Mon tana

The forgotten half. <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=2&display=rednews/2004/08/19/build/outdoors/35-montana-article.inc">This</a> is so true it isn't even funny. I don't know how many times when I was in the Navy I told people I was from Montana and got the "how mountainous and beautiful the state is." I would agree and then say I was from eastern Montana and get the "oh, that's the flat part." I finally quit arguing with people over this misconception by telling them that while I agree the western part is nice, in my opinion the eastern part with the combinations of mountains and badlands, prarie and water, sun filled skies and low land forests was just as much, if not more beautiful and diverse than the western part, but if they wanted to contiue to belive thier misconceptions they were more than welcome to visit the western part of the state and leave the good half for those of us smart enough to properly enjoy what truly is God's Country. <br />n<br />nThis would always take them back a little but whether I changed any ones mind I don't know nor do I care. Anyone who wants to truly experience Montana will discover its all beautiful, east and west, in its own way, just as God intended. If they are so blind as to not explore the beauty of the whole state it is thier loss and there is nothing I can do about it.<br />n<br />n<b>Beautiful or not, it is my native land; kin or not, he is a fellow countryman. Chinese proverb</b>