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fursteve-blog · 6 years ago

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Best Places To Live In Montana

Missoula sits west of the Rockies, and the combination of climatic factors at play gives the city something of its own microclimate, with spring flowers way ahead of much of the rest of the state and an uncanny knack for avoiding cold snaps in the winter.

Today's Missoula lies at the bottom of what once was Glacial Lake Missoula, a 3,000-square-mile (7,800 km2) proglacial lake which stretched from 60 miles (97 km) south and east of Missoula north to today's Flathead Lake and west to Idaho's Lake Pend Oreille Held in place by a glacial dam, this lake drained and refilled repeatedly over 2,000 years during the past Ice Age.

The first European Americans to visit what would become Missoula were members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition The expedition stopped twice just south of Missoula at Traveler's Rest; first from September 9-11, 1805, and again from June 30 - July 3, 1806.

In the late 1800s a thousand people lived in Garnet, their hopes pinned on gold — the town's amenities included a candy shop and 13 saloons. Home value is well below the national average, at $120,000. A general summary of the cost of living index in Missoula, MT is shown above.

Settlement in Missoula began five miles (8 km) to the west near modern Frenchtown in 1860 as a trading post founded by Christopher P. Higgins, who had been present at the Treaty of Hellgate, and business partner Francis L. Worden, with the expectation that the Mullan Road and any future railroad would necessarily pass through the valley.

Founded: Originally founded in 1956. Rather than accepting the toxins from the remnants of mines in the upper river valley, Missoula has set about cleaning them up. A local group, the Clark Fork Coalition, works to restore the watershed and helped remove a failing dam that was storing dangerous levels of toxins, so now the Clark Fork runs free again.

Due to the obvious amenities of living in an area with unparalleled recreational possibilities, gorgeous scenery, and low crime, to name just a few, competition for good jobs is fierce and there is no shortage of qualified applicants who are quite willing to work for less money than they could get elsewhere.

There's an active technology and ‘start up' sector in Montana, mostly centered around Bozeman, Missoula, and Billings, but most companies are small, with low pay compared to industry average, few promotion opportunities, and a pool of employers small enough that you might not be able to find a job doing what you do again for months if things go south.

Jobs in the service sector don't pay particularly well in any part of the country, but in Montana even professional positions pay less, sometimes much less than comparable jobs in most other parts of the U.S. This phenomenon is often referred to as the "Wilderness Tax", which I feel is a most apt description

The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks also works to keep bears and humans a healthy distance apart, and spreads the word about the best way to visit bear country: Secure your food and garbage in your car or a bear-proof container, and don't leave wildlife attractants lying around.

Missoula has more than 20 miles of bike lanes throughout the city, was voted one of the ten best cycling cities in the US, and is home to the headquarters of the international Adventure Cycling Association , where visiting cyclists can snag a free ice cream and relax in their Cyclists' Lounge.

The city is also home to both Montana's largest and its oldest active breweries as well as the Montana Grizzlies, one of the strongest college football programs in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

With above average schools on offer in the town, Whitefish would be a great place to raise a family. Set against a beautiful backdrop of mountains and scenic valleys, the city is home to the University of Montana. Promoter of marijuana law reform NORML has its state headquarters in Missoula, as does the Montana Hemp Council Forward Montana is a "left-leaning though officially nonpartisan group that seeks to engage young people in politics".

For a little over $150,000, you could own a quaint, cozy and charming 2-bedroom home near Helena City Park. As a general rule of thumb, the debt-to-income ratio (DTI) for homeowners or renters should be not more than 28 percent of gross income to be spent on housing related costs and not more than 36 percent of income on all expenses, including debts.

Cost of living here is a little dearer than you would want, ideally, but taking into consideration the local amenities, health facilitates and local economy, it is understandable. Hill County has the largest county park in the United States. So if you find a seasonal job for the summer, which a lot of people do when then move here.

77% of the people polled in Montana said its state was definitely the best state to live in. From east to west, these are Billings, Bozeman, Great Falls, Helena, Butte, Missoula, and Kalispell. Some of the best places to live in Montana include Billings, Bozeman and Missoula These cities offer thriving economies, vibrant culture and lots of things to do, including shopping, great restaurants and museums. If you are considering moving to Missoula Montana it is a good idea to get a few quotes form Long Distance Moving Companies that service the area regularly. This will save you both time and money on your relocation.

In and around Missoula are 400 acres (160 ha) of parkland, 22 miles (35 km) of trails, and nearly 5,000 acres (2,000 ha) of open-space conservation land with adjacent Mount Jumbo home to grazing elk and mule deer during the winter months. Montana offers a number of thriving place to call home, such as Helena, the state capital; Billings, a cosmopolitan; Great Falls, also known as Electric City; and Missoula, where you can ride your bicycle to get to work.

Winters are long and seem to drag on and on. Spring and fall are short and are generally the best times of year. These are transportation at 9%, utilities at 10%, goods and services at 33%, housing at 30%, groceries at 13%, and health care at 5%. The bulk of the cost of living index comes from the categories of goods and services and housing.

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geezertcyclist · 6 years ago

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I have been meaning to add my list of lessons learned. I include it below. I also plan to post a list of where I stopped my bike each day, maybe in a few days. I hope this helps others trying to bicycle across the country.

Lessons learned:

Bullet points for those who don't want to slog through the text: -Granny gear and preparation -Start date -Route planning -Motels -Days off -Routine -Food -Bike trails I found -Equipment

Granny gear and preparation - I live in flat land, so it was very important to make some practice rides over the mountain passes in Washington. In 2016 and 2017 I drove out to Washington and rode my bike over the four mountain passes. I learned that I needed a granny gear to climb over those passes. My current lowest gear is 28 teeth on the front sprocket and 32 teeth on the rear. The mountain passes in Washington are very long and steep, the most difficult climbs of the entire biking journey. I'm glad that I had the granny gear or this bike ride might have ended right near the start.

Start date - I planned to take a break around July 4th to attend some family get togethers. So I decided to do half before the break and half after the break. That put me starting on May 15. That is a very early start. I was lucky this year. Washington pass had opened about a week before I started. I was also lucky that it did not snow on me while I was riding. Anyone starting this ride before June 15 has to be prepared for snow on these mountain passes.

Route planning - I planned to go from west to east and take advantage of the prevailing westerly winds. I used MapMyRide.com to plan out most of my daily routes. But as I got close, I drove some of the route to see for myself. That was especially important on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington state. The official Olympic Discovery bike trail takes you on Highway 20 from the intersection of Highways 101 and 20, but the first 6 miles of Highway 20 are steep and winding. There is no shoulder and with all the logging trucks and other traffic on highway 20, they recommend taking highways 104 and 19 to bypass this dangerous section. It is 20 miles farther. I took the bypass. I recommend that to anyone taking this route. I originally planned to average 80 miles per day. While the weather was cooler in May and early June, I was able to make a pace near that, but as the weather got hotter in July and August, I found that it was better to plan on 60 miles per day.

Motels - I planned this journey using the support vehicle driven by my wife. I had less gear on my bike because I could keep most of my gear in the car. Also the SAG vehicle could stop and help me with cool water on hot days and a dry place when it rained. At the beginning we thought that the car could pick me up if I did not make it all the way to the motel. Near the beginning we tried this. At Marblemount WA I was able to go 20 miles extra one day. The next day the SAG vehicle took me to that point. That made a 90 mile climb over Washington pass only 70 miles. But as we traveled farther, we found that it was difficult to get both of us up and out of the motel to take the bike to the starting point. Things worked better when I could wake early and leave the motel by myself. Then my wife could sleep in and check out of the motel about 10 am. She would stop by along the way and check on me about 11. Then proceed to the next city. If I needed help, we had cell phones to keep in contact.

Also my wife was the one who contacted motels and made reservations. We needed reservations ahead of time because many times the motels were full when we arrived. She checked out reviews on TripAdvisor and most of the time we had good places to stay. Over this whole trip we only had a couple places that were "dumps." But they were also the best spot in that city. Again this whole adventure would have ground to a halt without the help of my wife driving the vehicle and setting up the lodging.

Days off - From the beginning I planned to take Sunday off from riding. We would find a local church to attend and have one day out of seven to rest and recuperate. I found that by doing this I was able to keep riding each day and each week I kept making progress. At my age (67) I think that I needed that break.

We also planned a two week break at the midway point. This was very good for recuperation of my body, but it also allowed me to have my bike get a tune up and a new chain.

Routine - As the journey progressed we settled into a routine. I pumped the tires up the night before. I would wake at 5:30 or 5:45. I would put on Boudreaux's Butt Paste and dress in my riding clothes. I would check the weather and review the route for the day on line. I would do my stretches, lube the chain on the bike, check for my fluids and fruit. I took two Advils and ate breakfast. I usually started riding at 6:36. Near the last few weeks I would finish about noon or 1 pm. We would check into the motel early. I would take a shower. Then eat some lunch.

At the beginning we thought that I would have time to read books or perhaps sit in a chair to take a break along the way. We brought chairs and a box of books for the first half of the journey. We found that I had little time for either, so we left these things behind on the second half of the ride. Less weight and less hassle.

Food - I found that chocolate milk was the best rejuvenating beverage at the end of a day of riding. Most days I had a breakfast with eggs, potatoes, toast, orange juice and a banana.Each night I ate big - having steak or a large piece of chicken. I only lost four pounds, but I did lose about an 1 and a half off my waist.

Bike Trails - I used the Olympic Discovery trail in Washington state. A key section was under construction this year, so I took Highway 101 for most of the Olympic peninsula.

I found the Historical trail and took it through Kalispell MT. I used the North Star Bicycle Route in Minnesota toward St. Paul. I also used the Mississippi River Trail from Hastings MN into Iowa.

Near Chicago I used the McHenry County Prairie trail, the Fox River Trail, the Prairie Path, and the Salt Creek trail.In Ohio I used the North Coast Inland Trail. I really liked the Western Reserve Greenway trail from Warren to Austinburg.

In New York I used Bike route 517 and Bike Route 5 (the Erie Canal Trail). I also used the Erie Canalway Trail. Route 5 is an on road signed trail, while the Canalway trail is mostly on the towpath of the old Erie canal. The Canalway trail went through Rochester without going on surface streets. But in Syracuse I needed to go on surface streets through town.

The Cape Cod Rail Trail was very good, paved and shaded, but I only used it for about 5 miles total.

Equipment - I mentioned about the granny gear above. I used a hybrid bike - The Specialized Sirrus Disc model purchased at the Wheel Thing in Lagrange Park IL. The highest gear was 48:11 front to back, and the lowest gear was 28:32 front to back.

I used metal toe clips. They are no longer available commercially. Some of the metal toe pieces started breaking last year. One of my brothers fixed it with wires, but the other side broke in the last week. So I wired up the other side with green floral wire, as can be seen in the photo. On the last day I noticed that the other pedal broke. It is time to buy new ones. They will be plastic, and I have used plastic on my other bike. It should work fine. I liked toe clips over cleats. That way I could use regular gym shoes. Others prefer cleats. This worked fine for me.

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alyssaarcher · 2 years ago

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carfreakclassics · 2 years ago

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lacidays · 4 years ago

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My Big Solo Road Trip ft. America the Beautiful: A Combat to the New York Times Pessimistic Outlook on Solo Road Tripping During a “Pandemic”

I just finished reading ‘Road Trips Are Great, Except for the Driving’ posted by the NYT in July 2020. The author drove what seems like possibly… 15 or so hours in a span of 10 days. She barely went anywhere and the entire article is laced with dramatic negativity. It’s frustrating to me that the last two NYT articles I’ve read are mundane, uninteresting and yet somehow they get posted and adored. I’m also frustrated because this article specifically deters American’s from doing the exact thing that I JUST did. And what I just did, changed me. And yeah, we’re all different and maybe your experience would be like hers OR maybe your experience would be like mine. So, I’m here to give you a positive outlook on road tripping the country. ACTUALLY road tripping the country, might I add.

Why did I take 20 days by myself to travel up and down the US? Truthfully, I hadn’t had a vacation yet in 2020, I wanted to get away and yeah, with all the rattling and noise 2020 has offered I needed to reset, I needed clarity, I needed nature SO BAD, and I needed GOD. For me, there’s no better way to “find God” than pulling away from everything/everyone and getting into nature.

Being still is VERY hard for me. Anxiety is very prominent in my world and has been now for a few years. So being on the move is like this beautiful antidote. Hopping in my car and continuing on, I was made for it. I’ve taken a couple other trips by myself before this one. In 2016 I drove up and down the coast of California visiting different friends along the way and in 2018 I flew to Venice, Italy, rode three different trains for six hours to get to Fabriano, Italy, where I volunteered at a Monastery for three weeks and visited other parts of Italy on the weekends. Some of my best memories to date happened on those trips. So although I knew I’d be alone A LOT on this road trip that didn’t bother me. I figured I’d have some hard days and some good days. I knew overall I would look back and be SO happy I did it. And I am.

I made a tentative itinerary a couple weeks before I left. I knew one thing for sure… I would get to Katie in Kalispell, MT by Aug 16 and leave her on Aug 23, otherwise getting to her and getting home was all up to me. I also knew that I wanted to see Devil’s Tower and the Grand Tetons. That’s pretty much all I knew.

I believed whole heartedly God would bring me along the right path and I would meet cool people. I believed I would be safe even though I daydreamed way too many times about getting attacked by a grizzly bear. I believed I would have some really hard moments alone in my mind, but honestly, I wanted that to happen because I knew I needed it.

Sometimes day-to-day life can be so blissfully distracting that we don’t even have time to SIT with ourselves and the realities that we’re facing. I had just gone through an elongated breakup that still lingered and I was questioning my job. I hadn’t and couldn’t heal. All I wanted was to heal. I knew that if I didn’t sit with God and go through the pain that the pain would callous and show up in new ways that would hold me back from being who I was meant to be. My new, greatest desire is to release anything and everything that holds me back from being who I am supposed to be. To be fully God’s is to be fully me and to be that united with Him and with myself, we will most likely be unstoppable, right? I will do what I was made to do. That is my proclamation and I am willing to sacrifice whatever it takes. BUT IT’S PAINFUL, wow.

So I packed my car, my wonderful FJ Cruiser, and left at 6am on Aug 9th. I drove 10 hours to Denver. It was easy. I was surprised. I had a great day. Pretty much anytime I drove longer than four hours I would go through a cycle of emotions… I would be relaxed, then start thinking way too deeply, cry, talk to God, turn good music on, dance a little, listen to the School of Life YouTube channel learning about Emily Dickinson, the History of the Renaissance, the History of Love and therapy lessons on things like Why Am I So Emotional? all taught by a brilliant British voice. Check it out. :)

My first day in Denver was MAGICAL. I put my feet in the river where everyone was tubing along some little rapids over and over, people were everywhere. I felt alive. I went to a modern art museum that happened to be FREE that day! I smiled and geeked out over the fact that I was really doing this trip and it was going so well already! I got multiple compliments on my tie-dye dress, my vans and my sunglasses. Honestly I felt like the whole world was on my side.

I stayed with my dad’s family friends in Westminster for the next two nights. They had seven grown kids and I really just couldn’t get over that. They had chickens, a view of the mountains and a spare bedroom just for me. They were SO kind and I felt right at home.

Day two was completely opposite of day one. I didn’t really know what to do with myself. I felt a little lost. I met up with a friend’s friend for brunch, a girl I didn’t know at all haha and we had a great time! But otherwise it was a very emotional day for me. The breakup felt so final that my soul felt like it was disintegrating. I’m a Pisces and a Four on the Enneagram… it’s really not fair…lol... I feel things SO deeply it’s completely unbearable at times. Thankfully I’m able to tell myself in those moments that these feelings are NOT infinite and I WILL be smiling and happy again and soon.

Day three was SO GOOD. That’s what I’m saying, things can change so quickly for me. I went on a horseback ride through the Rocky Mountain National Park, walked through Estes Park, ate some REALLY good Mexican food, met an amazing couple, Kelli and Eric, followed them through the park and ended up sleeping on their pullout couch in their hotel room! I still don’t think my mom knows about that, now you know mom! I like to think I have a very accurate “good people” radar and honestly my heart leapt when they offered. So there I was sleeping at the foot of their bed in Loveland, CO! They were so kind, insightful, relaxed and good to each other.

My entire trip I encountered couples… I heard God speak to me very clearly in Feb 2020 that he wanted to show me what was valuable in relationship. I think most of my life I’ve valued the wrong things. I think that’s majority of why my last relationship fell apart, my vision was off. I noticed three commonalities between all the couples I encountered on my trip. One, it was simple. Two, there was a strong bond of friendship between them. And three, there was a mutual respect for one another. Dang. I was completely alert, aware, and introspective about these encounters. Taking strong note. I’m 30 now and I am so entirely ready to value what’s valuable in relationship.

From Colorado I drove into Wyoming, my first time in WY! I passed sunflower fields and more fields and more fields… all the way to Devil’s Tower! It was about a five hour drive. Towards the end of this drive I began passing literally THOUSANDS of motorcyclists. I had NO IDEA it was Sturgis. I didn’t even know what Sturgis was, lol. I was completely overwhelmed. It was like a swarm of locusts. I did the hike, got the photos and stayed at an AirBNB about an hour and a half away in Gillette, WY.

The next few days are a blur to me. I know I explored the Bighorn National Forest and saw a waterfall. I went through Sheridan, WY, and stayed at a BEAUTIFUL historic hotel known for Buffalo Bill! Got cat-called a bunch in downtown Sheridan and wanted to leave ASAP. Sheridan was the only time I felt unsafe my whole trip. I drove through Billings, ate a REALLY good wrap and explored a fantastic antique store, then I dropped down into Yellowstone! It felt like I drove through the entire park but I don’t think that’s true. I stopped at the Lower Canyon Falls, did the hike, took photos and dipped out. I could’ve seen Old Faithful, easily, but I decided to save that for a future trip. I had moments where I wanted to preserve some spots to share with someone special someday. I stayed that night in Livingston, MT, one of the cutest mountain towns FOR SURE. Each day I was driving at least four hours and upwards of eight. I was becoming one with my FJ, 100%. It was sort of comforting getting in my car each time I did. It was my new home. And I’m not going to lie… I packed REALLY well. I literally didn’t have ONE moment where I wished I had brought something. I wore almost every single thing I brought. I had about two items I never wore and I applaud myself for this. :)

I drove up from Livingston and stayed in Missoula for a night, a seriously perfect college town. I ate the best breakfast burrito the next morning and not going to lie, this is where I saw the most attractive people. :) I was like okayyyyy maybe I’ll move to Missoula I donno? haha.

Driving into Kalispell, MT along Flathead Lake is one of the most memorable parts of my drive, that lake BLEW me away. It looked like Lake Como, I’m not even kidding. It was so blue, so gigantic, and mountains hovering all around it. The presence of grizzly bears felt stronger than ever and I had my bear spray right next to me. :)

Staying a week with my friend Katie and her boyfriend Tony was just what I needed. A good long break from driving. Time to actually sit still, stare off and reflect. I spent so many days at cozy, local coffee shops in the morning reading and writing and then out by the lake under a tree in the afternoon thinking and dreaming. I’ve known Katie since I was about 13, a very long time, and I’m so grateful for her friendship and kindness. We had so much fun catching up, going to Wild Horse Hot Springs and watching weird shows, haha. I spent a whole day driving through and hiking Glacier National Park and it was truly the most beautiful place I’ve ever been in my life!!! I met and hiked with the sweetest couple, Karla and Bruce. I already can’t wait to go back and explore more of the park.

At this point I was about halfway done with my trip and I was still an emotional mess to be honest. I hoped that in the latter end of my trip I would even out. Me, Katie and Tony watched Love on the Spectrum one night and it literally demolished me. I was a heaping, sobbing mess, haha. The way those couples in that show loved each other and the simple honesty that they held was unbearable for me. Again, I just think it was God showing me what companionship could look like. I was destroyed but more so humbled and incredibly enlightened. Please watch the show. Also, my first day there me and Katie were sitting in her living room and she picked up a book lying in between us on the coffee table and said, “I think you would like this book”. I just recently finished reading To Shake the Sleeping Self, a story about a guy who at age 30 rode his bicycle from Oregon to Patagonia. A seriously beautiful story about his travels and thoughts. Wild is similar, it’s about a girl in her late 20’s who decided to hike the Pacific Crest Trail from the bottom of California to Oregon. It seemed sort of ironic to me that this book would show up, not to mention I was currently drinking coffee every day from a coffee shop up the road in White Fish, MT called Wild. :) I started reading it and bawled my eyes out in the first chapter. That’s how the last book was for me too. I knew that I should read it. I wasn't biking 2,000 miles by myself or hiking 1,000 miles by myself but I was driving 5,000 by myself. :) Close enough!

Was I healing? Was it working? I wanted to expedite my healing and honestly I think in a lot of ways I did. I gave myself the space and time for it on this trip that most likely would’ve taken months in real life. But when you’re in the middle of it it’s hard to see and understand where you’re actually at. I wish we had a whiteboard with a linear healing line on it and a marker that you could see moving forward, but we don’t. I knew one thing, I had been communing more with God than I had in years. He was proving to me that I could trust Him again.

When my best friend of 10 years died in 2017 it honestly wrecked my trust in who I thought God was. How could He love her and not protect her? Those two things seemed inseparable to me and the math was easy, His love doesn’t protect. And if His love doesn’t protect then I don’t trust Him. This was my new reality the last few years and it really did me in. That’s when the anxiety began to soar, when I realized I had to protect myself. When I realized that everything was up to me. That I had to find my own security, my own protection and pave my own path in this big, scary uncontrollable world. The other factor that set in when she died which corresponds with the lack of trust was fear. An overwhelming amount of fear, fear of death. Fear that someone else I loved would die or that I would die. It was inevitable. It would happen. I would just sit and wonder when… when would I get that call? As I drove and drove, miles and miles, and opportunities kept appearing, amazing people kept showing up in my path, and I kept getting offers to stay with people, the Lord began to heal that wound. He does care…. He is with me and He IS protecting me isn’t he? He’s protecting me. He’s providing for me. He’s being so kind. He’s really the only thing that’s consistent in this life isn’t He? He DOES love me, doesn’t He? Tears. I was experiencing this. It wasn’t something I was convincing myself of or something I was hearing someone say to me. It was happening to me. It was real to me. It was true.

For three years I’d made relationships and work my security and comfort. I loved Jesus but I kept Him at an arms length because He hurt me. He allowed my friend to die, I didn’t trust Him anymore. And let me tell you, it wasn’t working. The very things I’ve held onto SO tightly have slowly been pried from my tightly clinched fists over the last few months. I have felt completely taken out, knocked down and robbed. I lost my boyfriend, my dream job that meant the whole world to me suddenly felt very off. I knew that if I wanted to be fully me I may also have to let go of this job. The aching I faced as I processed the loss of these things I held so dear felt like a forest fire in my soul, burning it all up. I drove through the smoke from Kalispell eight hours down into Jackson Hole, WY. The last four hours it looked like flat plains covered in a smog and then there would be these moments where I could faintly see a silhouette of a huge mountain in the distance. I felt connected to the fires across the country. I hoped that the fires burning up my world would create new soil where new things could sprout, grow and nourish me.

My 9th grade English teacher, Joy Abad, reached out on facebook and offered for me to stay with them in Jackson Hole, WY! I stayed two nights with her, her husband and their three adorable daughters. They showed me downtown Jackson Hole, I ate pizza and watched a movie with them, I went to their house church... they took me in our their own. They even let me take their paddle board when I went to explore and hike in the Grand Tetons. They were so kind, generous and welcoming. Thank you, Joy.

My hike in the Grand Tetons was a turning point for me, emotionally and spiritually speaking. I don’t know how to fully explain it but I had the most REAL encounter with our Creator. I was His again. We talked and I sang and He spoke to me and we dreamed and I cried, but these tears were different, they were tears of refreshment. He led me to the green pastures and still waters and freaking restored my soul. I laid there on my paddle board on String Lake staring up at the Tetons and then down into the crystal clear glacier water and felt peace. I was okay. I was okay. I was going to make it. This is why I left, this is what I drove hours on end for. I truly believe it was the only way for me to get there, it was the plan.

By the time I drove five more hours to Salt Lake City for the night and then about three more to get to Arches National Park I felt a consistent joy in my soul. I knew my healing wasn’t over, is it ever? But I felt a new sense of peace. I could relax and I wasn’t worried about my future. I remember at the beginning of my trip I was hyperaware of my aloneness and I felt a tinge of anger when I would see “happy” couples. I was mad at myself for “screwing up again”. During my hike toward Landscape Arch I had a moment where I remembered I was alone. I laughed to myself when I realized it. It worked, it had happened. I’d come back to myself and come back to God. I had peace with myself and peace with God. I felt ready to move forward into the great unknown. Walking in the desert with 100 degree heat beating down on me, I felt a kindred spirit to Abraham being sent out not knowing where he was going. I felt strong and sure. I hiked eight miles in the sun that day and ended the day sitting blissfully staring at the most famous arch of all, Delicate Arch. It was golden hour and everything was right in the world. I felt good to go. I had planned to visit Canyonlands the next day but decided to save that for next time.

I began to head home the next day. I drove eight hours to Tucumcari, NM and on Aug 28th, 20 days since my trip began I drove seven hours and arrived safely at my little apartment in Tulsa. I ended up driving 5,250 miles. I don’t know how many hours I spent alone much less driving, but I know that I saw five national parks I’d never seen before, I saw beautiful familiar faces and met new ones. I saw God in the birds, the horses, the mountains, the rivers, lakes and streams, in the trees, the desert and on the road. He was with me the whole time, leading my steps and leading my heart towards Him. He softened me… I am His and He is mine.

I don’t know what’s next. I honestly don’t know anything right now. I know that I’m sitting in the unknown as He’s teaching me every day how to trust Him, put my security in Him and put my comfort in Him. My article is polar-opposite of the NYT one in every way. I talk about God, I had an incredible experience and I’m aware that probably only three people will read this, including my mom and sister, haha. But what I know for sure is that taking a solo road trip across America the Beautiful changed my entire life and I will forever be grateful that I did it. Onward and upward. Here we go!

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thespookydoor · 7 years ago

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Havre Has It!

Zombies, that is. “Havre Has It” is the mysterious town slogan I’ve seen in my hometown since I first moved there. I spent nine years trying to figure out precisely what “it” was, and I can assure you that if “it” is something you want, Havre DOESN’T have “it” and never will. (My friends and I often suggested changing the slogan to “Havre’s Had It” and variations thereof. The local businesses always played an amusing game of telling the People of the Hi-Line to “Shop Local” while never having anything you want— and because they knew they were the only game in town, acting as if doing business with you was a chore— then bitching about how everyone kept going on big out-of-town shopping trips whenever they could…) On the Dream Plane, though, one thing that old ghost town seemed to have in spades was zombies. Almost all of the dreams I’ve ever had about the undead seem to be connected to this town, as if a manifestation of the slow death the real town was going through. Just a bathroom and gas station on the way to someplace else, and slowly losing its ability to distinguish itself from the rest of the Hi-Line region, a string of towns on Highway 2 so small you’d miss them if you blink. Worse than outright desert, the whole region looks like dry living death— my first question as a freshman in high school, having moved there from the mountains of western Montana, was: “Where the hell are all the trees?” The fact that anyone actually tries to farm this land strikes me as conclusive proof that inbreeding diminishes intelligence. Out there is a hollow shell of a boom-town mall, one still dreaming empty, plastic dreams, still in denial of the fact that it gets emptier every year, still awaiting that fabled comeback that all boom towns seem to think is their birthright. There is an old joke out there, that on the Eighth Day, God stopped there to take a shit. Shitsplat, MT: Home of Montana State University Havre (the School Formerly Known As Montana State University Northern, and Northern Montana College before that…), a college well on its way to being reduced to a tech school or community college. Despite what rabid fans of the Northern Lights and Skylights (NAIA National Champion Women’s Basketball Team… back when I moved there more than a decade ago) and its fledgling football team (which was still getting their asses kicked by little high school outfits… guess the original team just wasn’t embarrassing enough or something) may tell you. (Just a little trivia: I am one of the last two people ever to walk out those doors with a Bachelors in English.) MSU- Northern, Home of the Fighting Zombies, if you recall from my other dreams. Guess they finally got loose or something… …I am standing around in the Mall with my old friend’s then-girlfriend, waiting for him to get off work. M works at Taco John’s (both in the dream, and in the waking world back then), one of the few businesses that remain between the building’s two eerily silent wings. (R.I.P. Woolworths— and its ill-fated sequel, Gibsons… R.I.P. J C Penny…) Despite two-out-of-three storefronts staring vacantly out at the halls like empty eye sockets, people are out and about shopping. But as he steps out of the store, there are screams from down the hall. People are fleeing, and the reason quickly becomes apparent. (You guessed it.) Zombies. Marching, shuffling up the hall like a bunch of angry Christmas shoppers who had tried too many chocolate liqueur samples. I run over to the emergency fire axe mounted in the wall compartment, throwing an energy blast to break the glass. I wonder why I’m grabbing an axe when I can throw energy bolts, and instead hand the axe to M. I tell them to escape while I hold off the zombies. I fire a few more blasts, flash-frying several of the shuffling shoppers, then I start to power up. The closest thing I can come to describing how it feels when I “power up” is how it feels when I’m flying— total freefall… and that sensation of lightning surging through my veins. Nothing so mundane as blood. (I’ve reached out and powered up, using super powers before, but I guess after watching a whole season of Dragon Ball Z, my dream-powers were really on fire.) My aura is glowing, and it seems like there is spectral fire raging all around me. When I summon up enough power, I attack head-on with a flying leap right into the midst of my undead adversaries, unleashing a cyclone of superhuman strength and speed. I remember kicking one of the monster’s heads right off, punting it through a display window. Most of the zombies, though, just get back up and start shuffling toward me. After dishing out attacks from which an ordinary human being wouldn’t be able to move for a week, I suddenly remember that you can’t kill something that’s already dead. I jump back away from them, deciding I need a new strategy. I retreat back to the skylit fountain at the center of the Mall and just start powering up. And powering up. Even as the hungry cannibal-corpses are marching toward me, I stand, the eye of the storm. There is so much raw energy flowing through me I can barely contain it. Just as the first of the zombies is about to reach me, I unleash this energy in a massive shockwave radiating out from where I stand. In the waking world, I came to call this technique Ground-Zero, and I imagine if I could use it in the waking world, say, on someone’s house, there would be a blackened crater and rubble raining down all around… but the place where I stood would be untouched. The view changes to a spectacular camera-shot of M and the others fleeing from the Mall. They are all knocked down and sent sprawling (good thing, too) as the doors shattered outward in a hailstorm of glass shards. The skylights explode in a jagged crystal fountain that would have sliced a person to ribbons as easily as it sliced up through the air. And flickering into existence above the collapsing Mall, like a Phoenix rising from its ashes, a fiery spread-eagle form emerges. I’m still powered-up and I’ve even managed to outrun my own explosion. I flip and roll through the air, hurling energy blasts at the zombies in the parking lot. As my friends get in their car and drive off, I fly alongside them, ready to blast anything that gets in their way… TO BE CONTINUED… …This was all one dream, but I’m telling it in two parts, just for the hell of it. (But partly because this part was fluid and continuous, whereas most of the rest of it tends to jump around.) The real Mall in the real town is mostly empty, like the Atrium downtown, and it was actually kind of depressing to wander around in there, like watching a time-lapse documentary of the town’s own fate. The summer of 2000, I went back to Kalispell for my cousin’s wedding, and while we were there, M and I tried to visit my favorite childhood mall, Gateway West. I find it strange now, because either security was lax, or we somehow hit on the only unlocked door in the whole place. One might think the largely vacant parking lot would be a tip-off, but I was always the adventurous and persistent type, not one to let reality get in the way of my time-traveling adventure in the Flathead Valley that smoke-shrouded summer. What we entered was basically a ghost town. The entire mall was deserted. Just empty storefronts, dirt, and a lot of old equipment laying around. This was once the place I used to hang out whenever I got the chance to go into town as a kid, and now all that remained of my childhood memories were skylight windows and lonely-looking trees growing at regular intervals down the hall. Most of the opposite end of the hall was denied us, blocked by a big wooden wall announcing some cellular phone center office. Coming Soon. (I took a lot of pictures that summer because I suspected that what was “coming soon” was the ongoing erasure every place and thing I remember. A bulldozer has already made a lot of my past disappear. Coming Soon… New California Estates.) I walked out of the ruins of Gateway West Mall, feeling for all the world like an archaeologist walking out of a haunted pyramid. In my mind’s eye— time overlapped a great deal that summer, and I often walked in more than one when at a time— I could still see people walking up and down those dusty walkways, shopping bags in their hands, kids trying to drag their hungry parents to the arcade instead of the host of restaurants… could still hear laughter and music and a hundred conversations about anything under the sun… I think I understand now how the Parthenon would feel to some ancient Greek guy if you yanked him out of the past and showed it to him now. I have the distinct feeling that somewhere over the horizon, the same future awaits another mall in the middle of nowhere. -12/05/01

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