{"id":2669,"date":"2018-01-15T09:49:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T14:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jan.hise.org\/?p=2669"},"modified":"2018-01-15T09:49:00","modified_gmt":"2018-01-15T14:49:00","slug":"montana-november-29-thru-december-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jan.hise.org\/?p=2669","title":{"rendered":"Montana November 29 thru December 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the 29th, I flew to Bozeman, MT to visit my friends, Sarah and Tom; Fosters picked me up and we headed to their place for an afternoon of conversation. Had a great four days which included pint night at Mackenzie River, full day of shopping downtown and mall with lunch at Ted&#8217;s Steakhouse with Sarah, dinner and breakfast meals at Foster B&amp;B, day trip to Big Sky ski area filled with reminiscing, shopping at Murdock&#8217;s Farm store, watching Santa wave his magic wand to turn on the Christmas lights during Bozeman&#8217;s annual downtown Christmas Stroll, skyping with friends in California, and relaxing in the sun room or living room while reading, updating, or conversing.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2670\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jan.hise.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_1748-800x532.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2670\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2670\" src=\"http:\/\/jan.hise.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_1748-800x532-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jan.hise.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_1748-800x532-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/jan.hise.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_1748-800x532-768x511.jpg 768w, http:\/\/jan.hise.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_1748-800x532.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2670\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Visitors in the back yard<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2671\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jan.hise.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_1753-800x529.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2671\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2671\" src=\"http:\/\/jan.hise.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_1753-800x529-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jan.hise.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_1753-800x529-300x198.jpg 300w, http:\/\/jan.hise.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_1753-800x529-768x508.jpg 768w, http:\/\/jan.hise.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_1753-800x529.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2671\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Big Sky; blue &#8220;tube&#8221; is an escalator up bunny hill<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2672\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jan.hise.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_1761-800x519.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2672\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2672\" src=\"http:\/\/jan.hise.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_1761-800x519-300x195.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jan.hise.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_1761-800x519-300x195.jpg 300w, http:\/\/jan.hise.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_1761-800x519-768x498.jpg 768w, http:\/\/jan.hise.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_1761-800x519.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2672\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Enjoying some local craft beer<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2673\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jan.hise.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_1777-800x495.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2673\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2673\" src=\"http:\/\/jan.hise.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_1777-800x495-300x186.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jan.hise.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_1777-800x495-300x186.jpg 300w, http:\/\/jan.hise.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_1777-800x495-768x475.jpg 768w, http:\/\/jan.hise.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_1777-800x495.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2673\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sunset on the mountains<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2674\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jan.hise.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_1805-800x513.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2674\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2674\" src=\"http:\/\/jan.hise.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_1805-800x513-300x192.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jan.hise.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_1805-800x513-300x192.jpg 300w, http:\/\/jan.hise.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_1805-800x513-768x492.jpg 768w, http:\/\/jan.hise.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_1805-800x513.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2674\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sarah and Tom ready for the Christmas stroll<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2675\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jan.hise.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_1815-800x507.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2675\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2675\" src=\"http:\/\/jan.hise.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_1815-800x507-300x190.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jan.hise.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_1815-800x507-300x190.jpg 300w, http:\/\/jan.hise.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_1815-800x507-768x487.jpg 768w, http:\/\/jan.hise.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_1815-800x507.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2675\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa arriving<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Due to high winds at the airport, I had to stay an additional night because my original outbound flight was cancelled.\u00a0\u00a0 Fosters got up quite early to take me to the airport because of 6:00 AM departure time.\u00a0 All went well until we pulled onto the tarmac where we waited for over 1.5 hours because Denver had closed the airport due to high winds.\u00a0 But was we were granted permission to take off, everything went well on my flight home.\u00a0 It was a wonderful trip filled with &#8220;going down memory lane&#8221;and bonding with my fantastic friends!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the 29th, I flew to Bozeman, MT to visit my friends, Sarah and Tom; 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