Post something you like about Polson, MT

[MajorChode]

[Droopy]

1. I was thinking about moving to Montana when I first started trucking

It seemed like a good place to get away from it all. I soon learned that it was a surprisingly expensive place to live for the level of nothingness that it provided. And a 4 wheel drive vehicle would make things much easier and safer in the winter. I still like Montana, though, and when I get some vacation time built up I might go out and visit again.

[MajorChode]

2. I've been there a few times

I like Montanna, although I've never been there in the winter.

If you go up north near the Canadian border, things get REALLY remote. Many areas have no commercial power sources and run their own generators.

[musette_sf]

3. they have a nice big Safeway

which comes in handy when you're renting a cabin on Flathead Lake.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. They used to have a really cool bluegrass festival.

[Ptah]

5. You can sometimes see the Flathead Lake Monster from Polson

[SoxFan]

18. And you know this how?

[Ptah]

19. From the folklore I learned growing up in Montana.

[lizziegrace]

6. Like that single engine approach

:)

It's beautiful up there.

[MajorChode]

8. Flew all night from Texas to get there

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. What kind of airplane do you have?

[lizziegrace]

10. I second that

what were you flying?

[MajorChode]

11. C182

1969 M model. IFR GPS, with a GPSS coupled STEC-20 autopilot. It's not fast, but it gets you there and it's a nice X-country plane.

[lizziegrace]

12. My father was a private pilot

C182 is a Cessna, right? We usually flew in a 150 or a Piper Cherokee 6. If we'd stayed in Dallas, I'm sure I'd be flying too, but we moved away and flight school was out of the question.

[MajorChode]

14. Yep, Cessna 182.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

15. The C182 is a wonderful airplane.

I have a whole lot of time in the 182 (as a CFI, not my own plane). Wish I could afford one of my own.

[MajorChode]

17. I'm a partial owner

Which part is mine I'm not sure.

I also fly a newish 182T with a glass cockpit. It's definitely the cat's meow.

[no name no slogan]

7. It's not Miles City, MT

nt

[madinmaryland]

13. Only if I can comment about Molson, PT!

:hi:

[MajorChode]

16. I'm not big on Canadian beers

Although I do have soft spot for La Fin du Monde.

[fishwax]

20. D'arcy McNickle

was born not too far away in St. Ignatius, and the library at Salish Kootenai College in nearby Pablo is named after him. He was a writer and activist, and his novel The Surrounded (written in the mid-30s) is a foundational text in the tradition of (written) Native American literature.

[greendog]

21. It's cold and grey 8 months of the year.

Keeps out the riffraff.

[Redneck Socialist]

22. I'm pretty sure the fishing rocks...

...rocks on toast with a lemon twist.

[crimsonblue]

23. I like the fact that I don't live in Polson, MT. n/t