Annual Montana Trip

Since I grew up in Montana and still have family there, we try to visit every Summer. Son and I flew out this time for a week and enjoyed ourselves! We stayed with my dad, visited family, did a few fun things, and relaxed.

I'll just share a few photo highlights with you:

This is how you know you're in Montana - one of the displays in the airport. :)

Saw the fireworks show after an annual Summer concert on the college lawn!

Visited my sister!

Scored some awesome golf shoes in my size for $5 at a thrift store.

New golf shoes did not improve my score when we golfed 9 holes together. Dad won of course - how can you go wrong when you start out with 7 pars in a row? Now if they would make it a Par 7 course instead of Par 3, I would be considered an awesome golfer. ;)

Went to the museum that I hadn't been to since childhood and was glad to see a couple things that I remembered, including this white buffalo named "Big Medicine."

I never miss a chance to go to The Parrot! I did share this sundae with my dad - all the ice cream is homemade and so are the toppings. SO delicious!!

My Aunt & Uncle gave us some hand-picked raspberries, so dad and I made raspberry freezer jam. I did get to taste it before I left - delish!!

We did a few other things that I didn't get pics of and I visited a few relatives on both sides of the family. And we ate out...a LOT. Mostly we enjoyed not getting up too early, hanging out with dad, and playing card games in the evening. Other than flight delays there and back, the trip was a good one!

Do you take a family trip in the Summer? Have you been to Montana?

Have a blessed day friends!

The Lost Art of Toilet-Paper-Seat-Cover Making - Something You Need To Know When Visiting Montana

I happen to be very spoiled and live in a state that has tissue toilet seat covers in almost every public bathroom. It's quite nice and I'm sorry that some of you are feeling jealous. If I find myself in a stall that has run out of them (Horror!), I search until I find a well-supplied one.

I am always shocked when I get to Montana and use my first public restroom. I begin searching frantically for the seat covers - did they run out? - are they kept in a different type of container? Oh, that's right, they just don't use them here! Panic starts to set in...how do I handle this situation and HOW did I live here before??

I seem to be physically incapable of achieving the proper squatting position, so that's out. Finally, a distant voice comes into my thoughts..."Use the toilet paper." Yes - it's coming back to me! Use one piece of toilet paper to cover each of the sides of the seat- not too long or they'll fall off - and one shorter piece for the back and one for the front. I try not to feel too pressured or hurried by the 10 women anxiously waiting for a stall.

And now you know what to do! I hope this has been helpful, though maybe you have a better method to share.

Happy public-restroom using! Hee, hee!