Montana vs. Washington

Sorry for the delay in blog postings. I'd like to say it was because I have been so busy having a jam-packed fun-filled summer, but the truth is I'm just quite lazy. And that laziness compounds during the summer. From now on, I promise to at least THINK about trying to post more often. We'll see how that goes.




We just got back from Montana this last week. My mom and brothers live there (well, one is in Iraq right now, but he usually lives there), as well as my Grandma and most of my aunts and uncles. My uncle and his girlfriend just had a baby while we were there. It's strange to me that I will have cousins about as old as our yet-to-be-born child. Is that strange to anyone else??


Anyways, it's about a 10 hour drive to Montana in the summer. Okay, make it twelve. I have to pee a lot. Jeremiah always complains about it. Like I can flip a switch and make it so I only have to pee once a week like him. Maybe next time I will buy a few gallons of Gatorade and just go to town on them, and THEN he will see what peeing a lot really looks like.

Because that's what marriage is all about.




Moving on to the subject at hand...


Montana is very beautiful. The air is clean, the water is delicious (not so great to wash hair with because it is filled with minerals), and the view is spectacular. I hate taking pictures, so I never take any. But a lot of my facebook friends take pictures that remind me of the awesome majesty of Montana. It really is a nice place to visit. Here is a picture I didnt take:

There are more awesome pictures at this blog: http://www.bloggersbase.com/travel/montana-glacier-country/
I didn't read any of the words, just looked at the pictures...so don't blame me if it is all about a secret militia compound in Montana or something.




Aside from the neighborly people, the freedom and privacy, the beauty, and the remoteness..Montana also has the craziest weather.

You can't plan for anything.


Here's a day in Montana:
Wake up, see a bright blue sun-shiny day. Dress in summer clothes. Go outside. Get drenched by a surprise thunderstorm. Go home, get an umbrella. Go back outside. Sun is back. Put umbrella away. When going back outside, get pummeled by dogs rushing inside for safety. Listen carefully. SURPRISE THUNDER AND LIGHTNING STORM. Rinse, repeat.


I swear, the weather changed like 5 times (super sun/thunder lightning/rain storm/sun...) at my brother's wedding last year. We had to rush our outside pictures to avoid the sporadic rain.




And then, here is a WEEK in Washington:
Clouds.
Clouds.


Brighter Clouds.
Darker Clouds.
Clouds, Clouds Clouds
Sun trying really hard to shine through the clouds.
Back to Clouds.

If you wake up and are lucky enough to have a blue sky, it generally stays that way.
I can't remember the last time I've seen a thunderstorm here.




It is always an adventure in the outdoors of Montana!