Montana

"I am in love with

 Montana

for with other states I have

admiration, respect, recognition,

even some affection,

but with Montana

 it is love" 

~John Steinbeck~

&

my Hubs

This is a manly man state alright

the big rugged mountains

the big sky

those men get hooked 

&

that's it! 

We've been there for 13 years now

but we're softies

we've only spent one full winter..

This last trip was just a quickie

a ten day vacation from the

puppy

they have no idea they are headed to

Grandmas..

The drive over was such a beautiful day

it needed to be because we were hauling over

a car

we took our time so I could get some pictures

The Hubs always calls Montana

~paradise~

We stopped so I could get out and crawl into the bed of the pickup

and get a good shot of this valley

and perfect timing a train came through

and I didn't know at the time a helicopter was taking water from river

to put out a fire

can you see it?

We get there to our beautiful

little home all mowed and weeded

I cried

we were expecting to spend a week

~weeding~

and Brother Bill & Linda

did it for us this year

she fell down those stairs and broke her ankle

a few weeks ago and is in a

~wheelchair~

some people will do anything to get out of work...

we don't think we have ever had anything nicer done for us

like I said

I cried when we got there

It was the greenest it has ever been

so much rain in the NW this year

usually the left side is brown as we don't have it irrigated

This one I took from my friends house across the lake

of course

~Doris the Doe~

was waiting to greet us

and look what they planted for us

Brother Bill made this for me

after I mentioned last year how cool it would be

to have clematis climbing up the post

I couldn't have dreamed it up any better

We quickly un-hitched the trailer and

went down to give them both big hugs

and I cried again...

what a perfect way to start off our

~honeymoon like~

vacation

no work..

no pups...

and no,

you can't have the in laws!

more to follow

ever heard of

Banff?