Montana at Christmas; and the Elk are amazing

One of the last things I remember was singing 'Play me Some Mountain Music'.

That was New Years Eve 2004.  The end of our week in Montana.  I drank a lot that night.  I'd like to say it was the last time, but it took 5 more years of binge and solitary drinking before I finally hit my bottom, got on my knees and asked God for help.  Been sober since.  Awesome God!

I left off with Christmas stockings last time...  We landed in Kalispell, MT on Christmas Eve.  'Close to midnight' is a time of day we would generally arrive at our destination for every trip we took for the next 8 years!  A tradition I hope we keep!  Here's why:

Step two... Part two

     As this post is mine...I reserve the right to digress on this post from my normal soliloquy...    

Step two to learning to travel like a pro

     Our tour of Italy would NOT have been complete without our Italian tour guide, Elisabetta and our tour bus driver, Biagio.  Biagio didn't say a word the entire two weeks.  Elisabetta spoke plenty for both of them. Each morning after breakfast, we 36 Tourists boarded the bus and waited for number 37... My lovely bride.

step one to learning how to travel like a pro

     On our honeymoon, my wife and I decided to go to Italy.  So, we stopped at the local travel brick and mortar establishment and chatted with a very knowledgeable woman about our plan.  Our plan consisted of one thing... Go to Italy!