W10) wobbling on unsteady legs, the picture count is a little short, and with a new camera not really in the immediate budget, we’ll see what we can do to get it back in the ring for future adventures.

What are those? Life is about to take on a more hectic pace, but there are still a host of unvisited alpine lakes sprinkled around Underground/Man Cave World Headquarters, plus all the usual suspects.

In any case, the Montana Road Trip 2009 pictures are already taken, the experiences have already been lived, and the duffel already packed.

See you on the long road home, Tom Chandler.