To Bonfire Or Not To Bonfire

Twelve of the interns are leaving tomorrow morning and everybody is out at a bonfire. I contemplated going but decided not to. I didn't get much sleep last night since the championship volleyball team went out to Pburg to celebrate with a victory dinner. We got back pretty late, thus making my morning run a lot tougher than it should've been.

So, now I'm by myself in the lodge elevating my legs, getting ready for a long run tomorrow morning. Sounds terrible I know, but it's really not since the internet is ridiculously fast now that nobody's here.

Less Than 2 Weeks To Go

I only have 9 days left in Montana. I'm sad that it's coming to an end but I'm definitely ready to go home. That being said, there's still 9 days left to slam...

Garnet Ghost Town

We went to the Garnet Ghost Town, right outside of Drummond, yesterday afternoon. Compared to Granite, this town was a lot more preserved. Interestingly enough, this is where the term "arrested decay" was coined. All of the buildings in the town have been restructured and renovated but were done so in a way which has preserved the original look and feel of Garnet. Unlike Granite, Garnet was a drinking town during the prohibitionist era that was home to 1000 people. There were 13 saloons and speakeasies in the town! Fun stuff. Finished off the day with a burger steak at "The Wagon Wheel" restaurant in Drummond.

'Tis the Weekend

The annual PVS Olympics were held yesterday afternoon. It was Team PCT (Political Courage Test) VS The World (All the other Departments). Team World, my team nbd, took home the bacon. Events consisted of tug of war, dodgeball, pie eating, trivia, relay race and greased up watermelon.

Festivities were taken to the White Front in PBurg, where a Johnny Cash/ACDC cover band congratulated us all night long.

I've woken up, had a cereal bar and drank water. 20 miler time - Let's go baby!

Glacier National Park

We had a group of 25 interns roll to Glacier National Park this weekend. This was hands down the best weekend I've had in Montana. Yellowstone comes close but the sights along with my sunday long run tops anything I've done here. To the left is a picture of the entire group at Logan Pass, a cool 3 mile hike that we did up a snow bank. In the background is a glacier.

We left late on Friday after work. Most of the group left after lunch but I didn't want to have to make up hours so Brian, Graham, Darren and myself left later. We got to the campsite pretty late at around 12. We went to bed after eating hotdogs.

I woke up early to run on Saturdya morning. I started from St. Mary's campsite and just ran out and back to the left. It was my first time running on concrete since Yellowstone. Felt great.

The rest of the day was spent completing the 6 mile hike to Iceburg Lake. I've never done a polar bear plunge but this had to be nearly as hardcore. Basically, it was the greatest ice bath I've ever taken. There were freaking icebergs in the water!


As awesome as Saturday was, Sunday was perhaps even cooler. After completing the greatest long run ever, we went rock/bridge jumping into a waterfall. The water was cold but not as cold as Iceberg Lake. I had the wind knocked out of me immediately on impact. It was awesome.


We headed to Logan Pass after the jumping. Although it was only 3 miles, trekking through the snow was tough. The animals around got very close - only place in the world where you can see mountain goats! The drive back was only 4 hours compared to the 6 that it took us to get there.

Way past my bedtime

It's really late so i don't have time to update this tonight but...
the tempo went well and the basketball game was going well until my teammate tore his ACL going up for the game winning layup. he's in the hospital now getting xrays done. Feel better Matt. Now, time to get some rest for another big day. 14 miles or so in the morning and then a nice afternoon of most likely splitting wood.

The pictures of Glacier are sweet and I'll post them soon.

Basketball - Round 1

5 mile tempo on tap for this evening immediately followed by the first game in the basketball tournament.
The legs are feeling good; this bodes well for the court.

Glacier was a blast. Took the coldest ice bath ever. I'll post pictures soon.