I never finished our Montana adventure so here’s the rest. On Monday we were treated to a body “tuneup” by Dr. Steve, Laura’s husband. He is a gifted body healer who trained as a chiropractor. He had a business in San Jose and after the move to Montana spent 3 years commuting the 1800 miles every 2 weeks to maintain that business and also build one in Stevensville. A year ago he made the jump and now has a growing business in Montana. He’s so good that people hear about him and fly in from out of state to benefit from his healing methods. We had aches and pains that had been around for months….now gone. He fixed my hip by working on my foot!
Tuesday, July 4th, we felt like new people. It was hot and Laura was antsy to take a hike so we went to the trailhead and hiked about 1/4 mile up Kootenai Creek…and I mean up. We stopped by a pool where the dogs can take a dip and not get washed away. Laura and Steve had to wade in to cool off but we passed on that. Looked too swift to me.
Here’s Laura and Charlie cooling off in the creek…
We had snacks, elk burgers, Laura’s homemade potato salad, corn, watermelon and huckleberry ice cream sundaes. We were stuffed but managed to get in a game of bocci ball. They had never played and Jim was bragging about how he beat all the boys in CA. Guess who won? Daughter Laura aced out her Dad! She’s a talented woman. Check out her “Tales from Montana.”
We ended the evening by driving up to Florence to see a local fireworkks show. Anyone can buy really big fireworks in Montana so in the past we’ve done some great blast offs at their house. This year Laura heard that their plumber (helping build their new office addition) was having a great show at the park (with firemen on hand). Rumor was he spent $15,000 on the show. Guess he’s got a good business going 🙂 It was about 45 minutes long and was a spectacular display. As we drove there and then home we saw fireworks going off all around us. Imagine this happening in thousands of towns across the country. How many times do you think Lee Greenwood sang I’m Proud To Be An American that night?
