Floozy Speak!

Well what a week! Montana was big... BIG SKY... and man when they say its big sky, its really really big sky. Hmmmm trying to sum up what all I did is tough. Lets break it down day by day.

Day 1, Great Falls Montana. Arrived in a tiny airport, snagged a car and toured downtown all 3 streets of it. Found a neat coffee bar with a great wooden bar piece, got yelled at for taking pictures of their art inside with my camera phone aka the hiptop, laughed and got some good info from the owners on things to do in Montana. Stopped by the infamous, due to GQ magazine, the Sip N Dip lounge. Its a motor inn that has a tiki bar in it, that the back bar tending wall is actually the swiming pool. On weekends from 7pm to 2am, gals dressed as mermaids swim back there. The bar is pretty cool, and its cool to see these huge glass walls to the swiming pool just behind the bar. This is a great concept, we need more of these. GQ liked it so much they rated it the #1 bar in the world worth flying to. That says alot heh. Drove to Hobson, MT population 50 or less. Stayed an sweet old B&B hosted by Jean, a 90 some year old lady standing only about 4'4 tall. Checked out the old barn she had and her huuuuuuuuuuuge dog. Watched the sun go down. By far, for me and my limited travels, the most beautiful sunset ive ever seen. The sky was like a vivid watercolor painting on fire, you got the sense you could almost touch it. The sky isnt just big, its massive and with only a few houses and farms out there, you can see for miles and theres just nothing. Its a calming yet, "oh my god" feeling. It was windy that night too, a great breeze, a truly amazing place. Ate at the local, well only one place to eat in town, the Black Bull. Food was more expensive than I thought it should be for being such a small town. The locals stared me down hard, I could feel thier thoughts all around me "why are you here, who are you.." needless to say diner was ok, pie was good. Back at the B&B i tucked in for the night. I opened a window to catch a bit of the breeze and wind gushed into my room as if it was 15mph wind or soemthing. Wow, that was cool. I could hear all the creaks of the house against the wind. This house, is like those houses in horror movies, floors creak, doors bang, and the wind howels thru your room, regardless if you got the window open or not. I love that sound. The wind just taking over in the night.

Day 2, 6am wake, eat eggs n bacon, on the ranch by 7am. The sky, again just incredible with bits of sun and cloud come to life. As if someone was painting up there, the sky just slowly came together, orange, purple, a deep gold, bursting yellow. We met our contacts and while talkin was happenin i grabbed as much of the sky coming together as possible on camera. It was breath taking and to think out here, this is like any other day in big sky montana. Got to work, talked carhartt. Herded cattle in a 4x4. Drove to Bozemen, MT. Checked into the GranTree... sadly it was just a Best Western. I was looking for something a bit more true to the scene, I didnt mind the wifi though, course the signal barely hit our rooms.

Day 3, Frontier Pies and off to West Yellowstone. Explored a bit of the park, thanks Ranger Bob, gave us some good info and we visited old faithful. Checked into the Hibernation Station. Picked it over the Holiday Inn due to its rustic log cabin feel. It was chilly, warm was not one of its features. There was a 14' hot tub though, course I forgot my suit so I didnt take part in that.

Day 4, Explored more park, saw many a bison, in fact got caught in a bison traffic jam. Thought for sure they'd take on the old Buick LeSabre we rented, they got damn close to us. I grabbed a ton of video of that btw, i'll send that up later. Headed back to Bozemen and whammo I am here. It's worth noting that I won, yes, WON, $20 bucks or so at 5cent Keno. I didn't know you could gamble in Montana, just electronic keno and poker. Hey still, I beat the machine... YES! Actually I think now I should just pick my own lottery numbers, screw the auto pick system, I want my numbers in there!

So overall Montana was very cool. I could see getting attached to a place like that. Sure it was REALLY DRY, and a weee bit nippy compared to oh-hi-o, but I liked the vast countryside and mountains. If all goes well, I'll be in Colorado next month! Last but not least.. special thanks to Jon, the apt, looks all nice, I tell ya, its the closer in him, its just automatic. I hope the party was fun, I'm sure it was.

In other news, two new glorious Obey Giant posters have arrived. Mao Money and Luggage Tag.. Oh yaaa baby yes! I have much framing to do.