Madison & Brady Brantley

When Madison and Brady asked if we wanted to come to Montana, the answer was hell yes. We flew out, got to the Airbnb, dropped our bags and started getting the gear ready. Then we went for a drive. The first thing we noticed was how wild everything felt, and how absolutely stunning it was. We ended up spending the entire rest of the day in the car, with no maps and no service, just pointing it down another road to see where we ended up.

One back road took us into the middle of a canyon.

One back road took us into the middle of a canyon. There was wildlife everywhere, and some of the most beautiful views any of us had ever seen in our lives. It turned a drive with no real plan into an amazing first day in Montana. On the way back we stopped for dinner at a local place and tried huckleberry for the first time. The huckleberry was amazing.

The next morning we went to the bison range. Matt almost touched a bison, which had the rest of us terrified that it was going to destroy the rental car. We were having an amazing time, but that was a little closer to the wildlife than we had planned. We still had the rehearsal dinner and the wedding ahead of us, and getting those first days to explore was already turning this into a trip we would remember.