Downtown Missoula Before reading the following excerpt from “Magical Missoula”, try to imagine that you were once New Orleans suburbanites that had acclimated to small town life in a BIG rural state with a population of under a million people. You have what you think is shopping convenience and too much traffic on Main St. You take a day-trip to the big city….big for […]
Glacier Country
Adventure on the edge of the wilderness
Happy April Fools’ Day
It’s April Fools Day and I was brainstorming ideas for this blog. I had thought about describing how the bears have started coming out of their dens, are hungry and in search of food. I was going to tell you that Grandpa Davey and I had experienced a terrifying bear encounter on our walk around […]
The Breathtaking Missions of Montana
David wrote an article titled, “Can’t Capture It“. Here’s how it starts: “We can intrigue, inform, lure, excite, or invite with our stories, yet cannot pass on experience from one to another. The images we capture serve to awaken memories in those that have them and hopefully stimulate fantasies in those that don’t.” He was inspired […]
Saint Patrick’s Day
Because tomorrow is St. Patrick’s Day and leprechauns are a type of fairy or sprite in Irish folklore, which are often looking for a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, I thought I’d talk a little about gold. Sure, you’ve heard of the California Gold Rush but did you know […]
Marlene’s Homemade Huckleberry Jam Recipe
Nothing compares to the wholesome goodness of a jar of homemade huckleberry jam. The aroma and flavor are out of this world! And the knowledge that you made it fresh yourself is very satisfying. Jump to Recipe ________________________________________________ Summers are warm and sunny in Montana, but the growing season is short. Everything grows like crazy […]
Butterscotch or Vanilla?
Have you ever smelled a Ponderosa Pine tree? If you haven’t, you don’t know what you’re missing. Besides communing with nature and the sense of balance it gives, you’re missing their aromatic smell. Ponderosa Pines are the state tree of Montana and we’ve sniffed their bark for a couple of years now ever since we […]
Mail Bags Lost in Wilderness?
My favorite blend of coffee When I read in the paper this morning that the U.S. Postal Service isn’t sure if they lost some packages over the “Bob”, I thought to myself, “I’m glad the coffee arrived okay”. Then I remembered that my monthly standard order of Community Coffee comes via UPS. The Bob Marshall Wilderness is […]
A Quiet Walk in the Park
I always check the Daybook column in the newspaper for things to do. Thursdays, I scan the Outdoor section for events and often find fun, affordable, and free activities the whole family can enjoy. This month I found that Glacier is offering “Winter Nights” cross-country skiing. They are ranger led treks under the […]
Spam-O-Rama in Bigfork, Montana
Besides Ski joring, dog sled races, ice skating, sledding, skiing, snowshoeing, and bar stool races…what else do Montanans do to chase away the winter blues? They carve SPAM! Spam-O-Rama celebrated its eighth year of Spam carving merriment on a recent Saturday afternoon in Bigfork. About 50 carvers and spectators showed up at Bigfork’s Garden Bar for the […]
Where the Buffalo Roam
Oh give me a home, Where the buffalo roam, Where the deer and the antelope play, Where seldom is heard a discouraging word And the skies are not cloudy all day. The poem “My Western Home” was originally written in the early 1870’s by Dr. Brewster M. Higley in Smith County, Kansas. It was first published in December […]
