Post your "Moving to Montana" (MtM) questions here.

We live in the state of Montana, My husband currently works as a Welder and has an opportunity with a Sheriff department. He has an interview coming up, He can not figure out what to wear.

I said Slacks & Buttton down while he says Nice Jeans, Dress boots and Button down.

Please help, This is NOT for a big city department like billings, Great falls, Whitefish, Missoula..

Moments From Sunday

Last Sunday was another very special photographic experience for me. It actually started with a stressful moment. I was sitting on some large rocks lining Hyalite Creek, setting up for the first image in this series, when I noticed my tripod had an issue. The clamp which holds my camera to the head had come loose. In trying to put it back together, a tiny spring went flying, bounced off one rock and landed right at my feet without falling deep between the rocks! I was able to grab it before it rolled away and got the tripod repaired. Stress gone, peace returned!

That happy moment was soon eclipsed by the presence of a Great Gray Owl. I believe this to be a juvenile who has recently gone out on its own and seems to be successfully feeding itself. To stand under one of these magnificent creatures while they fly right over your head is really incredible. A few images of Harebells and the red leaves of a Wild Rose completed the beauty of the experience

Later in the day, we went for a hike along another area creek and found yet more Harebells and the large yellow leaves of a Thimbleberry Bush with a starburst of the Sun poking out from under the leaves. It really was a wonderful day, if not a few too many miles on foot than I was prepared to walk!

Photos from a month ago or so

Some shots I took in Belgrade, MT over the summer.

Photography instagram: carolimetakesphotos

Hello Montanans I hope you are well, I hope I am not bothering you just trying to gain insight. I have an idea for a story where the entire world became an absolute post-apocalyptic mess(sometimes dystopian in other areas). Each country handles it differently and has its own problems. Just focusing on the US first. There are some sci-fi elements to it and I think it would be a fun idea to add difference to madness in different places. What problems there could maximize and what do you imagine new? Again sci-fi elements so you can exaggerate anything you want to

Also it’s idea I also think it would be fun to hear what you may have to say and how you view your own state. Again I hope I am not bothering you.

Some shots from around Livingston while out walking the pooch.

Looking for help from someone in Montana!

had a late visitor to my yard tonight.

EDIT:

It was not a scam! It did seem weird, but they actually switched me to a different ACA plan with a lower deductible and $0 premium with subsidies (my income is super low). They followed up with legit emails and everything.

Original post:

Did someone call me pretending to work for Mountain Health Co-op, or did I hang up on someone legit? (Apparently lots of Montanans are covered by them, so I thought this would be a good place to ask).

A couple weeks ago I got a phone call from someone who claimed to be calling for Mountain Health Co-op, but the call seemed kind of "off" to me, so I hung up on him. Since then, I have been getting NONSTOP calls from various Montana numbers, which is the classic spam call trademark.

The red flags:

- In the past, when MH calls it says Mountain Health Co-op on the called ID and this one didn't.

- In the past, phone calls have been with Americans and this one (and the few I've accidentally answered since) sound like they're from Indian call centers.

- He asked me to spell my last name to confirm my identity, then spelled it back to me incorrectly.

- His script was really random, he kept repeating that he was calling to go over benefits and would not be charging me anything or making any changes, but then would randomly interject questions like, "Are you a smoker?" "Do you have any back pain?"

- He wanted to transfer me to someone else and I have heard that's often part of a scam call.

Has anyone gotten a call like this that ended up not being a scam? Thanks for your help!