Oh Montana, give this child a home....!

Wild montana skies- I've had it in my head since our early morning hike up Jumbo... Ah Missoula, this crazy happy little town where people drive just BELOW the speed limit... Where all cars and trucks STOP for pedestrians and bicycles regardless of zebra crossings or stop signs (annoying if you're trying to navigate a bike that is too big for you and an injured foot...) but, yes, yes, very considerate.... Where everyone either looks like they just stepped out of a Patagonia catalogue, or have been hitch-hiking for the last 4 years and are still wearing the same clothes they left home in... Where everyone is very environmentally concerned, but recycling centers are few and far between and only take VERY specificly sorted goods: only #1 plastics, aluminum cans, tin cans, cardboard, newspapers and magazines, and "desk paper," but no primary colors or manilla envelopes please! Where you have to worry about bears getting in to the compost... And where you want to listen to nothing but twangy, over-the-top country music... and feel exceptionally happy about it! And eat huckleberries. And float... down beautiful mellow (chilly) rivers in the hot sun.

I'm quite loving all of this... :) Still adjusting the headspace... but loving it.