MONTANA!

We took a long weekend and went up to Missoula, MT where we met up with our good friend Charlotte. We all met there in undergrad and return there nearly every year to hang out and spend some time in the community we so love.

While there we hit up our usual haunts (Good Food Store, Bernice's Bakery, Butterfly Herbs, etc.) and spent time enjoying a nearly perfect fall weekend.

All photos by E.K. Wimmer unless he is in them or otherwise noted.


Cordelia and I in a hotel


Me with Elise and Charlotte


Charlotte and Cordelia running at the University of Montana


Clock tower at our old university


Eric


Cordelia enjoying a muffin at Bernice's Bakery


Elise in a hat


Crossing the Higgin's Street Bridge


Dancing Cordelia


Elise (photo by Charlotte)


Eric and the girls relaxing in the hotel


Fall colors


Cordelia and Charlotte on the carousel


Elise and I on the carousel


Cordelia on the carousel


Here I am having the weirdest Shirley Temple ever (photo by Charlotte)


Charlotte and Cordelia at the art museum


Elise


Charlotte at the M on the mountain (photo by me)


me


Eric taking the photo you see below



Beautiful view of the river

A Day in Missoula

We spent a wonderful (and rainy) day in Missoula. We met up with friends, revisited some old haunts and filled our hearts with Montana love. We also bought an I Love Missoula t-shirt, my all time favorite tea Evening in Missoula (click here), and a sticker that reads I love Montana (because we do). The time has passed all too quickly. We'll be back and maybe next time it will be forever.

We drove on what we call the Blue Mountain Drive. When Eric and I were having a day where we just needed a little taste of beauty, nature, escape we could take this drive and feel like we'd left civilization, even though it's only a few minutes from the city. It felt like home as we re-took the drive.

Next we went to Finnegan's, the restaurant sits OVER a river. We used to go there every single day. We got to know the staff, they often gifted us with free coffees, meals and once even gave us (poor college students at the time) unsolicited money to visit our family on a trip out of town. When we stopped in we only half expected to see anyone we knew, it has been 5 years, but there were many familiar faces. It was great to see our friends again.

After Finnegan's we visited Jacob's Island, an off leash dog park. Before we adopted Bumblebee I was weirdly obsessed with dogs and I would visit this park and just watch dogs being dogs (creepy I know). This trip I triumphantly went with my own dog and Bumblebee enjoyed herself thoroughly.

He's so dreamy.


Cordelia and I enjoyed our time in the park as well.


The M on the mountain is probably for Maria right?

Missoula has this great summer program called Out to Lunch. Every Wednesday in the summer there is a band and tons of local restaurants that have a little party of sorts. Kids, adults, hippies, transients, business men, and dogs all let their freak flags fly.

My hubby and my lady

We went to a few of the must visit places and of course had to tour our old campus. We spent the first half of our 20s there.

We will Miss(oula) this beautiful city. Ahhh, my heart is full. I love my home state. Today we are starting the return trip home. First another stop at the Good Food Store (we brought a cooler), maybe a look at Rockin Rudy's and one more tour of the town. Of course we will take our sweet time, visit a few more friends and soak up every last morsel of Montana that we can. I hope you, my dear reader, are enjoying a trip to my Montana.