When Montana decides it is Fall…it IS Fall!
The road home.
This afternoon.
A late work day yesterday (Tuesday).
A very early start today (Wednesday).
At 5:00 p.m. on the dot (Wednesday) – I called “THE END”!
Bear and I took a Jeep ride.
On the way back…
I spied…
SNOW!
Oh, yes.
Mountain Snow.
Hoo…I say….HOO-RAH!!
A beautiful morning
Coffee’s on, oven’s heating, dough for bread is rising.
6:30 ish a.m.
Bear and I walked out to the teepee, took a right and followed the Nature Trail to a summit we like.
The swing is just in front of the teepee.
Light in the sky on our return turned the morning sky pastel pink and blue.
The green area is the RV park – beautifully landscaped to provide shade and privacy.
Such a beautiful morning for Bear and me.
Mid morning, I took a break for a Jeep ride with Bear and a walk along the Missouri on our loop walk at the state park.
We passed Big Sky Animal Medical Center. I had planned to phone and let them know I was in town and to see if they could let the crematory know…
As I passed, I just felt like I should stop.
I did.
Carly was helping someone else but she saw me, smiled and said “I was going to phone you next”.
Bob’s ashes were back from the crematory and I have them. The crematory put together a most beautiful and comforting package which included a certificate, a packet with a tuft of Bob’s fur and Bob’s ashes in a gorgeous tin painted with pansies.
I love pansies.
It all caught me a bit off guard. The fur nearly undid me. But, ultimately, it was all comforting.
I don’t believe that Bob’s spirit is in the earthly remains, but for me, it is comforting and helpful and I am so grateful to have this part of him with Bear and I as we go home.
A beautiful morning, in all ways.
Evening, Great Falls
Helena, MT mornings
I’ve been up early – even earlier than my norm. Monday, my plan was to make a quick and early stop at Wal-Mart, then a drive past a rural house I saw on the internet, arriving at a bar/restaurant reputed to have a good breakfast – close to its 8:00 a.m. opening.
I stopped at Bob’s Market to take the photo. I am partial to sunlit clouds and think of them as direct communication from God…some people think rainbows, a past church acquaintance thought streetlights that flickered out… anyway, for me, it is sunlit clouds.
I don’t actually get a detailed message, I just feel the connection and the peace.
The Wal-Mart run was brief and successful.
The drive to the house was mixed, but interesting and ultimately pretty but I never saw the house. Google Maps Navigation has been wonderful, except for this route and I finally gave up and headed for the breakfast spot – arriving about 8:40 and it was getting warm and no shade parking so we came home.
This morning, Tuesday, the plan was “Steve’s Cafe” – highly rated. It WAS very good and shade parking, although I was there about 7:30 – still, I felt better about leaving Bear in the Jeep and I had a table where I could see him.
I also fueled the Jeep and scouted the Costco parking lot for a hoped for 10:00 a.m. run…that all worked also.
Wild Thing is loaded. Neither Bear nor I will go hungry. Tomorrow morning we head back to Great Falls. No, I have no explanation, it is just what I want to do. I think we’ll head home on Saturday, but all plans are subject to change.
This morning, as we headed to breakfast…a red sunrise and again, sunlit clouds.