Magruder Corridor Adventure

I first heard about Magruder Corridor (link is to a PDF) when Brad mentioned it in an episode of TrailRecon a couple years ago. We purchased a Square-drop trailer with the intent of using it to go on adventures such as Magruder Corridor but for a couple years never managed to actually do anything with … Read more

Nathan Bruckenthal, KIA 24 April 2004

Memorial Day is a day set aside for commemorating military personnel who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. There are other days to commemorate those currently serving and those who have served. Nathan Bruckenthal was born 17 July 1979, and grew up in Stony Brook, New York. Bruckenthal joined the United States … Read more

That’s Not Why We’re Here

Visiting my daughter and her family over the holidays, we all came down with the same illness. It was pretty bad and we were all sick for a week. I am the world’s worst patient. It seems this is especially the case when I am visiting my kids where I want to be the helping … Read more

Larry Frame

Larry Frame was born to a teenage, unwed mother on 17 August 1954. Shortly after his birth he was taken by an adoption agency. HIs mother was still in high school. My guess is that the decision to put Larry up for adoption was not hers. I do not know a lot about how Larry … Read more

Memorial Day 2020

DC3 Nathan B. Bruckenthal KIA 24 Apr 2004SM2 (SW) Christopher E. Watts KIA 24 Apr 2004BM1 (SW) Michael J. Pernaselli KIA 24 Apr 2004 SGT Regina Reali KIA 23 Dec 2006SGT Cheyenne C. Willey KIA 23 Dec 2006 Memorial Day – Remember the FallenVeterans Day is in November.

Quarantine for COVID-19

COVID-19 quarantine shuts down much of town retail in Dillon, MT. Agricultural business carries on with few changes. Quarantine creates pent up demand that very well might be the driving factor in reigniting the economy.

Welcome to Montana

We moved to Montana in August 2018. We rented a classic old house that was built in 1920 something. February 2019 was the second coldest in history in Montana. The cold weather in Montana I expected. That part, I signed up for. On 01 February, the boiler in this classic old house went out. The … Read more