Montana

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 [...]

Horseback riding through the Ruby Mountains was great - we trotted and galloped through open wheat fields. The surrounding area is spectacular, albeit a little hazy from numerous forest fires in the area.