Montana Grizzlies Homecoming: Good Times

It has been close to two years since I have been back to Grizzly Country (Missoula,Montana) and to be honest with you, I kind of missed my extended Montana family. Every time we get together, it seems like I was never gone. That's one of those unique feelings you can only have in special places and with special people. The laid back environment always lends itself to a great and amazing time. A-Train (far right), Christmas Shopping (second from right) and I usually start out the weekend at the Ironhouse and we stayed true to the tradition this time around. Sloan (far left) slipped into that picture some kind of way. LOL!!!!

I must warn everyone that this was before we all had double shots of Patron and that is the reason why we did not look "too F'd-up". However, even with the Patron shots, Friday turned out to be a good night.

I woke up at about 2:00 pm on Saturday with a huge hangover. It was quite the sight so I decided not to post any pictures of that. I had to protect myself but needless to say, I was not smiling and neither was the hotel housekeeper. Anyhow, Saturday was the Montana Grizzly Football Game which I did not attend because I did not want to pay 60 dollars for a ticket. Yes, I am cheap. Anyhow, I watched the game on the screen at the Mall. It was a good game and the grizzlies won 35-23. Here is a slight recap of the game:

Marc Mariani caught six passes for 200 yards and two touchdowns and Chase Reynolds rushed for 109 yards and scored three times as Montana rallied past Cal Poly 35-23 Saturday.

Mariani scored on pass plays of 84 and 68 yards to help the Grizzlies overcome five turnovers and remain undefeated (5-0).Jordan Yocum rushed for 119 yards and scored on a 1-yard run to give the Mustangs (2-3) a 17-7 lead with 1:09 remaining before halftime.Reynolds found the end zone twice in the fourth quarter when Montana scored 21 points to overcome a 17-14 deficit. He added another 44 yards on two receptions, both of which went for touchdowns.

As Saturday night approached, my stomach seemed to not be cooperating so my drinking actually was non-existent for the rest of the trip. HOWEVER, I did get to hang out with The BirdMan and watch him do a few Taylor Sneaks and that was entertaining as hell!!!!!!!

I know this is a pretty dark picture but this is all I could muster up from my phone. Saturday was a good night and I felt much better Sunday morning because of the absence of a hangover. On Sunday, I stuck to my second tradition and went to T-Bone aka Tyler Hill (far right in picture below) for dinner and we had a curry chicken dish and rolls. The food was excellent and it was great hanging out with him and his family. Actually, I sort of kinda consider them my extended family.  The resemblance is striking.............. Isn't it?

 Anyhow, I headed out on Monday morning and proceeded to head back to Spokane, Washington to catch my flight back to Orlando. As you can see, I have to drive through the mountains to get back to Spokane. I enjoyed my visit to Grizzly Country.