I am a born traveler. My very first photo, snapped at the hospital shortly after my birth, became my first passport photo. I boarded my first international flight shortly thereafter, and I have been traveling ever since. To date, I have visited 4 continents, 24 countries outside of the USA, and 31 states plus Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico. My very patient husband jokes that I always start planning the next trip on the flight home (sometimes I actually start before that!). I think the planning is half the fun. Some of my favorite travel memories include family trips with my daughter and husband to Aspen, our honeymoon in Rome, Christmas with my parents in London, our little family's favorite beach trip to Puerto Rico, and my first solo adventure to Big Sky, Montana. I am also an avid reader, reading more than 100 books every year and currently working my way through the Boxall 1001 Books to Read Before You Die list. I come by my love of books naturally. I was raised by a librar...
We finished off our summer vacation with just over a week in Big Sky, Montana. We fell in love with the wide-open spaces and the beautiful topography, and we enjoyed the slow pace of this mountain destination. We had lots of adventures and tried some new things, but we also had plenty of time to sit back, relax, and read. How to Get There… Fly into Bozeman, Montana (for my Dallas readers, both American and Southwest offer direct flights) and rent a car. The drive to Big Sky is about an hour of easy driving and is very scenic. There are some shuttle services available, but I do recommend having a car while you’re in Big Sky. Note that the lines for rental cars at the Bozeman airport were INSANE. We had a reservation and waited at the Hertz counter for more than 45 minutes. The Avis line was even longer, and all the lines looked even longer on our way home. Plan for that, book using status to skip the lines, or explore other options. Last summer I used Turo, and that was much quick...