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I was a little shamed to admit I’d never been to Ravalli County. There are, in fact, a handful of counties, especially toward the edges of the state, that I have not seen. The cure was simple, and quite a nice day trip. We headed south from Missoula on highway 93. It’s a beautiful highway, [...]
Adult Summer Camp: Missoula Fair and Rodeo
The next stop on our Montana tour was Missoula. We made it to “the Zoo” in time for Wednesdays out to lunch in Caras Park. We spent some time at one of my favorite coffee shops in Missoula, the Break, and then made it to the Kettlehouse Brewery in time for happy hour with some [...]
Adult Summer Camp: White Sulphur Hot Springs
From Belt, we continued our loop by heading south on highway 89 toward White Sulphur Springs. My mom grew up in WSS, and I’d been to the hot springs by which the town is named, but not in many years, nor had I ever been on highway 89 north of Showdown Ski Area (we always [...]
Adult Summer Camp: Belt and the Harvest Moon Brewery
Summer camp wouldn’t be adult summer camp if it didn’t include a little beer. Montana actually has a fine an enviable collection of microbreweries to choose from. One of the most out of the way breweries is Harvest Moon, located in Belt, Montana about 20 miles from Great Falls. They make my favorite Montana beer, [...]
Adult Summer Camp: Highway 434 and the Front Range
There aren’t many thing more beautiful than Montana’s front range. You’ll understand my pain that I can’t seem to capture it’s beauty. It’s too long. Anyone who’s seen it though can spot those unusual skyline reefs anywhere. It doesn’t take long to get to August from Helena, but if you have the time, highway 434 [...]
Adult Summer Camp: Floating the Missouri
Post-bar celebrations continued with a float trip down the Missouri with my brother’s family and my mom. We rented a nice raft from the friendly folks at Cross Currents in the bodaciously small town of Craig. This is the way to raft. When we arrived, the raft had already been shuttled and the company drove [...]
Adult Summer Camp: Hiking Red Lodge
Road trip number two took us to south central Montana and the lovely mountain town of Red Lodge. We decided on two nice day hikes, one to Lower Basin Lake and the next day to East Rosebud Lake. We took a five mile hike that was mostly uphill. It went past a beautiful falls. [...]
Adult Summer Camp: Mining Sapphires
Post-bar adult summer camp fun continued in August with a trip to Gem Mountain where my cousin and I tried our luck at mining sapphires. What? There is no sapphire mining in your state you say? I can’t help the fact that your state has lame summer camp activities, you should really plan a trip [...]
Adult Summer Camp: Road Trip to Philipsburg
Post bar, I decided to touch some corners of Montana I had yet to explore. The first stop was Philipsburg, a small mountain town with a strong mining tradition that has done a lot to make itself into a tourist destination. Turning south from interstate 90 at Drummond onto the aptly-named Pintler Scenic Loop, we [...]
Marathon Sleep
In an effort to understand my own sleep better as it relates to my marathon training, I tracked as many nights as I could during the two months of serious training with my Zeo. The results are in, everything was better when I had some exercise, 5 miles or less, but the effect decreased as the [...]
Grizzly Marathon – Race Report
Holy hills Batman. Ok, it was gorgeous running along Montana’s front range, but the hills were way more than I ever trained on, and I totally discounted how tired the gravel would make me. I decided to enter the course we ran on mapmyfitness to get the elevation. Check it out: Maybe I’m not being [...]
Taking the Bar
All across the country, recently graduated law students and relocated attorneys will be taking the bar exam this week (mine starts tomorrow). Hooray for us. I’m trying really hard here not to take myself too seriously. (Maybe some bar jokes would help.) Say what you want, but it sure feels like a game or a [...]
Lord Helmet and the Organ Donors
I was running on Rattlesnake Drive this morning, minding my own business when I was passed by a biker. She was riding herroad bike at an appropriate speed. She was 30 feet in front of me when out of nowhere her tires came out from under her and she skidded and scraped to a stop [...]
I Promise, I Won’t Cry If You Give Me a “B”
If I’d gone to law school in the future, I’d have straight A’s (like everyone else). This crap makes me crazy. The top law schools in the country are inflating their grades (they say they are following suit- but I think they’re leading the charge). This one hit home. My very own alma mater, University [...]
Balancing Crazy
For the past 2-3 months, I’ve been balancing two big parallel endeavors: running a marathon and taking the bar exam. Each of them are a challenge, each take months of training, each is a feat. Next week I’ll sit for the bar for three days, Monday though Wednesday, and then run my first marathon on [...]
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