SubscribeI 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, [...]
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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: 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 [...]
I’m So Proud of Uruguay
Understandably, not everyone has a close connection to Uruguay. I do. I did an exchange to Uruguay when I was in high school, and it remains one of the most formative experiences of my life. I have nothing but fondness and love for the country, in no small part to my wonderful host family. This [...]
You Can Teach a 3YR Old to Shoot an SLR Camera
You might not think a 3 year old could even hold up an SLR camera. You would be wrong. I got this idea from my friend Monique (who’s awesome and moving to Boulder!) She gave a little cannon point and shoot to a 3 year old she knew and let them take pictures for a [...]
Funny Pillows, Desperate People
I have to thank my sleep-oriented friends for these finds. I couldn’t resist sharing. First, the boyfriend replacement pillow retailing for a mere $19.95: And for those seeking more feminine comfort, Wonderbra has the solution in the form of the perfect pillowcase:
Climbing Mt. Rainier
This peak has been on my list for a long time. Rainier is such a gorgeous mountain. I took a lot of photos, since I had 5 days and 4 nights to admire it. Here are some of my favorites. One from the first camp we made at about 8000: And one from a little [...]
Belize Please
I fell hard for Belize. I’ve been on a fair number of trips around the world, and I have to say my two favorites so far are Kilimanjaro, Tanzania and Halfmoon Caye, Belize. Belize has a number of atolls of the eastern coast, the furthest east being Lighthouse Reef. Lighthouse Reef is also home to the famous [...]
Awesome (and educational) Video: Extreme Ice Survey
I credit an innovative awareness campaign for getting me in front of these images. I saw a tidbit of this time-lapsed photography of glaciers around the world at DIA on my walk to my gate. The research was done by a group called EIS – Extreme Ice Survey. Some of that forensic evidence of glacial [...]
BIF-5: Fourth Session
Sarah Endline from Sweetriot kicked off the last session of the first day with chocolate. How could she miss. Her background and her story was a great explanation for how she came up with the idea of going “Back to the Bean” (i.e. putting the raw cocoa bean in the chocolate bar. It adds a [...]
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