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On the Road

 

Adventure Tuesday

On the Road

    This Christmas we have been on the road quite a bit. Not traveling super far, but far enough to be on the road for several hours. We went to a forest service cabin just outside Butte, we also went to Yellowstone National Park, and just recently to a ski place called Maverick Mountain. The best things about traveling by car is that you get to see so many different areas, and beautiful nature scenes, Oh and mountains, endless supply of mountains. 

 
 

Big Sky Country  

    I feel like I can never get enough of sunsets and mountains. Montana is just so beautiful! Definitely Big Sky Country! If you have never been to Montana before, I definitely recommend you to go. Not only do you have great access to Yellowstone National Park, but also Glacier National Park, along with many National Forests along the way.

 
 

    Do you have a favorite country, state or alike that you just can't get enough of?

 
Other Posts about Road trips
The Ultimate Roadtrip pt.5
The Ultimate Roadtrip pt.4
The Most Beautiful Drive in America
In The Rearview Mirror 2018 pt. 2
Outlaw Country
Big Sky Country
Winter Travels in Montana
The Ultimate Roadtrip pt.3
The Ultimate Roadtrip pt.2
The Ultimate Roadtrip pt.1
Posted on January 3, 2017 by Ann Rumbleinthearctic and filed under Adventure Tuesday, Yellowstone, Montana and tagged Montana Yellowstone National Park Yellowstone Mountains pink mountains roadtrip Trip Nature National Parks Elsewhere Winter travels Winter Adventures Wintertime Rocky Mountains 2017.

Big Sky Country

The Crazies
 

Flashback Friday

Montana

    They don't call it big sky country for nothing. The past years we have been celebrating Christmas in Bozeman, Montana, and this year is not going to be any different. Two years ago we actually drove, but it was the worst decision ever. The views on the way there was beautiful, but on the way back, terrifying.

 
 

    We got caught in a snowstorm, a really bad one. Where every 18-wheeler blew by us and blew up a cloud of fresh snow around us, leaving nothing but a complete whiteout over and over again. Until we decided that this will not work, and we spent a second night on the road, at a motel in the middle of nowhere. Which also happened to be the worst motel in history. The day after was ice cold, but beautiful.

 
 

Where are you guys celebrating Christmas?

Happy Christmas everyone!

 
Other Posts in the "flashback friday" category
In The Rearview Mirror 2020 pt. 4
In The Rearview Mirror 2020 pt. 3
In The Rearview Mirror 2020 pt. 2
In The Rearview Mirror 2020 pt. 1
In The Rearview Mirror 2019 pt. 4
In The Rearview Mirror 2019 pt. 3
In The Rearview Mirror 2019 pt. 2
In The Rearview Mirror 2019 pt. 1
Among Towers and Castles - Quaint Princeton University
The Ultimate Roadtrip pt.5
Posted on December 23, 2016 by Ann Rumbleinthearctic and filed under Flashback Friday, Montana and tagged Christmas Montana Big Sky Country roadtrip road trip Winter travels Winter Adventures Elsewhere Rocky Mountains Snowstorm.

A Very Dark Fall?

 

Fall   

    This fall has been very very different for me. This year I moved from the woods in Alaska to Madison, Wisconsin. It took a while for me to find a job, but I did, I found a job after a few months which was probably the best thing that happened to me this year, well except receiving the green card this spring. Then fall happened, I got hit by a car while biking, I survived obviously, but my bike got a pretty bad hit and I am still waiting to get the bike back form the bike shop. Then Trump won, which was such a sad evening, W got so upset and sad that he cried and wondered what we were going to do. And then, mom died. 

 
 

Sadness  

    When I am sad I always listen to this Swedish singer songwriter, Lars Winnerbäck. He puts words on your feelings, when you can't. I have been listening to music a lot these past days, wanting to find some music for moms funeral. It still feels so unreal, I think the problem here is that I am here in the US, and I haven't had mom living right next to me, right here, the past 7 years, so I feel a bit detached to the whole situation. I haven't seen my mom in real life since September 2014, which is very very sad under these circumstances. I am just so happy I got a chance to show her my Alaska not only once, but twice!

 
 

Sweden and Alaska   

    If I had all the money and time in the world I would have gone home to Sweden several times a year, but back when I lived in Alaska it was so hard to find cheap tickets to go that far, and with W's family being in MT it was easy to get there instead. It was impossible to go home in the summertime, because of my fieldwork and research. This summer I was alone for more than a month while W was doing research in Yellowstone, I talked to mom almost every day, and now I wish I had gone home to Sweden, but I didn't have the money to do that. And now, we thought about going to Sweden for Christmas, not that it would have helped anyway, but still. 

 
 

Winter

    The winter has not arrived in Madison, WI yet, we had about 70 degrees F (21C) the other day, today however it's right around freezing. Maybe we will get some snow soon. Fairbanks already has cold temperatures and snow of course, so does Sweden to a certain extent, well, at least they had snow, because my mom was so excited about the snow that she sent me pics. I guess we will see how much snow Sweden has in less than 2 weeks. 

 
 

Real Winter

    I really miss snow, aurora, and skiing right now, but I am very very happy I was not alone in my dry cabin when I got the news about my mom. I do hope we will receive some snow here pretty soon though, I love wearing warm sweaters, dresses and tights during cold weather. There is a reason why most of my clothes consist of synthetic down and fleece material or merino or SmartWool. 

 
 

    Do you like wintertime? Or do you just like every single season the same?

 
Posted on November 21, 2016 by Ann Rumbleinthearctic and filed under Alaska, Madison Life, Montana, The great wide open, Wisconsin and tagged 2016_2 Madison Alaska Winter Fall Snow Wisconsin2.