Carriage House Ranch Bed and Breakfast Big Timber

... clever.

If anyone knows of this disease, please can you let me know the cure. But please, please bear in mind that i think we are talking hours rather than days. As I write this, I grow weak. I'm not long for this world.


Thought of the Day

I must go in, the fog is rising.

For reference

I still have so much to give.
I hope men will say of me that I did duty by my country.

The menu said BREAKFAST SERVED ALL DAY so we were happy

I had a biscuit and sausage gravy, 1 egg, 2 sausage links and a big class of milk

He had 2 eggs, 4 bacon, biscuit, 2 huge blueberry pancake, and a coffee

We both order an indian fry bread to go. Actually, I ordered one to go, then he saw mine and wanted one too, of course!!!

When we woke at Annie Boo and Drew's house we all had some pops fpr brakfast. ( almost forgot how amazing they were and talked about what we wanted to do for the day. We came to the conclusion that we would drive towards Absarokee (which is about 1 miles towards the beartooth mountains) and look for some rocks to boulder (climb). We drove for about 45 minutes and found this awesome trail that has some rock faces about half a mile into it. Tripp and I climbed for some time ...

The plan was to do the final 1500kms to get home in 3 days...stopping twice in Montana. We were at our planned first stop just after lunch and after discussing it with Alexis we decide to continue driving for a couple more hours and arrive home a day early. We arrive in Big Timber Montana by 4h30 and set up camp. It's still hot out but the humidity level was a lot better..more like Calgary weather.

Crazy for Montana I'm crazy for Montana. Now I admit that this is summertime, and the livin' is easy. Which is to say, there's no white stuff on the ground. But for now, I can't imagine a more beautiful, bucolic setting than Montana along the I-90 Highway. Endless miles of green fields of hay and cattle alongside rivers. Even the towns tread softly here. We arrived here at Big Timber last Friday after a half day's drive from Henry's Lake, ID. The ...

... Swift Current. After Culbetson it started to look a bit like the bad lands around Drumheller. Now that we are closer to Yellowstone it is like the foothills in between Calgary and Banff, only with rattle snakes. We are staying overnight at a cute little town called Big Timber where they have a restaurant that serves the best onion soup ever. They didn't know the term interac and I had to play "catch ...

... returned from his less than fruitful fishing expedition, I was making him a cup of coffee when I distinctly heard a meow. Just one. I turned to Chris and he remarked, "sounds like a kitty." I open the door, look out and there is this smallish Siamese Orange tabby cross cat staring at me with big blue Siamese eyes. Hard to tell how old, could be young or could be small bodied. Have you ever talked to a Siamese? Good Lord they can talk!!! Meow ...

... a Blue Spruce #10 streamer. So, I'm gonna stay in our tin mansion on the banks of the river, blogging and bladding. I will be wrapped in my down sleeping bag for warmth. Chris will be knee deep in frigid water, fishing. We have walkie talkies so he can let me know when he "gets one" of the angry browns that are (apparently) lurking just below the surface... and if it's a really big one, he can request a photo-op, which would mean me stepping outside and squeezing off a ...

... Gardiner, Mt. just outside the gate. It was probably how it feels to go to Texas Tech. when we got back we had some snacks and true to form I made friendly with the neighbors. I went over not knowing who would be there or what it would take to say, but that's what I'm good at now especially after working for Southwestern (basically I'm the man now). But the peeps were cool, actually a Gwerman couple and they got a fire ...

... pool! The swing set and basketball court were added pluses, and the cooking crew had readily available water spigots to make their jobs easier. We went to bed around 10:30, after a lot of people ended their day by swimming in the pool or updating their journals. Journal Crew Link to today's photos