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Have volume on and listen to roar of the water … I was out there all alone… water rushing over rocks so loud … and the air smelled like “Christmas”:.. like a Christmas Tree aka Fur Trees / Pine … really is an amazing place …

After work I decided to take a drive into the mountains … although it was getting late, rainy and cool… it never gets old …

I still have a few posts about the tragedy in Nepal hit my feed...and each time I can not help but think that the attention given to those in East TN and West Carolina did not receive anything close to the attention of what happened on the other side of the world... how can Americans ever forgive the Democratic Party allowing Americans to die and suffer for months... they are evil people...

Well, earlier today, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026, as a lifelong Alabamian (except my first 10 years), I never expected to experience sleet and snow mixed with heavy rain in September... As Dorothy would say... no longer in Kansas (or Bham)... So this is NW Montana in September... I guess I need to prepare... (no volume)

Well, snow in the forecast and GOING TO THE SUN ROAD will almost certainly be closed this weekend if not as early as tonight … 6-12” of snow is expected near Logan’s Pass and higher elevations … after the road was closed last weekend after the most rain since I’ve moved up here… wasn’t expecting winter to arrive so soon… even so, I’m curious and hopefully will be able to drive up there before road closes … will see

Well, being a native Floridian and moving from Alabama to NW Montana I wasnt anticipating having one of these keeping me warm the first week of September … suppose to drop into the 30s this weekend and predicting 6”-12” of snow at elevations of 5K-6K+ … which is the elevation where I’m located … I’m right at 6K ft ASL… short summer … welcome to Montana

!!! BAND OF BROTHERS LEGACY SPECIAL !!! I guess released today on HBO… I had no idea this was being made or released … 25 yrs to the day since the original series… it has many scenes of the original men not included in the series … I will always be in awe and thankful for them. Lord knows our young people need to understand how fragile freedom is and the sacrifices made for all of us… God Bless them all… IF YOU WEREN’T AWARE OF THIS SPECIAL PLEASE TAKE TIME TO WATCH… if you have young adults or are grandparents now… have them watch this with you… it’s moving just like the series was… well done …

Prior to taking the pic I posted below , I was about 1/4 of a mile behind another full-sized truck driving on a 2 lane road in Flathead Valley, MT… it was around 1930hrs (7:30pm)… all of a sudden I saw the truck ahead hit his brakes … he had no time to swerve & I noticed debris flying from and over his truck all over the road behind him… I also noticed a large buck (deer) flying up the highway and then skidding for seemed 20 yards stopping in middle of road … I hit my brakes and slowed down,.. the driver pulled over immediately:… I stopped and asked if he needed any help … I didn’t take pics due to the deer was messed up and 2 lane road … thankfully the deer was killed on impact so no suffering BUT … I was shocked how much damage the deer caused to the left front of his truck … it was like he rammed into another vehicle … anyway, point is I immediately my thought, what if that deer would have leaped a second or two before it did … maybe it would have not been hit but more eye opening was thinking if that happened, would the driver (or if that happened to me) have instinctively swerved attempting to avoid the deer… at the speed we were traveling making an aggressive evasive snap of the wheel would likely have caused that truck to flip or even worse, left the road and off a 75-100ft cliff/ravine … that’s why I almost always make a mental note to never swerve … prepare myself mentally if a deer, beer etc darts out in front of me on a 2 lane road … Im ready to ploy through it just as I practiced when I took offensive and defensive driving courses for contract work I did back in the day… anyway, just thought I’d share … I see dead deer littering roads up here but first time seeing an actual collision… before I came up here a young man in Bham Alabama this past spring was traveling high rate of speed on a crotch rocket motorcycle around midnight and a deer darted out in front of him … no chance … he was DOA …. So was the deer… be careful out there people … especially young folks … ignore your stupid phones !!!

I was making a u-turn in a parking lot after missing a turn and saw what I thought was a life-sized deer sculpture or fake … but after a few seconds… it turned and looked right at me… I drove about 20 miles to an Airbnb I stayed at and the 3 days I did that, I saw no less than 50 deer each time …

Hello everyone… starting my 5th week in Montana and still have not secured a permanent place to stay/rent… I’ll have to work 2 years just to break even and really concerned I’ll be sleeping in my truck if something doesn’t occur in the next 10days … 30+ days of $200+/ night at the Meth-Head Inn where they don’t leave a light on for me but do leave me equipment to use for SHAKE N BAKE:.. ie., empty 2 liter coke bottle, a generic bic-lighter and few ingredients the roaches avoid (not exaggerating by much)… even so, my kids are healthy, safe and not desperate … so I have no real complaints when I think about what others are enduring … still not easy but there is a reason … will I ever know??? Irrelevant, bc God has me … being a Christian doesn’t mean no problems, challenges, heart ache and heart break … it’s being confident that this life is but a snapshot compared to eternity… one thing I realize … when I drive through the mountains … watch the sunset and see the billions of stars I’m reminded there wasn’t some massive explosion that places everything so perfectly or the complexity of the human body didn’t just materialize … sure we evolved … God made us to evolve mentally, intellectually, physically and spiritually … it’s difficult for me to understand how people, especially now can see these things and not recognize the fact that God exist… not my God, THE GOD… not a fraud… not someone who died, did nothing remarkable in their life and never witnessed performing a miracle … Jesus Christ did those things and documented verifiable history informs us of these things … most importantly he died a horrific egregious death only to rise again … a cruel, humiliating, brutal death because of my bad choices … hard to grasp … hence… FAITH… I don’t understand UAPs… energy sources created my Tesla and possibly the Egyptians with the pyramids but doesn’t mean things don’t happen or didn’t exist… what’s interesting is researching all of the proof found through science .. archeology … and most within the past 100 years … there is a YouTube Channel crated by an archeologist called, EXPEDITION BIBLE (I think) … he shows the archeological facts of events, people and places of the Bible … he lives in the Middle Esst somewhere …. Anyway, very interesting… intriguing … and thought provoking … don’t know the guy… only left a couple post but his work is worth viewing even for “non-believers” :.. non-Christian … try doing that with Buddha or the biggest fraud and charlatan, Mohammed:.. not going to find much to substantiate basically anything that would validate his claim of Muslims claim of him being a “prophet”… but there is enough historical evidence to validate he wasn’t a prophet … but an illiterate murderer, rapist, pedopholic psychopath … I guess that’s why Sharia Law and “true” Muslims are so strict on who can be educated and what they can access w respect to information sources … once they are exposed to the truth based on facts many have a a difficult time following that maniacal path :… not sure why I went all Billy Graham but not editing,.. God Bless you all!

Previous post I mentioned buying a truck before relocated to Montana… this is who I bought my truck from… curious if any of you know this guy or his associate??? He was a great guy from what I was told… Misty (oops) went over the specifics with me… have no idea what I signed…

CORRECTION regarding Montana Journey (not that anyone cares but do not like inaccuracies)… I left Bham Saturday afternoon and arrived in Montana- Glacier Park area around 9-10am Monday morning … not Tuesday … I started to new position (COO) on Tuesday …. Ps. Excuse the typos and grammar in previous posts… I’m using iPhone since my PC remains where it has been since the day I shoved it into my vehicle … maybe I’m the only one who can’t type and voice typing always has errors with me … or it does it on purpose … in anycase, not sure why shared anymore and kinda hope no one wasted their time reading … but just in case … shares anyway… how everyone has a blessed week…

God reminding me that he’s in control and keep focused on him and all will work out… maybe not like I envision or hope… but will for his glory whether I realize or not… still here or not… but I prefer to be here even with challenges continuing … mainly bc if my kids… really miss them……

Pics of the elk when I arrived …

It’s been 4 weeks and I still haven’t found a place to stay/rent:.. everything is booked and even the budget hotels are charging or were charging $300+ a night … do that for 20-30 days… my money I borrowed to make the trip has evaporated … I’ve learned most rental places open up in October bc they make more money flipping these units, houses, condos then giving someone a long term lower monthly rate … w wood sign a lease most places demand Oct-May or Oct-April so they can have for next summer season … I hope to get something soon … I spend my off days (few) sitting in my truck in a parking lot somewhere or driving around looking at rental places … and my truck loves gas … $120 to fill it up every 4-5 days… thankfully i haven’t had many off days … I should had planned better but thought had more time … and even the majestic views have been impeded due to all of the wildfires up here … not sure what gonna do :.. but not first time I’ve been homeless :… sure hope it’s the last

MONTANA journey ends finally:.. It was mid morning and I got the road again… I was shocked again at the vastness and the flatness that passed me by for hours on end:.. the flatness turned into slightly rolling hills… THE GREAT PLAINS… I knew I was getting close … only had to drive across South Dakota and then over the Rocky Mtns next to Glacier National Park … I drove and drove … no speed limits seemed … only truckers for most part … I was amazed during one stretch ::. I had no idea Sunflowers were in such demand… in Alabama, there is a lot of nothingness as well but that nothingness is filled with forest … like 70% of the state is covered in forest … not the GREAT PLAINS … basically ano trees but what I saw was magical … endless fields of bright yellow sunflowers that stretched to the to horizon in all directions… strangely beautiful… I eventually passed through the sunflower fields and as darkness began overtaking light I once again found myself on another 2 lane… had idea I would remain on 2 lanes for the remainder of the way … as I drove there seemed not to be another vehicle for hours … also, no state troopers, sheriffs or local police so … I made good time …. I had no idea where I was or the scenery I was racing past due to the darkness until the sky began to lighten and all I could think were the prophetic words so eloquently stated by Pink Floyd… “ YOU ARE YOUNG AND LIFE IS LONG AND THERE IS TIME TO KILL TODAY… - THEN-ONE DAY YOU FIND TEN (or twenty) YEARS HAVE GOT BEHIND YOU AND NO ONE TOLD YOU WHERE TO RUN…YOU MISSED THE STARTING GUN….so you RUN AND YOU RUN TO CATCH UP WITH THE SUN BUT ITS SINKING… and RACING AROUND TO COME UP BEHIND YOU AGAIN…. - THE SUN IS THE SAME IN A RELATIVE WAY BUT YOUR OLDER … SHORTER OF BREATH AND ONE DAY CLOSER TO DEATH…. Those words, that song , those lyrics stayed with me for remainder of the trip (TIME by PINK FLOYD) I could tell the elevation was changing … the road was becoming winding and back and forth… dark so couldn’t see…. Not until I knew I was in the mountains … as the sun was coming up and as I drove on this 2 lane there was a field with morning mist and fog hovering above … I knew then I was in Montana … there were 6 large Elk staring at me … by the time I pulled over and took a few pics a few had run off but still took pic of 3 of them… the road started to go downhill and then I saw the sign to West Glacier…. I made it … 30+ hrs driving minus 3hr rest stop… only to arrive no place to stay and no idea wheee to go besides the following morning when i started my job.:..

Journey to Montana Part 4: I didn’t plan ahead like I would have back in the day… no unfolding a McNally Road Map and then getting enraged when can’t fold it back up … I relied on what the younger folks do and man it sucked … for some reason a delay on the NAV moving map shortly And did that as I was approaching some massive interstate interchange … every direction -/ cross crossing and think one lane went vertical to Mars … must been a Elon Musk thing or something … in Bham we have an intersection similar but nowhere as massive and confusing but even ours we call “MALFUNCTION JUNCTION” … thankfully not many cars due to being so late … but needless to say… I took the wrong off-shoot and since was interstate there was no quick U-turn …I ended up in freaking downtown Kansas City at about 2-3am… you know, time of the early morning when the most cultured citizens are leaving the opera or fine dining… NOT!!! I could have caught 50 diseases just for asking someone directions so I didn’t … getting stopped every block by red lights on empty streets … turned down a one way street the wrong way….i was not happy with Google … and Siri was no better as she directed me off the interstate and I found myself making circles around KC international terminal drop off area … I literally laughed and told myself … Dude… get some rest… but I had to find the freaking interstate or way to get back on track and eventually i did ,.. drove a little ways… and was directed back on another 2 lane for some reason … and I was once again middle of nowhere but worse was my fuel light illuminating like a neon sign and the audible notification from the vehicle was screaming “MORON”…Why did you pass so many Gas Stations without stopping bc now … good luck finding any open …. I already planned for running out of gas in the middle of some freaking corn field … but, God gave me a little push & like a miracle … I saw a small, 2 pulp rural gas static that shockingly was open or pumps worked ….I made it back on interstate as the sun came up & exited for a short rest:…

Journey to Montana Part 3: For the 5-6 hours to this point has been 4 lane … soon as I crossed the river … Google directed to a 2 lane that literally turned into a gravel / unpaved road … middle of nowhere… no lights… no other vehicles::.. of course, lost signal and even Satellite acted up… but I kept driving in the general direction… the terrain went from flat (MS Delta) into rolling and then winding 2 lanes going through small town after the other … I realized I was close to or in the Ozarks (I was looking for “Marty” but didn’t find him) … if not mistaken I drove through or passed a sign directing me to the town where LEGEND OF BOGGY CREEK… (as a kid in the 70s… and being from the South that movie traumatized me for years)…. I kept driving and passed into Missouri:.. passed Joplin and then into Kansas :… by this time it was daylight and I was determined to not stop But… those 2 lane dark roads— some unpaved wore on me :… thankfully I was back on the interstate & continued beyond the 24hr mark as the sun set yet again … didn’t want the SUN TO GO DOWN ON ME :… But it did …. Once again night time but now I was on interstate :.. at least for awhile:…

Journey to Montana, Part 2 The company I accepted a job with insisted I arrive a couple weeks proor to expectations… resulting on me being rushed after the aforementioned vehicle purchase that was supped to commence (i like that word) on Wed didnt occur until Friday afternoon… my wife and her 2 kids were gone on their annual summer vacation together and I wanted to see her before I left (Im a closet romantic) but she wouldnt be back until Sat evening…. I was rushed, shoved what I could in my new vehicle (a truck) and according to Google would take me 3 days maybe 4 to drive the 2500 miles or so from Bham … realizing my wife wouldn’t be back early I left my home @ 3-4pm on that Saturday afternoon and drove straight through…. W a quick 4 hr pit stop detour to get some rest … I drove through familar areas of Northwest AL> into MS passing Oxford (Hotty Toddy) and Tupelo (Hello Baby Elvis)…. Before I knew it I was passing throigh Memphis, TN (Hello old Elvis) …. 4 lane and easy driving…. Crossed the MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI RIVER… I grew crossing that river mainly at Vicksburg over the river into Talluleah, LA (sp?… when I was a little boy there was a small amusement park there)…. Anyway, forgot how big/wide the Mississippi River is…. But it was still dark and I made sure I wouldn’t have to stop in Memphis to get gas … so i survived that (Thanks President Trump for making another city safer) …. But here is where it all changed ….

Montana Journey Recap: Part 1: Hello folks, well I made the journey from Bham, AL to the Glacier National Park area perhaps in record time … I only wish I had a “Snowman” clearing my path…. I was West bound down … loaded up and truckin…. I bought a “Montana” worthy vehicle according to AI and people I spoke with only to arrive and notice most vehicles were not what I was expecting … I’ll just say, most vehicles in Bham including my own would have been fine but I guess the verdict is out until Winter time …