I’ve been meaning to get this video footage up also. Back in late August, I took a trip up to NW Montana. I stayed up in Whitefish and went into Glacier National Park one day. The next I headed up to Eureka and did a scenic tour along Lake Koocanusa.
My dream for many years has been to move up to Whitefish or in and around that area. There is just something about the mountains up there that I have always loved.
Anyhow, I took Tristin and Dakota with me, we loaded up the slide-in camper and had a great time wandering around and geocaching.
Here are the 3 videos I managed to get done. I still have a couple more I need to do but you get the idea
I’m just trying to catch my blog up since I’m a good month behind on posts. I’ll keep things short since most of what I’m going to post is on You Tube and in pics which is pretty much self-explanatory.
Most people didn’t know that this fire was relatively close to my place. It was directly north and my area was under evacuation. I was heading home after work when I saw smoke coming from the area in which I lived which is north of Helena.
As I got closer I started get that “sick to my stomach” feeling when I noticed that it was just north of my house. Law enforcement wasn’t going to let me back to my house even after I said I had dogs that I needed to get (I had a back-up plan in place - that’s why it’s good to have a truck and 4WD) I actually knew one of the MHP troopers working the roadblock and he told me to hurry up and get my dogs.
I did go home and get them, I also ran around like a chicken with my head cut off trying to grab some important stuff and throw it in the back of my truck. The problem with a forest fire is the smoke is every where and you just can’t see exactly where it is. You don’t know which direction it’s moving, you see helicopters and a slurry bomber working feverishly and every fire truck from miles around headed your direction, it’s a scary feeling!
I can tell you that after my adrenaline rush wore off, I was ready to throw up for about 3 hours afterwards. I did not feel well and the smoke doesn’t help that any. It took about 4 days for all the smoke to lift from the area and for me to feel comfortable that the fire wasn’t going to explode again.
Without going into more details, here’s the You Tube video I posted back then. I took alot of footage but put a few clips together so you can get an idea of what went on. You couldn’t see any flames because the smoke was blocking them.
Wow, I haven’t posted here for awhile. I actually tried last week but it wouldn’t take my pictures for some reason.
I have been so busy getting ready for Geocoinfest, I come home from work and try to get a little bit done each night plus household stuff.
The webstore cart issue is still being addressed. I’m at my wits end with that. Come to find out the last 2 sales that were announced, products oversold because the webstore was being tweaked while the sale was running. Everyone thought things couldn’t get worse but on my end, it has when it comes to the store. I’m tired of the whole mess. When GCF is over, there will be 1 last sale in an attempt to see if the programmers can nail down the last issues. I’ve been told it’s only minor stuff now (what is minor?). If that sale does not work, I’ve let the company know that I’m done with this working on issues. I think 5 months of stress is enough, in the end, I’m the one who has had to deal with all of it and the ramifications of things not working.
What does this mean? I’m not sure. I decided I’m not going to worry about it anymore. I will worry about it the day of the sale after i get home from GCF. I’ll see what happens and make a decision based on results. I can only say that what was once something I was very proud of and so excited to offer my customers ( a pleasant shoppping experience) has turned into a lengthy mini-nightmare on my end. Most people have been very patient which I appreciate but some people have let me know that their patience has ended.
So there you have a webstore update although there wasn’t much to say in the way of here’s what’s going on. It would appear it’s just a decision on my end to call it quits with “fixes” and get back to a point where this is fun again
