What I've learned so far...

from my trip to Montana...

• they will pull the plane back and kick your ass off for 2 hours while fixing something with the de-icer even if it's not cold enough to use the de-icer?
• that when you fly with a bunch of military people, especially ones that have just come back from Iraq, their luggage gets first dibs? Apparently, mine was on another flight to Colorado Springs because my bag wouldn't fit in with the khaki duffle bags and guns.
• that when you live in an isolated community such as Pinedale, Wyoming, you can smoke the ganja in the room behind the "lobby" while checking in guests? Who the hell is gonna arrest you?
• that you need to stay in your car when you take pictures of buffalo? They are not only ugly but apparently mean and fast.
• when you've been driving for 18 hours, anything and everything is pretty damn funny but don't, no matter what, do not go into the local American Legion Hall for beer. You're not one of them.
• you can tell that there are deer everwhere along the road by their "eyeglow"? Who knew?
• little boy deer run around the yard in circles chasing each other just like little boys?
• that bear poop out corn whole just like humans? It's not a pretty sight.
  

• that when you step outside in the morning and are greeted by several cats, they are not coming up to you because of your winning personality. Feed them.
• that you could shoot someone in the mountains of Montana, put him or her through the woodchipper, dump the parts in a pond, and no one up here would ever know or find out? (Don't ask me how I know.)
• that 10 o'clock in the morning is never too early to get into the hot tub with a glass of wine.

and, most importantly, you can become good friends with people you have only met through bloggy world.