Rebecca and Mari walk you through the press release from Glacier National Park about the changes to their ticketing system for the 2022 summer season. Four of the seven entrances into Glacier National Park will require a ticketed reservation, and some camping grounds will require reservations. The tickets will only be for 3 days instead of 7 days, like they were in 2021. This year, a 1-day ticketed reservation will be needed to access the North Fork region through Polebridge Ranger Station. Follow along with us as we try and figure out how this summer will go.

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Rebecca and Mari have a birding expert join them on the podcast, Beth Hill of the Upper Missouri Breaks Audubon Society. Her impressive knowledge about bird watching in Great Falls, Montana and Central Montana is enough to get Rebecca and Mari excited about birds. And if you hear a hoot at noon, it's not an owl.

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Rebecca and Mari have two guests on the podcast to talk about the Sun River, efforts to protect it, and a fantastic event supporting it. Tracy Wendt from the Sun River Watershed Group and Fred Telleen (Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame Legendary Guide) from Missouri River Flyfishers talk about Winter Riverfest at The Newberry on February 19, 2022. With a fly fishing film tour, art auction, raffles, and live music, it is sure to be a great night, fish paddles and all.

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Rebecca and Mari share 7 Habits of Highly Effective Travelers for the New Year. You're already practicing habit #2, but we need you to do #1 and #7 as well. We also talk about Peter Jennings, the owner of The Celtic Cowboy and Hotel Arvon and not the news anchor, and his outstanding warrant for his arrest. You'll have to watch the video to learn more. 

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Rebecca and Mari do an episode swap with The Last Best Conversation podcast, which also focuses on Great Falls, Montana. We share the episode with Jason and Tara Beam, owners of Roadhouse Diner. You might remember Roadhouse from several of our other episodes, as their burgers are amazing, and Tara was even on Guy's Grocery Games. We can't wait to have Joe and Bryon on the podcast as guests. Maybe they'll even invite us on theirs... 

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Rebecca and Mari have the Marketing Director from The C.M. Russell Museum, Christina Horton, back on the podcast to talk about our favorite and famous cowboy artist's, Charlie Russell, house. She brought the awarded historical architect, Ken Sievert, who was on the restoration project for Charlie and Nancy's house with her to give us all the details. Everything from moving the house 50 feet, Charlie's demands for flat walls, to removing layers upon layers of wallpaper, we cannot get enough of the creative restoration process it took to bring back The Russell's house to its near original glory.

Rebecca and Mari have done better episodes, and they've also done worse. But those episodes weren't published. Either way, when the museum is closed, and you're upset about it, we have some alternative itinerary suggestions that will meet your areas of interest. Christina, if you're reading this, we know the museum is open on Monday. Museums close, but the views, rivers, and hikes are open.

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Rebecca and Mari have a guest on the podcast that knows everything about Old Glory at their new location at 15 Overlook Drive. Kim Martin, a former realtor of 18 years in Great Falls, Montana, shares how the Great Falls Realtors Association started the project to get the 30' x 50' flag at Overlook Park, which is lovingly referred to as Flag Hill. Costing $9,000 a year, the project is completely funded by volunteers and fundraisers. And yes, American Legion will send you a text message when the flag is to be flown at half-staff.

Rebecca and Mari talk about the visitors that want just a few things to do and the "been there, done that" crowd that challenges them for the most unique itineraries ever. To solve the problem, they're taking the advice of their former colleague, Jason, who thinks there should be a time-based checklist to give to people that will guide people to experience Great Falls, Montana. That way, if their friends ask someone if they have been to Great Falls, they can confidently say that they have been to the best dam town in Montana. The backside of the sheet should be a crossword puzzle with challenging things to do that only those that have been to Great Falls a few times would have done.

Rebecca and Mari have the winner of the Sip 'n Dip's competition to find the next voice of the music bar. And who would have guessed it? The winner is none other than Joel Corda, the musician and songwriter for our podcast's music. Joel shares the entire auditioning process with us, which was much longer than the two nights of auditions at the Sip 'n Dip. You can now hear Joel play live exclusively at the Sip 'n Dip on Friday and Saturday nights!
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