Springtime in Montana does not serve up “normal” spring weather. A day can start with blue sky, sun and temperatures in the 60’s. By afternoon, that mellow spring day has morphed into time-lapse stormclouds racing across the horizon, and snow on their heels.
More times than I can count I have seen robins flying by, trees budding out with new growth, and fresh snow carpeting the green grass. It is just one thing that makes living here interesting, and a part that a lot of my out of state friends cannot understand. But, as they say, if you don’t like the weather, wait 15 minutes….

So, what is the point of this? Easy. Right now, the weather is great. 70°, sunny, a slight breeze and you can almost get too hot if you hang out in the sun just long enough. I can almost feel summer, just around the corner. And one of the best ways to shake off winter’s funk is to get outside, and HIKE. Go find a great trail, and log a few miles. Put on shorts (remember shorts?) grab a bottle of water, and get out there. Because, you never know when the weather will go sideways, and you find yourself scraping snow from the windshield, just one more time, in May.
Ah, springtime in Montana….