I spent 3 glorious months in Montana during the Summer of 2015.  Soon after retiring from our 33 /12- year corporate careers, my boyfriend and I set off for Missoula, MT.  We signed up for a 11-week photography course through the Rocky Mountain School of Photography and started an adventure of a lifetime.  It was as much about the photography as it was the adventure itself- traveling around Montana and the surrounding states, meeting new friends, and just doing something crazy, something we would never have been able to do while we were raising our families or working at our careers.  There were so many highlights!  I will try to share as many as I can.

Badlands, Mt. Rushmore, and Devil’s Tower

Our made our first big set of stops in North Dakota’s Badlands and Mt. Rushmore, then on to Devil’s Tower, WY.  Here are just a few of the more iconic shots from our brief visits to these gems.

Montana Icons

When I think of the west, there are a few images that come to mind… cowboys, horses, fields of grain, big night skies, and mountains.