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Crimony pup’s alive ! I went on my walk / run today and as I was passing the ditch right of way I looked down it and thought “ why not “ . I turned aside and found a perfect trail that’s goes for almost two miles alongside the Big Ditch that runs the entire length of Billings . I saw deer tracks and plenty of pheasant habitat . I cannot believe I’ve overlooked this gem all along ! No cars , no people and it’s a little slice of semi wilderness right in the middle of town only a stones throw from home . I was as giddy as a little school boy .

 

[GaryE]

I just looked at Billings on google earth, as you got my curiosity. It ends very suddenly around the edges. It looks like a good place to walk. It's also surrounded by place names out of my reading about Plains Nations and the westward expansion of settlers. I know you know that, but it is cool.
I've only lived here 3 years, but in early summer I found a perfect dog walk I'd overlooked. I don't know why, and I don't know how, but I didn't spot it. Now I really enjoy it. I hope your new trail is as good.

 

[Nells250]

Accompanied my boyfriend while he did a small food-shop. Then realized I should have done one myself, since the supermarkets will be INSANE over the next two days!

 

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I just looked at Billings on google earth, as you got my curiosity. It ends very suddenly around the edges. It looks like a good place to walk. It's also surrounded by place names out of my reading about Plains Nations and the westward expansion of settlers. I know you know that, but it is cool.
I've only lived here 3 years, but in early summer I found a perfect dog walk I'd overlooked. I don't know why, and I don't know how, but I didn't spot it. Now I really enjoy it. I hope your new trail is as good.

Yes , I live practically on Billings’ edge and there’s a lot of farmland nearby . Unfortunately most of it’s going under the developer’s bulldozer but it shouldn’t be completely gone for at least five to ten years . In the interim I can enjoy a little city wildness while it lasts . The Custer Battlefield is only 50 miles from here and the northern boundary of the Apsaalooke ( Crow Indian ) reservation is only ten miles south of town . THAT will never fall victim to a bulldozer and a very scenic narrow two lane road runs along that boundary that makes a nice Sunday afternoon drive . The last time I did it we saw a black bear cross the road . That only a half hour from home . The last real old time Chief of the Apsaalooke people , Plenty Coups , has his house preserved as a state park only 40 miles south of Billings and the countryside around there looks just like it probably did in the late 1800’s . I like Billings . I’m never leaving . Lived here for all but seven years of my life and I will be buried here .

 

[gwand]

Third day in Los Angeles. It was my wife’s turn to pick an activity. Paramount studios tour. I was reluctant but then pleasantly surprised. Paramount is on a 50 acre campus. Huge. We toured in electric vehicles. The guide showed us where Hitchcock shot Psycho, Vertigo and Rear Window. He told plenty of Hitchcock stories. That made the visit worthwhile. I am a major league Hitchcock fan. We saw the studios for the Godfather film series and the Star Trek films. The defunct Desilu productions studios are on their campus too. We saw where the Red Sea was made to part in Cecil B. Demille’s 1956 epic film, The Ten Commandments. I remember watching it as a youngster on TV. Their filmography is vast since they have had continuous productions since opening in 1912.

 

[gwand]

Yes , I live practically on Billings’ edge and there’s a lot of farmland nearby . Unfortunately most of it’s going under the developer’s bulldozer but it shouldn’t be completely gone for at least five to ten years . In the interim I can enjoy a little city wildness while it lasts . The Custer Battlefield is only 50 miles from here and the northern boundary of the Apsaalooke ( Crow Indian ) reservation is only ten miles south of town . THAT will never fall victim to a bulldozer and a very scenic narrow two lane road runs along that boundary that makes a nice Sunday afternoon drive . The last time I did it we saw a black bear cross the road . That only a half hour from home . The last real old time Chief of the Apsaalooke people , Plenty Coups , has his house preserved as a state park only 40 miles south of Billings and the countryside around there looks just like it probably did in the late 1800’s . I like Billings . I’m never leaving . Lived here for all but seven years of my life and I will be buried here .

Why is Billings nicknamed the magic city? I heard Billings experiences Chinook winds in the winter which can mitigate some frigid winter days. Sounds like a great place to live, although General Custer might disagree

 

[Alice B]

Moved all the big succulents into the catio, all the little succulents into the back bedroom, put my jalapeno and tomato in fruit behind my truck near a small pond. Then went with my helper to clean the mud out of pumps and filter on a pond with a foot high wall - city big water main break it took them 4 hours to stop, flooded my customer's garage and went over the foot high wall into the pond. He dumped a bunch of chlorine remover in so the koi are ok