Summer 07

Al Giddings' Mojo:
Underwater Photography & cameras

Destinations: Seeley Lake and Red Lodge

Paddling Montana

Teen Wizard: Christopher Paolini and his Eragon

Montana wine and dine
How to Order and Prepare Sushi
By Kevin Stein
Japanese culture places high value on food that satisfies all the senses, which is why great care is taken in preparation and pride in the final result. Nothing embodies this tradition more than sushi.


Montana inspire
Deirdre McNamer:
Novelist and Journalist
by Valerie Hemingway
There is no more quintessential Montana writer than Deirdre McNamer, author of three critically acclaimed novels, and of the forthcoming Red Rover, to be published by Viking Press in July 2007.


Montana experience
Paddling Montana
By Sheila Cornwell
I remember that all of my friends back home in New York wondered why I would want to move so far away.  None of them had been here or knew anything about the state. Yet, I recognized from the first time I visited Montana it had magic...


Montana reside
The Ladies Busted Broncs
By Ellen Baumler
Montana cowboys say that rodeos weren’t born, “they just growed” out of custom and necessity. And nowhere is there a richer rodeo heritage than where the Big Sky meets the rolling prairie.



Montana Gemstones
In Montana, it pays to keep your head down.
by Alex Strickland
There’s blue. And then there’s blue. In Big Sky country the deepest, brightest most gripping blue isn’t overhead, but rather underfoot. Montana, the Treasure State, is home to many fine gemstones...



Weekend in Red Lodge
by Phil Knight
Red Lodge, MT, owes its existence to extinct plants, which grew 300 million years ago. Huge ferns, mosses and other plants died and accumulated in deep layers, forming fossilized deposits we know as coal.



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