Pony Montana

Meeting People

As I went through Harrison Montana I couldn't help but take a trip up the road to Pony, Montana. It sits at the end of the road, surrounded by vast ranch land and mountains. The town has a bar, a post office,and that is about it. Small but quaint. A place where you can walk down the only street there is and feel welcome. The old buildings are still hanging on, windows stand open, doors cracked as if waiting for something to return. Pony still stands, the people remain for one good reason, it's home. I asked that of one of the locals,"why stay here?" and his answer was that simple "It's were I am from, it's home and I know everyone." I gathered that information, proceeded in taking pictures and headed out the road I came from and went into Harrison, and stopped at the antique store were there I met Deb Owens-Samson. She has lived in Montana her whole life, the first woman operator up at the mine in Whitehall, and had that same answer of why she has stayed. Simplicity and comfort usually rule over anything else in life. That feeling of coming home and knowing everyone will know you and accept you. That feeling of being. That tradition of knowing that you can always count on your neighbor. Tradition is what motivates us, what keeps us grounded in life, and what defines who we are. If we lose that we stand to lose ourselves.

How Frustrating

So my internet is down. I can't really get on when I want too. So I am sitting here in a lobby using their internet so I can post something. How frustrating to not be in contact. I am hopefully going to be able to get the internet back by this weekend. So my apologies if there have been no posts that last two days. The weather has been great, record highs 90 actually. But I am hearing snow by next wednesday. That is not what I want to hear but then again I have been blessed with great weather so I better not complain. Until next time, safe journey's to everyone and please keep coming back for more!

Best wishes,
Hallie

In response to a comment

Thank you cannot fully tell how I feel about the comment left, about all the comments left here. This last one has hit home for so many reason's and in it I feel enlightened and encouraged. Every time I step out the door I start a journey that takes me to parts of my heart I thought left behind. I struggle with always wanting to stay just a little bit longer and talk to people just a little bit more to find out more, to teach more and yet I move on. I look into my rear view mirror to see the town fading into the horizon and I think to myself, will that person be there next year? will that town survive? When I am home from a trip, I want to head back out, always thinking I may miss something, or something is missing. When I'm on the road I feel like I should be home taking care of things, so I go back and forth on the subject. Sometimes I don't even think about it, if I did I would probably go mad.

What was said in the comment about it being so vital is so true, everything and everyone I see is a vital part in this mission. I must be respectful and always remember that I am just a visitor here. This is there home, their lives. I am heading out again, and as I sit here writing this I am gathering my information, my cards, and my life in general and being thankful that I have people like you out there that leave the amazing comments that you do.

Anwering the questions

I was asked yesterday, "what do you want to see happen through touring?" It doesn't take me long to reply. I would like to raise enough money to send a Tibetan child to school for a year, I would like to be able to make a difference in how our own culture and traditions are viewed, and foremost to be able to teach others about the Tibetan culture, help keep their traditions alive and from being forgotten. At every stop I make along this tour I hope that people will see my passion and donate to preserve the Tibetan culture. Even if it's one dollar, I think to myself "just one dollar given by hundreds can help keep a child in school to learn, to value their culture, and to dream." I'm not the type to go around asking for donations, I just can't do that. Instead I let people decide for themselves and let them feel free to donate what they feel happy with even if it's just their presence at a speech, it all helps to get my statement out there. I'm riding for a cause, I'm hoping for a future where lives are not forgotten, and I'm speaking to let my passion soar. Please feel free to check out the cause at http://www.saveaculture.org/ and learn more about why I am riding. I will also every day be posting an entry online through this website on the Tibetan culture as well as parts of our own culture and how they coincide, so if I'm not in your town you can still feel a part of my tour. This tour will take a long time to accomplish, I don't plan on flying through states and towns without stopping, I am more into stopping as much as time allows and talking to everyone possible, so if it seems like I am staying in one state for a long period of time, that is what I am doing I don't believe in leaving a place without at least exploring it, finding out it's culture and listening to people, and teaching others. So bare with me if you get frustrated and start thinking "what the heck? she is still there???" because you never know what I may turn up next.

One more gallery from the road...Glacier area Montana

An older gallery posted on BMWxplor that I wanted to share here

Beartooth, Yellowstone, and Cooke City Montana