I'm learning a lot since our move to NW Montana. All of these things have been (or are being) learned and tested by experience, not merely read about (though I found some helpful links, should you choose to experience these things on your own). Of course, this list is being constantly appended...
What an amazing family I've been blessed with, and that I get to enjoy the experience with them.
- What it means to actually experience 4 distinct seasons of the year.
- How to preserve a bear hide.
- Uses for bear fat.
- How to butcher a deer.
- How to make venison jerky (after two very inedible attempts).
- That gleaning fruit is a perfectly acceptable (and free) way to harvest hundreds of pounds of Flathead cherries and apples.
- That if you're suddenly the recipient of 200 lbs of cherries, rush out and buy a cherry pitter ASAP.
- How to install a VHF mobile radio in an ambulance, fire truck, etc.
- How to solder wire.
- How to drive a snowmobile (or "snowcat", as they're called here).
- How to get a snowmobile stuck and un-stuck.
- How to dress for cold weather.
- How to drive on ice and snow... safely.
- How to do "donuts" on icy parking lots.
- How to repair a headlight after hitting a deer.
- That deer are extraordinarily unpredictable.
- How to walk into a gun show, slap down cash, and walk out with a firearm -- the same day.
- That the U.S. Constitution isn't the bastion of virtue I originally thought it was.
- How to use a chainsaw.
- Why they call this "Big Sky Country" (no infernal skyscrapers to obstruct the view!)
- That in Montana, even though it's spelled C-R-E-E-K, it's pronounced "crick".
What an amazing family I've been blessed with, and that I get to enjoy the experience with them.
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