For my wife and me, perhaps our favorite time in the mountains is when we are tucked in a safe shelter and a thunderstorm rolls through.  The sounds of thunder echoing back and forth between the valley walls is something you can only experience in person.  No words can describe it.  And after the storm clears the world can be […]

Life can be such a treat.  Spring in Bozeman has been fantastic.  A mix of sun and rain has resulted in an amazingly lush landscape, snow in the mountains, and blankets of wildflowers.  I’ve been exploring the trails around the Gallatin Valley as I train for a marathon trail run in July. Today took me on a 15 mile run/hike […]

There is something about fall that makes me want to go fishing.  Decide for yourself. A dusting of snow on the mountains…. The angle of light through the trees…. The buff of dry grass against the river… A hungry little rainbow trout rising to attractor flies…. Lenticular clouds, a sign of change to come…. And the chance for a big […]

Over the Memorial Day weekend we braved the weather and ventured out of town.  We should know better than to have any guests or to plan any sort of outdoor activity over Memorial Day.  It has notoriously bad weather in our neck of the woods.  Our initial plan was to drive over the Beartooth Highway on opening weekend.  20 inches+ […]