Lafondblog » hiking http://lafond.patricksheehy.com General blog about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:54:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 General blog about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness Lafondblog no General blog about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness Lafondblog » hiking http://lafond.patricksheehy.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://lafond.patricksheehy.com Bozeman’s Wall http://lafond.patricksheehy.com/2009/05/03/bozemans-wall/ http://lafond.patricksheehy.com/2009/05/03/bozemans-wall/#comments Sun, 03 May 2009 19:34:48 +0000 Patrick http://lafond.patricksheehy.com/?p=381 GO FOR A JAUNT SOUTH on 17th Avenue between Durston and Oak and back north on 15th Avenue from Oak to Durston and you will experience THE WALL. A manufactured home park that used to be on the outskirts of town now abuts a tony new development of single and multi-family Rocky Mountain (read that “Colorado) chic condos and single-family homes. An eight-foot high wooden fence separates the old from the new. Two worlds kept apart. More than likely one hopes to vanquish the other all in good time.

The blue line marks the way of the new wall

The blue line marks the way of the new wall

On the west side of “The Wall” is a teeming community that has been there as long as I can remember. Google Earth shows streets on the east side of the wall but few structures. There are more now, plus two car washes. The new is a work in progress. And it’s actually not a bad development with mixed use and relatively dense concentration.

I don’t know how people on either side of The Wall feel about each other. The newbies are tolerated I expect by the manufactured homes park folk on the west side. The newbies to the east are, I expect, worried about their property values. Neither can do anything about the other. Maybe both are happy The Wall is there. But if it weren’t; what then?

pixelstats trackingpixel]]> http://lafond.patricksheehy.com/2009/05/03/bozemans-wall/feed/ 0 Hiking up to “the M” http://lafond.patricksheehy.com/2008/07/11/hiking-up-to-the-m/ http://lafond.patricksheehy.com/2008/07/11/hiking-up-to-the-m/#comments Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:40:01 +0000 Patrick http://lafond.patricksheehy.com/2008/07/11/hiking-up-to-the-m/ BOZEMAN, MONT. — It is Dylan’s great aspiration to see “the M” up close and personal I suppose “because it’s there.” We take off on a beautiful day, just a tad warm but not too bad. And we do manage to experience a bit of nature. Ergo the video that follows.   

Just click on the arrow and it’ll start up. If you have a “Type A” personality, this will not be a good experience for you.

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