Mutton Bustin, a new event at the Northwest Montana Fair is a sport I hadn’t heard of. I don’t watch the National News with Katie Couric, but a Google search for Mutton Bustin resulted in an article in which I discovered that the news had broadcast a piece about this rodeo event almost a year ago. […]
Month: August 2009
Northwest Montana Fair
Where there’s spirit, there’s community, and there’s definitely spirit at the Northwest Montana Fair. People from all around the county set up camp at the Flathead County Fairgrounds in anticipation of the events. Pig wrestling, mutton bustin’, PRCA rodeo, demolition derby, Indian relay races, and of course rides make this week long event complete. This […]
Flathead Valley Cherry History
According to Flathead Lake Cherry Growers, the first cherry trees planted in Montana were in 1866 by a man named Thomas W. Harris. They were planted in the Bitterroot Valley, which is located about 170 miles from here in Kalispell which is in the Flathead Valley. Growing cherries in the Bitterroot Valley ended, […]
Huckleberry Days with E
While on a recent huckleberry picking outing at Big Mountain near Whitefish, a man came up the hill. He asked if he could take pictures of us for the local newspaper, The Whitefish Pilot. It was huckleberry days, and he needed some pics of pickers. The photographer shot a lot of pictures and I […]
A Reminder of Yi-Jien Hwa
by Marlene Yesterday, I called the Glacier National History Association to find out if they had printed out E’s postcard. Finally, they had! She was a first place winner for the 2007 contest, “What Glacier Means to Me”. She used her prize last summer, a $25.00 gift certificate to their store. That’s where she got […]
The Invasion of the Grasshoppers!
Making a video at Lone Pine State Park by Marlene “We have another four to six weeks of grasshopper hell” before frost kills them off, said Helena Atthowe, a horticulturist with the Missoula County Extension Office. E is not a fan of insects and has been complaining all summer about grasshoppers. She has been reluctant […]
Cross-Country Equestrian Basics
by Marlene Watching the cross-country Event at Rebecca Farm was enjoyable and enlightening. I am still learning about this type of equestrianism and thought I’d share a few basics with you. Cross-county equestrian jumping is an endurance test. It is one of the three phases of the sport of jumping. The others being dressage, (pronounced […]