A pandemic, a sabbatical, and a continental excursion
Follow along with Scout, the West Virginia brown dog, and his human, Beta, an educator and sailor from Maine as we embark on a pandemic adventure from coast to coast.
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The Kootenai Falls on Indigenous Peoples’ Day
October 12, 2020 Kootenai Falls is now my favorite geological place in all of Montana! In addition to having some of the most beautiful features, it is also a sacred place for the Kootenai tribe. Scout and I spent about 3 hours exploring the rocky beaches, folds, and steep paths (if you can call them…
Where in the west is Scout the Good Pup?
I don’t think that there will ever be a computer game about his travels, nor will he let me put a big red hat on him like Carmen Sandiego, but he has certainly been along miles and miles of road throughout western Montana in the last three weeks. While I’ve been balancing work and adventures,…
Bigfork, Montana
Here we are. We’ve spent 2.5 weeks in Bigfork thus far, settling into a routine, and exploring our temporary home. For the first 9 days, smoke from the wildfires in Washington and Idaho blanketed the area. When we arrived, it was incredibly dry and the area had received very little rain all summer. Only last…
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Sabbatical with Scout 