I'm sure I've mentioned this before, but I didn't explore as much as I'd have liked when I was a kid living in Central Montana. Now that I'm back, I'm having a blast exploring all the little reservoirs along the Rocky Mountain Front. Dad and I fished Holter Lake for the most part, but never … Continue reading Eureka Reservoir
When I was a kid, my sister and I would take the Greyhound bus between Missoula and Great Falls. We started out sitting in the front seat so the bus driver could keep an eye on us, but as we got older, we moved further and further back in the bus. On one trip, there … Continue reading Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild
When I was in high school, I would drive out along Giant Springs Road and park by the railroad bridge. There was usually something interesting down the hill by the water--a shopping cart, a bike, etc. I don't remember there ever being trailheads, though. It's entirely possible they were there, but my teenage self was … Continue reading South Shore Trail
Mom and I had a mission to visit every brewery in the Missoula area. Yeah, I know--it's not as lofty a goal as visiting every brewery in Portland, but it was a goal. It's important to have goals. We're going to need new goals now. Conflux was the last on the list, and it didn't … Continue reading Conflux Brewing
For the past 20 years, I've been suffering through Portland "winters". Basically 6-9 months of solid gray skies and rain. When we did get a day or two of snow in the metro area, the whole city would shut down. Now that I'm back in Montana, I love every single damn snowflake. I woke up … Continue reading Winter
The Missoula area is full of good food and beer. Lolo Peak Brewery is about 7 miles southwest of Missoula in Lolo. It's worth the quick drive to try the food and beer. Mom and I were visiting friends in Lolo, so we decided to grab lunch at the brewery. She ordered the wheat, and … Continue reading Lolo Peak Brewery
Google Maps has made a huge difference in how I pick places to photograph. In the 22 years I lived in Montana as a kid, I never knew Benton Lake Wildlife Refuge existed. Maybe it didn't back then, I'm not sure. But since I moved back, I've been scouring the satellite view of Google Maps … Continue reading Benton Lake Wildlife Refuge
The contractor had just finished building Dad's new house (for the most part--that story should be part of a different post.) What's the first thing you do when you finish a new house? Fill it up with rocks! Wait, what? That's not the first thing everyone does? Weird. At any rate, that's the first thing … Continue reading Choteau, Bynum, and Pendroy
My mom will outlive us all. She and her service dog walk all over town. To yoga, to classes, to the grocery store. Wherever she needs to go, they walk. They might take a bus in the winter when it's really cold, but only if it's really cold. So when she visits, she requires walks. … Continue reading First People’s Buffalo Jump
I was born in Eastern Montana--maybe that's why I've always preferred flat lands to mountains. It's not that I don't like mountains, I just prefer to be able to see forever in any direction. Great Falls is pretty flat, but Eastern Montana is even better. So when I had a reason to drive out that … Continue reading Eastern Montana/Miles City
