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  1. New guy at work.

    parisbaconpesto &bull Jan 24, 2012

    There's a new guy at work. He's young, he sleeps most of the day, he has no qualms about being nude, and he is prone to fits of irreconcilable sadness. Naturally, the girls all love him. He's given to bouts… Full Story »


  2. The Corps of Discovery.

    parisbaconpesto &bull Dec 30, 2011

    Cooper's middle name Meriwether honors patrilineage in Laura's family: the name was used a handful of times on the Patterson side of her family, and her dad traced the family's connection to that of Meriwether Lewis. Lewis drew an impressive vita in his 35 years, though he's best known of course for leading the Corps of Discovery. Much of the landscape of Montana, and even that of the Missoula Valley, is tied closely to Lewis and Clark's trek westward and back east: there's a state park honoring their encampment a few miles… Full Story »


  3. The story of Cooper.

    parisbaconpesto &bull Nov 25, 2011

    Laura and I each had lists of possible names for our baby -- boy and girl names each. I had better girl names, Laura had better boy names. I wanted Porter, but Laura felt it was too reminiscent of a dog I had when we met, who was, in fact, named Porter.There are a handful of associations with Cooper, but Laura's main one was that on our first date she tagged along with me while I reported a story for Utah.com and the Tooele Transcript-Bulletin on the Hawkwatch International raptor count, atop Goshute Mountain in the remote Toana range. Near… Full Story »


  4. The most fun you can have with your ski clothes on.

    parisbaconpesto &bull Aug 1, 2011

    Somewhere, at some point, the 2010-2011 ski season went from being good to great to awesome to epic to historic.March: Mill Point, Bitterroot Mountains. But because there was no one defining blizzard, or record setting cold spell, when those transitions… Full Story »


  5. Visitors

    parisbaconpesto &bull Jun 18, 2011

    When you live closer to British Columbia than you do to the nearest Sam's Club it should probably come as no great suprise that a lot of out of town friends and family don't just casually stop by. Nevertheless, Montana… Full Story »


  6. Latent spring.

    parisbaconpesto &bull May 16, 2011

    This epic winter has turned into an epic spring. Snowpacks in the backcountry continued to grow right through March and April and even into May. Many locations in northwest Montana continue to show 15-foot snowpacks on May 15. The result… Full Story »


  7. As the bullwheel turns.

    parisbaconpesto &bull Apr 4, 2011

    Laura's brother Bill came out from Atlanta last week for spring break. On Saturday we woke to rain, so we spent the day in town. On Sunday we woke to snow. A few flurries at 7 a.m. We went to… Full Story »


  8. Viva La Nina!

    parisbaconpesto &bull Dec 13, 2010

    Last week I made it to the summit of Stuart Peak after getting skunked on the mountain the previous two attempts -- once when I came across distressingly fresh grizzly tracks and once when I simply ran out of daylight.… Full Story »

  9. Not yet winter, barely still fall

    parisbaconpesto &bull Oct 25, 2010

    Time to hike. I leave the house early, before Laura's up and the sun's awake. After a few hours, I get here: It's sunny in Montana, but cloudy off over Idaho. Off the alpine, there's not much color left. Hiking… Full Story »

  10. Ah, it's autumn in Montana.

    parisbaconpesto &bull Oct 6, 2010

    I guess in most of the world, they put up signs like this warning of congestion ahead, or construction. In Montana, they are used to announce the presence of megafauna.Did I say snow in the mountains? Here's the Missions on… Full Story »

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