Montana trip

On a whim (yes, this man is changing me into a spontaneous person haha) Travis and I decided to take a quick trip to Great Falls, where he grew up.  With his new schedule that leaves his weekends free, we called his mom, checked for flights and booked them.  A whirlwind trip got us there on a Friday night with 3 full days to take in what we could and meet who I could. 

We landed at about 9pm local time and it was still light.  Talk about strange, but since they are so far north this is what it's like in the summer time.  We immediately hit one of T's favorite food spots - the Taco Treat - and had dinner with his mom.  The next morning, we were up early and ready to see the sights.  The three of us drove around the city, they showed me lots of personally important places (houses they lived in, schools they attended, etc.) and it was so much fun.  Since they'd had so much rain over the last few months, everything was so green and very wet. The Missouri River runs through the city and was so full and flooding certain parts of the city.  After a nice afternoon nap, we went out with T's good friend Jason and hit all the local night spots and had a great time!  Getting started while it's still light out felt odd, but closing time came quickly! 

The next morning (on just a few hours of sleep), we headed out to Jason's cabin about an hour out of town to meet up with his wife and kiddos.  The twins, Bree and John, are about a year older than Brenna and are precious.  They made me wish she was with us...next time she will be.  We took a drive to the nearby ski resort, where there were still patches of snow!  We had a snowball fight and took in the gorgeous setting.  We then enjoyed a beautiful hike over to Memorial Falls, it was beautful.  I wish I'd been feeling a little better (my own fault for having so much fun the night before I guess haha).  The drive back that afternoon was just as gorgeous - and a really nice time with my love.  It is so much fun to just be with him, even in a car on a long drive.  We took some more pictures of the amazing scenery and headed home.  Since it was 4th of July weekend, there were stands selling fireworks everywhere we went.  We didn't buy any, but could hear them being used all over town.  It sounded a bit like we'd imagine a war zone to sound, but fortunately, it was just fireworks.  We tried to stay up late (remember it gets dark way later there) to watch fireworks from the back patio.  We didn't quite make it - saw a few, but were so tired we just went to bed. 

The next day was more sightseeing, eating and visiting.  Some napping and enjoying the weather and each other's company as well.  Since our flight was late at night, we were able to visit with T's aunt and uncle who made us a fantastic meal and told some great stories!  As our plane took off, we could see fireworks which was very cool. 

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