{"id":4097,"date":"2019-08-19T11:29:17","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T18:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/?p=4097"},"modified":"2019-08-19T11:29:17","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T18:29:17","slug":"big-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/big-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Once again, I&#8217;ve been out of town.  I&#8217;ll call it a pseudo-vacation of sorts.  We flew to Montana for the entire week.  Donette was working, I was just along for the ride so to speak.  And by &#8220;ride&#8221; I mean car ride;  We put in a lot of windshield time.  As usual I&#8217;ve already forgotten everything we did.  I really need a notebook or something.  I recall we flew into <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Missoula (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ci.missoula.mt.us\/\" target=\"_blank\">Missoula<\/a>, and out of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Billings (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/ci.billings.mt.us\/\" target=\"_blank\">Billings<\/a>&#8230;  All the cities between have escaped me though.  There were a lot of them too;  Besides spending the first weekend in Missoula, we went to a different city every day.  Speaking of Missoula, I couldn&#8217;t help but notice it was roughly the same population as this gawd-forsaken-place I currently reside in.  Despite being the same size, there were countless places to eat, and even several big-name concerts going on.  Why is that?  We have zero decent restaurants, and about 3 horrid cover bands that take turns annoying me.  WHY?!?!  Donette reasons that Missoula is an actual city, whereas EDH&#8230;  &#8220;isn&#8217;t.&#8221;  I&#8217;m not even sure what it is, a town?  Whatever.  Annoying.  I guess we could move to Sacramento, but honestly it isn&#8217;t a whole lot better from what little we&#8217;ve seen of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Random ranting aside, I enjoyed the trip.  It would probably be worth a repeat visit, especially if she didn&#8217;t have to spend the whole time working.  Of particular note was <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Glacier National Park (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/glac\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Glacier National Park<\/a>.  Unfortunately all we had time to do was drive through it, but even that was pretty spectacular.  I&#8217;m not entirely clear why it&#8217;s called Glacier Park, I didn&#8217;t see any stinking glaciers, despite being plenty cold for some.  I could probably figure that out with a little reading&#8230;.  Nahhh.  Having just come from Yosemite Park, I would say it was favorably comparable.  Definitely would like to get back there some day, maybe even in the motorhome.  Of course I snapped a gajillion pictures as always, but they just don&#8217;t quite look the same as seeing it.  We drove by Yellowstone park also, but didn&#8217;t have time to veer off course to that one.  Another trip to be made, I guess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=4098#main\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/sunrift-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4098\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=4098#main\" class=\"wp-image-4098\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/sunrift-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/sunrift-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/sunrift-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/sunrift-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/sunrift.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Sunrift Brewing<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=4100#main\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/glacier-park-4-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4100\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=4100#main\" class=\"wp-image-4100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/glacier-park-4-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/glacier-park-4-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/glacier-park-4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/glacier-park-4-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/glacier-park-4.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Glacier Park<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=4101#main\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/glacier-park-3-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4101\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=4101#main\" class=\"wp-image-4101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/glacier-park-3-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/glacier-park-3-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/glacier-park-3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/glacier-park-3.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Glacier Park<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=4102#main\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/glacier-park-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4102\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=4102#main\" class=\"wp-image-4102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/glacier-park-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/glacier-park-2-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/glacier-park-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/glacier-park-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/glacier-park-2.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Glacier Park<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=4103#main\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/selfie-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4103\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=4103#main\" class=\"wp-image-4103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/selfie-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/selfie-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/selfie-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/selfie-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/selfie.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Glacier Park<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=4104#main\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/glacier-park-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4104\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=4104#main\" class=\"wp-image-4104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/glacier-park-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/glacier-park-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/glacier-park-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/glacier-park-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/glacier-park.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Glacier Park<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=4105#main\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/big-sky-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4105\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=4105#main\" class=\"wp-image-4105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/big-sky-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/big-sky-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/big-sky-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/big-sky-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/big-sky.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Driving, and driving<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=4106#main\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/missouri-river-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4106\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=4106#main\" class=\"wp-image-4106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/missouri-river-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/missouri-river-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/missouri-river-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/missouri-river-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/missouri-river.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The start of the Missouri River!  Doesn&#8217;t look much like I-435.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=4107#main\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/steak-house-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4107\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=4107#main\" class=\"wp-image-4107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/steak-house-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/steak-house-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/steak-house-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/steak-house.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>A great steakhouse we had dinner at<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=4108#main\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/full-moon-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4108\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=4108#main\" class=\"wp-image-4108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/full-moon-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/full-moon-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/full-moon-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/full-moon-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/full-moon.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Full moon in Bozeman<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=4109#main\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/map-brewing-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4109\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=4109#main\" class=\"wp-image-4109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/map-brewing-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/map-brewing-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/map-brewing-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/map-brewing-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/map-brewing.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>MAP brewery<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=4110#main\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/hops-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4110\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=4110#main\" class=\"wp-image-4110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/hops-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/hops-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/hops-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/hops-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/hops.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Hops growing outside some brewery, the name of which escapes me<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once again, I&#8217;ve been out of town. I&#8217;ll call it a pseudo-vacation of sorts. We flew to Montana for the entire week. Donette was working, I was just along for the ride so to speak. And by &#8220;ride&#8221; I mean car ride; We put in a lot of windshield time. As usual I&#8217;ve already forgotten [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4097"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4111,"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4097\/revisions\/4111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}