A Thanksgiving Day Poem….Enjoy! Thanksgiving Day By Lydia Maria Child Over the river and through the wood, To grandfathers house we go; The horse knows the way To carry the sleigh Through the white and drifted snow. Over the river annd through the wood- Oh, how the wind does blow! It stings the toes, And […]
Month: November 2009
Fall and Winter Great Time to Visit the National Bison Range
The fall and winter months are a great time to visit The National Bison Range in Moise. Although the preferred Red Sleep Road is closed for winter, the Range still offers a 10-mile round-trip gravel road for wildlife viewing. Cooler weather often means animals are more active during the daytime. Thus wildlife viewing opportunities abound. Because I […]
Tis the Season for Hunter Orange
One would have to have a brain cloud not to know it’s hunting season in Montana. With headlines like “It’s been a rough year for deer hunters”, “Wolf hunt was a success”, and “As the rut starts, bucks are going to be on the move”, who could forget. I always feel a little left out at this time […]
The New Super Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart under construction “What are you doing?” “Taking a picture of the new Wal-Mart,” was the answer. We had just come from eating pizza at a restaurant in Depotland. David was taking a few pictures of the construction of the first Super Wal-Mart in Kalispell. His attitude towards the place has been increasingly negative since […]
Gee! Oh Cash!
WARNING: THIS GEOCACHE ARTICLE CONTAINS SPOILERS Geocaching is a fun sport that GPS users actively participate in. You use the internet to get the coordinates for the geocache. Then you use your GPS to find a container that can be anywhere from the size of a tiny nano to a 5 gallon bucket. The other day was pretty boring, so Mom thought […]
Seely Lake Preschool Named After Liz Claiborne
Today’s post is another bit of celebrity trivia about Montana. It happens to have a New Orleans connection, so that makes it all the better considering my link to the Crescent City. We’ve all heard of Liz Claiborne, the founder of one of the world’s most famous fashion design companies. She was born in Brussels, Belgium, raised in […]
The Spook House
My parents, sister, and I stood in line and watched as people walked out of the curtained spook house. Two teen girls stood ahead of me, texting and giggling. The line was long, but luckily we were pretty close to the front of it. A hunchbacked clown puttered around trying to scare people in […]
