Sunday, January 20, 2008

Home for the Holidays.

Ahhh, back to Montucky. Where driving big trucks, shopping at Wal-mart in pajamas, and wearing cowboy hats is cool. Where backwards is forwards. It's the last best place if you love ZZ Top (thanks KZMT!), rocky mountain oysters, or Everclear (which is still legal). Where bumperstickers read "God Bless Ronald Reagan", "Sierra Club Sucks", and "W". A place where animal heads hang on walls, where the speed limit is suggested, and the 2nd ammendment stands proud. Hey, you never know when Canada is going to invade?!? Yet, like the sparrows of Capistrano, Chrissy and I head east for our great Montana adventure.

Let's put a little perspective on where we were with some aerial shots that we took from the top of the mountain behind my house. Here is the neighborhood (top left). Let's zoom in on our temporary place of residence for the week (top right). Chrissy enjoying some much needed sun with the Missouri River in the background (bottom left). Helena is just a hop, skip, and a jump down the road at the base of the mountains (bottom right)

















Our hosts, my parents, taking five minutes from the X-mas mayhem at the York Bar in York, MT (top left). My parents got a mini-schnauzer this past year and named her Seri. She runs the house now that I'm gone (top right). Chrissy and her new friend in York, MT. They had an instant connection, but alas, distance and the inability to speak a common language proved too much for them to keep in contact (bottom left). Locals. (bottom right)




















Well, we had lots of fun. We are now back in Seattle...where left is right, and right is wrong!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well I think you guys summed up Montana very well. However, we do have a Democratic governor, the air is still pretty clean, we get starry nights and sunny days, and hot tubbing surrounded by snow ain't that bad. Glad you guys visited...it was alot of fun. Really enjoyed the concerts and your help with the grandkids violin. Christmas is all about music. Thanks for the PCC smorgasbord. Love, Dad.

azandersens said...

Jake, besides having lots of similar interests I can see where you and Chrissy connect on a much deeper level. From your description of Montanta I would think that you were talking about Cedar City, and you both have parents that treat their dogs like children. It takes a special person to understand those things.