Anna & Colin Visit Montana!

Our friends Anna and Colin came all the way from Chicago to visit us for a week in early November!  They were our first official house guests and Dave's first visitors from home.  We were so excited to have them and so grateful they'd come all the way out here!

They're both hardcore backcountry hikers so some sweet mountain hikes were atop the agenda.  They got in a summit of Sacajawea Peak - the only over 9k peak in the Bridgers.  We took a hike along a creek drainage in the Beartooth Mountain range south of Livingston.  We hiked up Drinking Horse Mountain outside of Bozeman along with Marc and the dogs.  And Dave, Colin and Anna got a great snowshoe trail on the Bangtail Divide Trail, also in the Bridgers.

But no adventure with Anna and Colin is complete without lots of delicious drinks.  We hit Wilsall's Bank Bar for cheap beer and Shake-a-Day.  We partied in Bozeman one night at the Boz-Mac & Cheese Festival, drinking Moscow Mules, and stayed the night at a hotel.  And we visited Marc down at Big Sky for a big dinner, hot tub, and homemade cocktails.  We also made a Halloween ginger bread house from the discounted rack.

On their last night in town, they helped us celebrate our engagement at Montana Rib & Chop House in Livingston, where my parents had sent us a gift certificate to celebrate.  The lamb, steak, seafood and wine were incredibly delicious!  Thank you, Mom & Dad!

It was a great vacation for all of us.  We are so thankful for friends who go to such great lengths to see us!  We hope they'll be back in January for skiing!

Anna took this photo from our front porch