Montana was awesome. We had so much fun. The drive there wasn't too exciting, we left pretty early & switched back & forth, we were on the road for 24 hours straight. It was worth it once we got there, but we were both really exhausted, & Aubry was more than ready to get out of that jeep! Of course we stopped a lot, and we let her get out & run around. We stopped in Utah & found a park & let her run around for about an hour or so. She loved that. We always felt awful when we had to put her back in the jeep. We spent the first part of our vacation in Forsyth with Gary & Cora (Richard's mom's dad & step-mom). Lee & Rose also live in Forsyth & so do Jay & his girlfriend Tracey. It was a lot of fun. We spent the first few days at Lee & Rose's house, & they are always a blast. Aubry loved Lee! She had so much fun playing with him. I think she had a little crush, haha! When we went to Gary & Cora's we went out looking at their property, mostly to scout for deer I think, but I had fun just looking at the beautiful scenery. It really is beautiful out there. I couldn't believe how much property they had. Richard & I went out one morning with his bow & tried to get him a buck, but it was a no go. It seemed like we were always just missing them. So he ended up going & getting it with Lee's gun. I was bummed that I wasn't there when he shot it ( I stayed at the house with Aubry), and then I had to help cut up all the meat. And when I say help I mean Jay & Tracey helped get it off the bone, & then Cora & I cut it all up. So I told Richard I had to be there when he shot the next one or I wasn't helping at all. haha! The fun part is being there for the kill, not cutting up all the meat! YUCK! Anyway, we went to Margot & Don's next. That's Lee Ann's mom & step-dad. And of course we had a blast there, too. It was so cold for the week we were there! BUURRR!!! But we did go out & I got to be there when Richard shot his next buck, thank you Margot for watching Aubry for me. It was so exciting. I had never been hunting before, and I actually hate guns, but it was a rush, I can only imagine how Richard felt. It made me want to actually hunt next year, until he had to gut it, then I changed my mind, really quick! haha! It was still a lot of fun & I think I will enjoy going with him for years to come.
The trip home was a little better than the trip up. We got a late start, so we ended up stopping & getting a hotel. Then we got on the road bright & early the next morning, it was nice because then by the time we got to Colorado it was like the middle of the day. It was dark through Colorado on the way up & I was bummed because I love Colorado. It's beautiful there! We stopped at a little fishing place there & let Aubry run around, then not to long after that we hit snow & it was WAY to cold to let her out, so sad to say, she had to stay in the car for most of the way from Colorado. When we got to New Mexico it was dark, and we saw a TON of Elk!! I had never seen a live elk before, so it was exciting just to see 1, but I don't even know how many we saw, well over 100. It was awesome. But also scary because they're huge, & it was dark & we were tired. But we made it home safe, so that's what matters. :) I'm still not very good at posting pictures on here at I write, so here are a few from our trip!
