second time around

You would think that since we had already made one plane trip with S&R and learned so much from that experience, round two would be a snap. Think again. If you think you need to pack a lot of stuff when you travel with infants, try infant twins. If you can imagine that, add clothing for four for below freezing temperatures. Keep going. Throw in gifts for an extended family Christmas. At a cabin in the woods 17 miles from the nearest town. Of 500 people. The cabin hasn't seen a baby since the Johnson administration.

Starting to get the picture? We did learn from our first plane trip and book seats in rows in front of each other so we didn't get stuck having to move after getting settled because two adult with two lap children can't be seated in a row of three because there are only four oxygen masks. The trip to the airport was less eventful than last time, since I was driving and we were leaving our car at the airport. Getting through security and onto the plane was even relatively easy. Unfortunately, NO-one flies direct to Missoula, (it's hard to imagine why) so we flew in to Salt Lake City. I know what you are saying, why not fly to Sea-Tac on Alaska and to Missoula from there? Well, it was a toss up, but I have spent far too many 8 hour layovers at Sea-Tac including a memorable one where I missed my connection by five minutes for a surprise visit to Montana for Mammaw's 87th birthday party. I flew in for the weekend and spent half of it at Sea-Tac. But that is another story.

going to montana soon...

We are preparing to make another family pilgrimage-to our place on the West Fork of the Bitteroot river in southwestern Montana. Never heard of it? That's the way people like it there. Sounds like fun you say? Well, traveling with two soon-to-be one-year-olds to the middle of nowhere in the middle of winter has given me a recurring thought: "this might be a bad idea; a really, really bad idea" I'll let you know if my instincts are on in a few weeks; stay tuned.