It can be dangerous to drive in Montana.— Yes, the weather can create trouble at times and, sure, there’s the risk of running into a deer or elk. There’s always a chance that another driver will make a poor decision, or a semi will move into the left lane on the interstate.
And some roads could use a fresh layer of asphalt, right? But it was none of those things that made it tough for me last week. After cruising Interstate 90 from Missoula to Big Timber on Thursday morning, I had the pleasure of seeing more of the Treasure State for the first time on the two-lane highways through Harlowton, Townsend and Seeley Lake into Kalispell and then through Polson, Ronan and Arlee back home on Sunday. What was so dangerous? Well, I didn’t want to keep my eyes on the road when there was so much to see in every which way.
In some places, come on, where are you even supposed to look with mountains and lakes and trees all around? So much beauty — even from a car clipping along at ...
well, I mostly drive the speed limit. If not for Alex and Jim Amonette, I wouldn’t have seen some of it. My trip to Big Timber was months in the making.
, the Amonettes reached out with a kind invitation to visit their property north of town on U.S. 191, where they wanted to highlight signs of changing climate.
With the snow-topped Crazy Mountains as a backdrop and the bright sun hanging above us, we walked through fields and down to the stream that runs in front of their earth-sheltered home. Jim .
