OUTDOORS: Maybe by next Christmas, I'll be fully into winter activities

You know the old saying "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em"? I was actually considering putting that saying to use for myself who it comes to the winter months.

See, truth be told, I hate winter. So, I suppose the question could be posed: Then why do you live in Montana? The answer to that is, it's a love-hate thing. I love Montana and almost everything about being a Montanan, except for winter. And by winter, I mean those two or three months where it really is winter.

The rest of the time in Montana, I love it. So, the good outweighs the bad.

Still, there was a time recently when, I really star...