Montana

Once upon a time, Great Falls, Montana had the beauty and dramatic landscape of a potential National Park. Instead, the magnificent falls were harnessed for hydroelectric power in a series of five dams. Great Falls [...]

Months of planning brought our dear Parisian friend Michèle all the way from Brazil to Bozeman, Montana, where we picked her up to join us at Hubbard Lodge. Little did we know that Mother Nature [...]

It was cold and snowy at Paws Up, in the Blackfoot Valley, about 30 minutes outside of Missoula, MT.  Although this resort can hold over 250 people in multiple cabins, we were quite literally the [...]

Well today brought a new bucket list item. I’ve now officially been thrown out of a bar. We stopped in McLeod, MT at Holly’s Road Kill Saloon for a break on our scenic drive. It’s [...]

Bozeman, MT is mighty proud of this museum - "the oldest continually operating museum of its kind in the world".  (Silicon Valley has a Computer History Museum, too, but it opened six years after this [...]

Snowmobiling in Yellowstone at the end of the season.  We had the trails to ourselves - which is actually a little risky., as there was no one to winch us out.  Our only problem was [...]

Family owned and run Hubbard Ranch in the tiny town of Emigrant, MT (population 372) is about 18 miles from Yellowstone National Park.  We had a blast riding horses to herd cows for about six [...]

We opted NOT to spend $50 on the bear pepper spray this time. Luckily, the only wildlife we saw was Bambi, out for a stroll.

Big sky country... Montana! Crisp, clean air, waterfalls and hardly anyone on the trails. It feeds your soul.

Ruby Springs Lodge is a beautiful rustic but elegant lodge about an hour from Butte, Montana. We had a 3 night stay there for our wedding anniversary. This field of sunflowers was just outside our [...]

Here's Mike and our guide Jason with a big trout Mike hooked. We're new to fly fishing, and sure snagged and got tangled a lot - our guide perfected his ducking technique every time we [...]

This is the first time in my life I ever shot anything except a BB gun. Mike and I were pretty marginal shots - those clay discs you're supposed to hit were really fast. Our [...]