When life gets hectic or a little overwhelming I always tell people that I'm moving to Montana.
I've never been to Montana. But I have visited the tourism website VisitMT and requested information. Montana appears to be a monstrous state in size and full of beautiful natural wonders. It abuts two national parks: Yellowstone and Glacier (pictured above).
Would I be able to handle life in Montana? I don't know. I'm sure I could tough out a blizzard. But an entire winter? Would the sky be too big? Would I begin to miss "civilization" after a couple of months?
My "threats" to runaway to Montana are sparked by my desire to get away from people, congested roads, and crowded stores. In other words, to have a little bit of breathing room. But could I handle living in a remote location again? I lived in rural western Louisiana for two years and absolutely hated it. We're talking about 20 miles from where Moses lost his sandals. When I moved away from Louisiana I vowed two things: to never to return and to never live more than 10 minutes from a grocery store.
Why did I pick Montana? Because in the movie Hunt for Red October Sam Neill's character dreams of starting a new life on a farm in Montana. Unfortunately, the character dies and his last words are, "I would have liked to have seen Montana." I love that movie along with the other movies I've mentioned in the past week: Dances with Wolves, and Across the Universe.
Anyway, you might say that Montana is my dream too. It's where I mentally escape to when I need to get away from it all. Does anyone else have a special place where they can mentally escape to?
Photo courtesy VisitMT.com
6 comments:
God I loved Montana when we drove through there. But baby I was in BFE LA with you and that was civilized compared to places in Montana. Remember the hour trip to the "Mall". As for me I love the quite life of small town America. As long as it's not but 4 hours to your house.
Dream place for me anywhere I don't have to do the laundry and dishes. God how sad is my life.
For crying out loud you survived a few winters in Erie, PA. I'm pretty sure you could survive a MONTANA winter!
Aww... The good ol' days!!!
;-)
I think we're going to take a trip to Montana one of these days. My dad has always wanted to life there (he likes being away from civilization), I don't want to live there but I think it will be a wonderful change of scenery for a vacation!
sometimes dreams work out better than reality. It would in this case for me...I don't think I could handle all that winter, and yeah, I'm with you on living near the grocery store/
Anniversary Month, G & G are traveling through Glacier Nat Pk on Amtrak's Empire Bulider and Then taking an easy drive through the Columbia River gorge, Mt Hood and other sights. They will share pix.
Looks like a place of vastness, with great sense of big space--big, wide open romantic country. Start planning your trip! Hell,leave the boys at home & go with Hubbie for some alone time. Horseback riding galore.
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