Comments | mechtild: Montana loses to Hawaii....*sigh*....

mechtild

Montana loses to Hawaii....sigh....

Feb 25, 2006 17:14

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That's right. Over two thousand miles of driving (round trip) and a lot of moolah later, our daughter still wants to go to college in Hawaii, not Montana....

On the way home she told me apologetically, "You know how Erin said, she was a 'mountain person'? Well, I guess I'm just an ocean person, Mom ( Read more... )

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mechtild February 26 2006, 05:02:51 UTC

Ah, Mews, thanks for the encouraging words. She really does love playing in the snow, but it's a tropical paradise she really hankers after. I can't blame her. I had an intense tropical island fantasy going on in my late teens and early twenties. I was sure I wanted to go be an eccentric and live in Bora Bora. I had to make do being an eccentric in North American cities, instead.

maewyn_2 February 26 2006, 01:16:34 UTC

Beautiful pictures! Tell Rachel "well done" for her new snowboarding achievement!

It seems that Rachel probably had her mind made up that she wanted to go to Hawaii before she got to Montana. However, it's an experience she won't forget.

Sorry to hear you got a speeding ticket. You certainly have higher speed limits than we do in Australia. Our highest allowable speed is 110 km/h (68 mph). The fastest I've driven was on a country highway, and I was passing a slow car. I was already committed when I saw another car approaching from behind a rise in the road ahead, and put my foot down. I reached 135 km/h (84 mph) and got a real rush out of it! But I didn't really feel safe at that speed.

mechtild February 26 2006, 05:08:02 UTC

Actually, 75 mph is the highest speed limit I've ever seen in the United States. North Dakota's major highway was 75 in its western half, too. I guess it's because the state is so vast, the roads so empty and so straight. In Minnesota the highest speed limit is 70 and that's only on the few major interstate highways, all with limited access (that is, ones which are only accessible by special exits and entrances - no roads crossing over them, no stop lights, etc.).

I will tell Rachel "well done" from you. Actually, she would have been keener about the school, but, unfortunately, she never really read the information in detail. It said clearly (it turned out) that while nursing students spent their first two years at Bozeman, they had to do their last two years, their "clinicals" (years with practical training in hospitals), in other Montana cities with bigger medical centers. When she realised she couldn't spend those two years in Snowboard Heaven, she lost all interest.

sayhello February 26 2006, 01:47:07 UTC

Sorry to hear Rachel's not going to the more local school.... but I've got to say... Hawaii... Montana.... I'd've probably chosen the same at her age!

Looks like you had a lovely trip, though.

Hewene

mechtild February 26 2006, 05:08:58 UTC

Well, you can't blame Rachel. Look how much Frodo enjoyed Hawaii when we took Rachel there this time last year, to see if she really would like it?

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sayhello February 26 2006, 07:03:11 UTC

Now *there* is some serious enjoyment going on! How could anyone resist returning to THAT??? ;-)

Hewene

mechtild February 26 2006, 19:11:05 UTC

Yeah. What was I thinking? *clunks head with snowboard*

elasg February 26 2006, 02:08:24 UTC

Oh, that is too bad! I fell in love with Montana on my first trip out west and always wanted to live there. I applied for a job with the BLM that would have put me there but didn't get it. Had to settle for PA instead, but it has worked out in the long run.

Lovely pictures, Mechtild! Thank you for sharing them with us!

mechtild February 26 2006, 05:10:38 UTC

You might have lived in Montana? It really is gorgeous, isn't it.... On our cross-country travels, I already had decided it was my favourite state. Boo hoo that she is going to pass it by.

What's the BLM? My guess is, "Bureau of Land Management". Is that even close?

elasg February 26 2006, 12:01:48 UTC

LOL! Sorry for the abbreviation! Yes, Bureau of Land Management. Though now I am sort of glad I didn't get a Fed job - look what kind of BS I'd have to deal with? Still, it was beautiful country.

mechtild February 26 2006, 19:06:07 UTC

Thanks for the clarification. :)

ellinestel February 26 2006, 06:17:41 UTC

(((Mechtild)))))) The pictures are lovely. I'm sorry your daughter chose Hawaii, but I suspect that most would do the same thing. ;)

(((((hugs))))))

mechtild February 26 2006, 19:06:56 UTC

Ha! Ellin, I believe you are right. I certainly would have. I adored beaches when I was young, the more beautiful the better.