{"id":144,"date":"2012-08-23T15:36:33","date_gmt":"2012-08-23T15:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/melaniewallace.com\/?p=144"},"modified":"2019-01-15T13:37:20","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T13:37:20","slug":"144","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melaniewallace.com\/?p=144","title":{"rendered":"Montana!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mack has been working up in Montana for the past few weeks, and so I’ve been traveling with him. What a treat! It is beautiful, cool, and very different here. We left Dallas at 106 degrees, to reach Montana a few days later at a delightful temperature of 40 (at night). Wow! Cool, crisp (and a little smokey, truth be known – they’ve had some fires up here and it’s doing a little number on my asthma!).<\/p>\n

We took the opportunity last weekend to go to Glacier National Park and took the deliciously precious park bus (17 passenger, built in the 1930s!) on an 8 hour tour up the “Road to the Sun.” Absolutely breathtaking! We have wanted to do this for several years – since we first started working some in Montana, but the road is only open about 2 months a year. This was our first time to be here during those months.<\/p>\n

It was well worth the effort. We stayed at Pine Lodge in Whitefish, which was a wonderful little hotel. We ate at a fabulous little creperie downtown, and i bought two gorgeous baskets (I should have bought more – of course, now that I don’t have access!).<\/p>\n

On the way up to Glacier, I pulled into a beautiful quilt shop, where I could have hung out all day (Sugarman in tow, however…enough said!). He was really quite fabulous about stopping along the way – a change from years gone by when his Type A personality was more engaged. He is chilling into a great old guy (to go along with this old gal). I bought a “kit” (a cute bow tied around the fabric that I will need to complete) for a Hungry, Hungry Caterpillar quilt for Coby. That is his favorite book, and I just loved the colors and prints on the fabric for this particular quilt.<\/p>\n

At another quilt stop (I told you Mack has mellowed!), I ran in to check a few things out, and Mack followed me in a few minutes later because he had seen the sign in the window, that they sold “long-arms.” I have been talking about wanting one, and he was anxious to see what they were like. I think that the $18,000 price tag cooled his jets a bit, but he’s on-board for that “one of these days.” I’m going to visit my friend, Brenda, later this month – and take a look at her machine. I’m anxious to explore this new hobby.<\/p>\n

Anyhow, now we are staying at the cabin of a friend up at Georgetown Lake near Anaconda, Montana. Absolutely beautiful…no tv…no internet (I’m doing this at a coffee shop), but breath-taking views all around.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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