Memorial Day Links

In my experience, the best way to predict Montana weather is to look at the calendar. Memorial Day and state track meets both mean rain. I hope that next week is absolutely beautiful, but if the weather forces you indoors, feel free to follow these links. Most of these sites don’t have much to do with SouthWest Montana, but they inspire me to want to travel and explore, so I thought I’d share them with you.

The Central Montana blog is one of my favorites, it always makes me want to head over there.

Glacier Country’s blog is also always inspiring. Does anybody know if Montana’s other tourist regions have blogs?

Ellen Baumler’s blog “Montana Moments“(and her books by the same name) captures some of the most interesting little tidbits of Montana lore and presents them in short easily digestible stories.

I recently discovered The Last Best News, which covers news from Montana east of Billings, a bit (i.e. massive, vast portion) of Montana that I don’t think gets as much recognition as it deserves.

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Watch it, and realize how much you want to see the world. Then (because this is a SouthWest Montana Blog) start your adventures in Montana.

One of my favorite travel blogs, The Everywhereist has nothing to do with SouthWest Montana, but everything to do with being inspired to explore the world.

Another recent find, Proof features the experiences and pictures of National Geographic’s best photographers.

This video from National Geographic has nothing to do with Montana, or spring, but it is a fascinating glimpse into the lives of the Sami reindeer herders of Scandinavia, and starting at 0:54 includes one of my favorite interviews of all time.

Paul Salopek is spending the next 7 years walking around the world. His blogs are always remarkable. Actually you can’t go wrong with anything from National Geographic (I might be a little obsessed).