Welcome to Exploration Montana

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       Welcome to Exploration Montana! I've greatly enjoyed sharing my angling experiences with my family, friends and the public, so I've decided to start up another blog. This time I'll be writing and documenting my experiences on dry land in the great Montana outdoors. Montana is a wild and fascinating place, home to a great abundance of animals.
        First, I'd like to share with you some of my background and what I really enjoy doing in my free time. If you're not familiar with my fishing blog, Montana Trout Fishing, you can check it out here. In that, I try my best to convey to the readers my initial reaction to some of my experiences in Big Sky country. From the flat-lands of Iowa to the mountains of Montana, the change of scenery and lifestyle was tremendous. Quite some time had passed before I could fully acclimate to life in a mountain town, yet hardly any time at all before I began to feel inspired about the outdoor scene. Blogger has given me a great outlet to document some of my most joyful adventures and has even led me to some life-long relationships with local sportsmen and women. I'd like to expand my scope of content to not just fishing for trout in Montana, but to all things outdoors, such as climbing, hiking, rafting, rock hounding, camping, over-landing, and my favorite activity of all, hunting.
         After living in the area for six years now I've come to discover some things about myself. I soon realized that I am a lot more into the outdoors than I once thought. What used to satisfy my soul now takes more adventure than I can sometimes find. Things that once made me apprehensive excite me now and experiences I once found exhilarating I shrug off as rather mundane. This has become a problem, like adrenaline junkies, I'm often looking for the next best place to explore or activity to try, and this is how I've come to discover the real Montana. Thank you for finding your way to my blog, whether you're looking for new places to explore, thinking of trying a new activity, or maybe you're planning a vacation, I hope I may provide you with some useful information, or at least entertain you with my stories.Thanks for checking out Exploration Montana! -Mike

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