1. Finding Room For A Bison Burger The Size Of Your Face For Dinner…
…But you already had lunch at The Burger Dive.
2. Being Late For Work During A Montana Traffic Jam
It’s like they know you’re coming.
3. Sometimes Pet Pigs Just Can’t Be Tamed
Random pig on the loose? Just another day here in Montana.
4. Sometimes The Neighbors Just Can’t Be Tamed
In all fairness, the sky is pretty great. They could have just been marveling at it… emphatically.
5. When Trying To Eat More Vegetables Isn’t Going So Well
6. The Ongoing Quest To Keep Up With The Facial Hair
Facial hair can be pretty serious business in Montana. If you’re a guy and you can’t grow any, you might start to feel a little out of place.
7. Trying To Fall Asleep But The Sky Is Too Clear And The Stars Are Too Bright
It’s like having a giant night light in your face all night long.
8. Seeing The Check Engine Light Come On While Driving
There’s nothing worse than breaking down on a Montana road where your cell probably has no bars and another car won’t pass by for three days.
9. Taking The New Person In Town Out To Dinner To Discover That They’re Vegetarian
Talk about incompatible.
10. When Bragging About Montana Turns Into A Population Boom
All you wanted to do was make people understand how great Montana is. Now they won’t go home.
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11. Trying To Get Any Work Done With A View Like This
Consider it an extra-long coffee break.
12. How Important Is Sleep, Anyway?
You should be sleeping, but there’s always an adventure waiting.
13. Realizing That Santa Might Be On The Naughty List
And to think of all those times you got socks…
14. When Montana Allergies Strike
You might think you don’t have allergies. Then you come to Montana and have to prop your eyes open with toothpicks every spring and fall.
15. The Hope That This Game Is Going To Be Different
It never is.
16. Leaving The House In A T-Shirt, Coming Home With Frostbite
It’s your own fault, really. Everyone in Montana knows you have to leave the house every day with preparations for every season.
17. When The Tornado Warning Interrupts Game Of Thrones
All you needed was another twenty minutes…
18. Spending An Hour At The Gym And Still Not Working As Hard As Your Father-In-Law
He’s been working on his ranch since 4 a.m. and he’ll never let you live it down.
19. When An Outsider Friend Visits In September
And you forgot to tell them to bring lots of layers.
20. Telling Anyone Else From Montana You’re From Missoula
That picture is pretty true except for the fact that it forgot the blue dot of Missoula. Being from Missoula in Montana is kind of like wearing a shirt that says “Sore Thumb” from how much you stick out.
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21. The Simultaneous Fear And Excitement Of Watching Someone Take On A Montanan
You know it won’t end well for them and it’s not even fair fight. But you just can’t look away.
22. Maintaining Your Composure When The Hannah Montana Jokes Start
Hannah Montana retired three years ago. It’s not even a funny joke.
23. The First Few Days Getting Used To Hunting Season
From bison and grouse to elk and moose and everything in between, there’s always some sort of hunting season open in Montana. But fall is especially loud. Hope you didn’t plan on napping until winter.
24. Montanans Might Be Tough But The Deer Are Tougher
Do not provoke the deer. I repeat, do not provoke the deer.
25. Resisting The Urge To Mess With The Tourists
They just make it so easy.
26. Better Yet, Resisting The Urge To Feed The Tourists To The Grizzlies
Especially the Californians.
27. A Montana Fan Discovering Their Date Is A Montana State Fan
Or vice versa if you’re an MSU fan. Sometimes things just aren’t meant to be.
28. Why Montanans Don’t Bother Getting Their Trucks Detailed
Luckily the falling rocks are a lot more common than the cattle.
29. Losing Friends To The Alien Dark Side
UFO sightings and an above average number of intergalactic stories means that you’ll find your fair share of believers around the state. Some are much more extreme than others.
30. Trying To Keep Up With Grandma
31. Keeping A Lid On Montana
As long as the outsiders believe that Montana is a desolate tundra where the grizzlies will eat you if the aliens don’t abduct you first, then Montanans just might be able to keep this little piece of heaven for themselves.
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