Westward Livin'

Westward Livin' Working and Living in small town Ennis, Montana. Tag along and see my adventures!

Sometimes life is pulling overtime at your day job. Other times its accidentally crashing a wedding rehearsal in the bee...
06/25/2024

Sometimes life is pulling overtime at your day job. Other times its accidentally crashing a wedding rehearsal in the beer garden, being pulled out of bed at 10:30pm to walk to the bar and play pool, a girls evening at an alpine lake to cool off from our first 90-degree day, and getting blisters .5 miles into your 9 mile- turned 12 mile hike (6 up and 6 down)- while also enduring the last 2 miles up to the lake being sporadically covered in thigh-deep packed snow, all out of sheer determination to catch alpine cutties and brook trout…just for the lake to still be frozen.😭😂

We may not have caught fish but we did get to see a Pine Martin! A pretty rare little critter to get a glimpse of.

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06.21.24 - 06.24.24
Burnt Tree Brewing
Longbranch Saloon
Wade Lake
Lost Cabin Lake Trail ~ Beaverhead-Deerlodge NF
•12.21 miles
•2,290 ft in Elevation Gain
•6,926 ft Starting Elevation
•9,216 ft Finishing Elevation

**Not Pictured**
The crawling on our hands and knees over snow pack in the fight for our lives up this mountain😂😂

First camping trip of the season ✔️Potosi CampgroundBeaverhead Deerlodge National Forest05.18.24-05.21.24~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~...
05/23/2024

First camping trip of the season ✔️
Potosi Campground
Beaverhead Deerlodge National Forest
05.18.24-05.21.24
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A beautiful dispersed camp ground a bit off the grid and completely out of cell range. Super peaceful with little creeks running all through the camp. The weather was not great..it snowed on and off throughout the day, sometimes pretty hard. It was cold and wet…pretty sure Jack hated it😂. But a great experience to start the summer off!

Dont start your beans or zucchini the first week of April. They grow FAST!😅 05.15.24
05/15/2024

Dont start your beans or zucchini the first week of April. They grow FAST!😅
05.15.24

Aurora Night  #2 got my jetboil and tea ready for hot drinks throughout the night! 5.11.24
05/12/2024

Aurora Night #2 got my jetboil and tea ready for hot drinks throughout the night!
5.11.24

Life lately. Winter 2024
04/19/2024

Life lately.
Winter 2024

01/13/2024

Bbbrrrrrrrr🥶🥶🥶

12/24/2023

These views never get old
Andesite Mountain
12.12.23

12/23/2023

Top of Swift Current
Big Sky Resort
12.09.23

12/11/2023

Mr. K
Big Sky Resort
12.09.23

First day on the slopes for the season! Sarah and I both did our first full blue run!! Big Sky Resort 12.09.23
12/11/2023

First day on the slopes for the season!
Sarah and I both did our first full blue run!!
Big Sky Resort
12.09.23

Hello everyone!!! Life update…This winter I am working at Everett’s 8800 on Andesite Mountain for Big Sky Ski Resort. Ev...
12/08/2023

Hello everyone!!! Life update…
This winter I am working at Everett’s 8800 on Andesite Mountain for Big Sky Ski Resort. Everett’s is a fine dining establishment featuring Alpine American cuisine at 8,800 feet of elevation. We offer a multitude of dishes and cocktails inspired by several of the true alpine ski locations such as Switzerland, Austria, Germany, France, and Italy. My first week of work has consisted of orientation, steps of service paralleling expectations from Michelin restaurants, cocktail/beer tastings, appetizer tastings, entree tastings, 2 wine tastings plus a crash course in wine making lead by a certified level 2 sommelier, and a mock service in which we asked fellow co-workers of the resort to come in and put our training to the test. So far I am really pleased with my choice of employment and am looking forward to the rest of the season despite the challenges of learning the ins and outs of true fine dining. I have sooooo much to learn about the different wines, wine making, all of the fancy meal options, methods of cooking, and Michelin style steps of service. On top of that, our uniform is black dress pants, a white button down with a tie and our kitchen is divided between two floors in which we have to use an elevator to move food and dishes and other necessities between each floor. On top of that, I am having to retrain myself to not say phrases such as “yall” “how are WE doing” and “you guys” or any variation of phrases with my redneck vernacular😂😂
NOTE: this is an old menu. Some things not listed for this season is our smoked cheesesteak (phenomenal), Oaxacan sour cocktail(literally tastes like campfire but not in a bad way), steelhead entree, and our wintergreen salad (10/10 amazing flavor combinations).

12/04/2023

Hey hey, long time no see!
What does your commute home from work look like?
Heres mine😉
12.04.23

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