Hello! New member from MT

[photodad1970]

Welcome. MT, as a truck driver by profession is the only one of the lower 48 I haven't visited. Thanks for your service as a LEO, and a Fire and Brimstone Baptist Preacher. LOL.

 

[C Islander]

Welcome from Ohio! !

 

[Bill In Texas]

Welcome to the Neighborhood!

 

[Iasonus B]

They did call me Pale Rider!

 

[FlyTyinFool]

Hello, from just East of Missoula!
God's country.

And thank you for your service, spiritual and otherwise.

 

[MCorps0311]

Welcome aboard.

 

[Iasonus B]

Welcome to anybody from Montana.

My wife and I moved to Missoula for grad school right after graduating USC in LA (1971). A hundred bucks in our pocket. That was quite a culture shock.

Karma bit us on the *** on day one. She was trying to get us to cool our jets from the fast lane. We spent the night in our Jeep at 10 degrees. On pure ice, we slide into the back of another car doing 4 mph. Just no way to stop. The truck we hit shoved its trailer hitch into our radiator. At the radiator store we found Donny, a young Vietnam vet just out of the marine corp, alone in the shop. We told him our story over an hour or so as he worked and then got ready to leave.

He handed me a note with his phone and address on it saying, "You have zero chance of finding a place to stay". Call me after you fail. I asked him how much did I owe and he said Get out of here before the boss comes back.

Later that afternoon we stopped out near Lolo just off the road. We were sitting dead still and noticed we were starting to slide to the right. As the incline got steeper, we rolled over on to the roof. Everything we owned was on that roof. Rolled over doing zero mph. Slowwwww motion.

My lady crawled out and up the embankment and sat on the ground crying. It was a tough day. We were ready to leave. I called Donny.

Donny turned out to be the best friend I ever had. A great man that was taken too early at 29 as a Wilderness Ranger. He made the difference that day like mana from heaven. We spent 10 years mostly living in the woods.

We fell in love with Montana and the People. I worked all over the state including Helena at the Capitol. As a group, those are the nicest folks on the planet. We still have a small place west of Flathead Lake but we never get there anymore. I miss the people and Montana more than I can express.

You are a lucky man to be in such a place. Enjoy it !
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Haha! I lived in Lolo for 4 years, and had the same thing happen on the other side of the mountain, between Missoula and Albeton. I was trapping fisher and fox, and stopped my '86 FSJ on a nearly flat surface. I ended up over the side. God was with us, and I hit the only two trees on the mountain that would have stopped me; one on the tailgate, and one right at the windshield. I rolled 1 1/2 times, and stopped upside down. Great people, especially down in the Bitterroot!

 

[oddshooter]

Hey Iasonus,

In 1971, Lolo was 10 buildings. We luved going over the Lolo pass and walking into the wilderness Jerry Johnson hot springs.
We also lived 4 miles west of Alberton as well, along the Clark Fork. Alberton was the big city with 16 buildings and an ice cream shop.

Thanks for your similar story. Most folks don't believe you can roll a car doing 0 mph. Black Ice is incomprehensible until you've done it.

I'm still dreaming of spending my senior years back in paradise. I mentioned we bought a couple of hundred acres just on the other side of Paradise, Narada. The ranch has always been called Spring Hollow. It was a dream with a running creak, a giant spring, a pond, two meadows, a canal, and giant trees. Bears, moose, elk, deer, wolverine, and about anything else that lives in the woods. Eagles flew by everyday. We lived in a historic cabin from the 1800's. No power and an outhouse. We met some Nez Perce from Chief Joseph's band who turned out to be great friends. Dan Charlo was a close friend.

We watched it all burn to the ground in 2008 when the western states were all burning at one time. We sat in the car on the road about 3 miles away and cryed. Watching your love, your time, your energy, your future, your dreams burn is about as tough as it gets.

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[snubbyfan]

 

[Muss Muggins]

Welcome from the bootheel of Missouri, the Show Me State and the heart of flyover country . . .

 

[Rustyt1953]

Glad to have you.

 

[MOONDAWG]

Welcome aboard from the "Gunshine State" for Florida.

State of over 1 MILLION 150 THOUSAND Concealed Carry Licenses and counting!
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[fyimo]

Welcome to the forum from Arkansas

 

[pawncop]

Welcome from Texas Jason. Great forum for all things S&W, have fun, learn lots, share what you know.

 

[argon18smith]

Welcome to the forum.