HIKING -- Maria Trujillo Vogel and her husband, Cary, tried to ride the trail to Blossom Lake on the Idaho Montana Divide east of Prichard,Idaho, on their mountain bikes last weekend for an annual July trip.

"Left the bikes half way because we had to trek over several feet of snow," she said. "Next time we will bring snow shoes and poles. It is July for heaven's sake!

"We did skip the swim this time."

Her photo above signals why.

But the steady warmer weather is changing conditions rapidly.

Skinny dipping by August, I predict.