Coolidge, Montana was once a booming mining town. They mined silver and there was a lot of it. It was founded in the 1870's and boomed through the early nineteen hundreds. Then a series of unfortunate events, including the stock market crash of 1929 sealed its fate. Coolidge was destined to become one of Montana's many ghost towns...
It's been four months since we've posted and I will quote the most used excuse out there, "we've been busy." We moved back to Montana after our tough winter in eastern New Mexico and have been going full speed ever since. It was still snowing some when we arrived and really didn't warm up until mid June. That was okay though, because we were "home" and there was lots to do.
The Dog and Pony Show is still traveling, which means we still live in the RV and someone else lives in our house, but life is good. The Montana summer is in full swing, with its long, hot days, good fishing and plenty of events to keep our weekends occupied. But there has been one major event that has been taking up most of our time, and that is a property called Hotel Albert.
Seems we've taken on our own pioneer spirit.
For those of you out there that don't already know, Susan and I partnered with a friend and bought an old western hotel near the Idaho border, and have begun restoring it. It will be a difficult task as this building is in need of a total remodel, but it will be a labor of love. I have always wanted to take something like this on and with the help of my two business partners and my friends, may just be the most exciting thing that I've taken on since PT school. We'll keep you posted.
So with that said, we probably won't be blogging much, at least not on this blog. We are starting a blog to chronicle the restoration of Hotel Albert, though I haven't yet finished the template. When I do, there will be tons of photos and frequent updates on its progress. We hope to show just what we are doing on it so that we have a history for all to see.
So keep checking back for the link to Hotel Albert and be sure to check out our web album of our Glacier trip we took a few weeks ago. Glacier National Park has always been one of our favorite parks and we try to go there whenever we are in Montana.
Enjoy and talk to you soon.
Erik
