A good buddy of mine from UVA married a Bozeman girl and I was able to enjoy a glorious August week in Bozeman, MT just over four years back...never any doubt as to why they call it "BigSky Country." I remember just watching an afternoon storm rolling in between the mountains and enjoying Nature's fireworks from my Hotel Room window. My wife and I have seriously considered retiring out there some day, although I hear the Winters can be rather brutal.
Aren't Cross-Country car trips through this wonderful nation the absolute best?!!
FReegards...MUD
BTW...good-lookin' group of kids and grandkids, my FRiend.
We came to appreciate an old saying there in Dillon, MT where we lived for several years. "When Winter's come, the undesirables go away." I would always Elk and Deer hunt late because right around the 1st week of November you would be inundated with Californians, Utahans, and all variety of "'ans". But, as soon as the snow flew (almost always sometime right around there) and the temperture plummeted, the backcountry went back to its uninhabited self.
Similar conditions apply here in Idaho as well and so we're real happy. Been here in Emmett over 4 years now and have probably sunk the proverbial tap root.
Best regards. Mat's out.