"October's Call" Original Oil Painting

24x30 inch oil painting on canvas.

For 3 summers, we worked as rock climbing guides at Devils Tower, slept in our tiny trailer (only large enough for a full size bed), and built incredible friendships. To me, those summers felt too good to be true.

Inevitably, the season would come to an end in October, and that’s when the elk arrived.

We could hear them bugling at dawn not far from our cozy little trailer. It made me smile hearing them nearby, but it was bittersweet knowing we had to say goodbye so soon.

The fact that the guiding season was finite was actually very special. It made us cherish the short-live summers so much more.