The Van Blog: Missoula On My Mind

Since Yellowstone was way too crowded for our tastes we high tailed it to Missoula, Montana where our good friend & one of the bridesmaids from our wedding, Jennifer McBride, lives and is going to school getting a Masters in Environmental Science with a focus in water rights. She is an avid outdoorsmen and beer drinker and when we arrived she was like a puppy greeting you after being gone all day – super excited and full of energy. We did a bike tour of Missoula, went to a brewery, ate Pizza then hung out with her roommates who were having a BBQ at the house. Saturday we went to the farmer’s market, went to a different brewery, then a winery and ended the day fairly early. Sunday we went for a hike in the Bitterroot Mountains which are south of Missoula, then went to a brewery (are you seeing a pattern?) that had a blonde ale which was my favorite of all the beers I tasted in the area and ended the day playing pool at one of Jennifer’s favorite bars. Jennifer’s job this summer requires her to stay at a ranch about an hour east of Missoula from Monday through Thursday, so Sunday evening we parted ways for the week and made plans to meet her near Glacier National Park on Friday morning, then camp with her over the next weekend. Our plan as of right now is to head home to California after that, which we are more than excited and ready for!