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End: Year Two, Bozeman, Montana

Reflections: 2016. Two years in now. Although my year in Montana has come with more surprises than my year in Minnesota, I’m feeling more adjusted to my “routine of change.” It seems I’m becoming more of a seasonal …

January 12, 2017 – Bozeman, Montana

Well, I certainly hope this is my low point of the season. In a nut shell, I tell Chad: “My car has been hit twice in two months while parked (without me in it, costing me $1,000 in …

December 7, 2016 – Bozeman, Montana

I can’t wait to get on the mountain. As I admire my shiny new snowboard, boots, and bindings, the anticipation builds within. I hope the package is worth the $700. Everything is laid out on my matte, used …

November 24, 2016 – Maple Grove, Minnesota

A list of things I’m thankful for on this day of Thanksgiving: Currently having a job at a restaurant yet somehow having the day off. My aunt and uncle for letting me borrow one of their vehicles to …

October 22, 2016 – Maple Grove, Minnesota

Do we really need twenty-seven clothing stores here? Thoughts from a man who has grown to despise shopping malls. Unfortunately (but most importantly, fortunately) for me, I picked up a temporary job within walking distance from my older …

September 27, 2016 – Port Townsend, Washington

Well, this is one way to spend a vacation. Cleaning dead rats out of a basement doesn’t exactly meet my ideals of a good time, but when you visit a fellow traveler at their host’s place… It hasn’t …

September 3, 2016 – Bozeman, Montana

And then there were three. Kevin, Elisabeth, and myself. I’m hiking up Sacagawea Peak with them and Thomas, thinking how quickly the time has passed with the others. Paul and Christine left yesterday. Haley and Ally are leaving …

June 23, 2016 – Somewhere over Wyoming?

Part 1: Departing Flight “Mir. Sleep.” I’m writing a note to myself on my hand – a reminder to inform Miriam that she can sleep on my bed in the tool shed while I’m gone if she so …

June 16, 2016 – Hungry Horse, Montana

“I’m floating down a river…” Naturally, Incubus’ Aqueous Transmission pops into my head as I’m paddling forward with a group of office staff and rafting guides. It’s an overnight trip, and the rainy, cold weather has some of …

June 5 , 2016 – Hungry Horse, Montana

Traveling always seems to bring me down. Not in a bad way, but more like a “I wish I could afford to do this all the time” way. I recently returned from Seattle, where I visited an old …