{"id":1148,"date":"2008-06-22T08:31:01","date_gmt":"2008-06-22T15:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/?p=1148"},"modified":"2008-06-22T18:17:05","modified_gmt":"2008-06-23T01:17:05","slug":"boyd-and-jos-place-in-heron-montana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/?p=1148","title":{"rendered":"Boyd and Jo&#8217;s Place In Heron, Montana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1149\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/?attachment_id=1149\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1149\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/?attachment_id=1149\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/dsc02194x.jpg?fit=750%2C563&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"750,563\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Roland K Smith&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;The original home was built in the early 1950&#039;s and then in the 1960&#039;s it burned down. Kirk&#039;s dad rebuilt the house and after he retired from the Air Force they settled here. Some winters this area gets a huge amount of snow, hence the steep pitch on the roof.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;This image is licensed under a Creative commons Attribution 2.5 License&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Kirk&#039;s Parent&#039;s Home&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Kirk&amp;#8217;s Parent&amp;#8217;s Home\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;The original home was built in the early 1950&amp;#8217;s and then in the 1960&amp;#8217;s it burned down. Kirk&amp;#8217;s dad rebuilt the house and after he retired from the Air Force they settled here. Some winters this area gets a huge amount of snow, hence the steep pitch on the roof.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Kirk&amp;#8217;s Parent&amp;#8217;s Home&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/dsc02194x.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/dsc02194x.jpg?fit=604%2C453&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1149\" style=\"float:left;border:blue 2px solid;margin-left:8px;margin-bottom:2px;\" title=\"Kirk\\'s Parent\\'s Home\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/dsc02194x.jpg?resize=150%2C112&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kirk\\'s Parent\\'s Home\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/dsc02194x.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/dsc02194x.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/dsc02194x.jpg?w=750&amp;ssl=1 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Today is a partly cloudy day with occasional rain showers forecast. It will get up above 90 degrees today, an unusually high temperature for this part of western Montana. After getting up this morning, I took a few pictures. Clicking on them will show some additional information. Clicking again on the picture will show the larger view.<\/p>\n<div clear=\"both\">\n<p>\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1150\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/?attachment_id=1150\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1150\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/?attachment_id=1150\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/dsc02191x.jpg?fit=750%2C563&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"750,563\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Roland K Smith&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Our little 24&#039; Tioga motorhome fits nicely just about anywhere. It&#039;s about the same size as a normal parking place in a parking lot. With the slideout extended it&#039;s quite roomy inside. It rained quite a bit last night and the sound of the rain on the roof is quite distinct.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;This image is licensed under a Creative commons Attribution 2.5 License&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Home Away From Home&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Home Away From Home\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Our little 24&amp;#8242; Tioga motorhome fits nicely just about anywhere. It&amp;#8217;s about the same size as a normal parking place in a parking lot. With the slideout extended it&amp;#8217;s quite roomy inside. It rained quite a bit last night and the sound of the rain on the roof is quite distinct.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Home Away From Home&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/dsc02191x.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/dsc02191x.jpg?fit=604%2C453&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1150\" title=\"Home Away From Home\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/dsc02191x.jpg?resize=150%2C112&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Home Away From Home\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" style=\"float:left;border:blue 2px solid; margin-right:8px;margin-bottom:2px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/dsc02191x.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/dsc02191x.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/dsc02191x.jpg?w=750&amp;ssl=1 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>We&#8217;ve parked the motor home in front of the house and the shed on a nice level area. That&#8217;s where we&#8217;ll be sleeping while we&#8217;re staying here. Last night our granddaughter Kate slept on the couch in the motor home with us. Tonight it&#8217;ll be another grandchild until they&#8217;ve all had the opportunity. It&#8217;s, of course, a significant attraction.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div clear=\"both\">\n<p>\n<a href='https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/?attachment_id=1151' rel=\"attachment wp-att-1151\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1151\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/?attachment_id=1151\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/dsc02189x.jpg?fit=750%2C563&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"750,563\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Roland K Smith&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;This is a very rural location and I&#039;ve been joking about it being at the end of the road. But, the road does continue a bit beyond the house. Haven&#039;t been up there, yet. Probably should take the 4 wheeler, though.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;This image is licensed under a Creative commons Attribution 2.5 License&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;The End of the Road?&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The End of the Road?\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;This is a very rural location and I&amp;#8217;ve been joking about it being at the end of the road. But, the road does continue a bit beyond the house. Haven&amp;#8217;t been up there, yet. Probably should take the 4 wheeler, though.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The End of the Road&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/dsc02189x.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/dsc02189x.jpg?fit=604%2C453&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/dsc02189x.jpg?resize=150%2C112&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The End of the Road\" title=\"The End of the Road?\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1151\" style=\"float:left;border:blue 2px solid;margin-right:8px;margin-bottom:2px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/dsc02189x.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/dsc02189x.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/dsc02189x.jpg?w=750&amp;ssl=1 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>The woods around here are filled with Aspen, birch, poplar, and pine trees. They get a lot of rain and a LOT of snow, so everything here is lush and green. I think it rained for a couple of hours last night giving everything a crisp look. This trail runs behind Kirk&#8217;s parent&#8217;s home and is quite popular with the grandkids as they ride the 4-wheeler around the property.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div clear=\"both\">\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/dsc02192x.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1152\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/?attachment_id=1152\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/dsc02192x.jpg?fit=450%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"450,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Roland K Smith&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Upon arriving here in Heron, son-in-law Kirk proceeded to build a tree house out in the woods. The kids have had a great time playing up in the trees.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;This image is licensed under a Creative commons Attribution 2.5 License&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Kirk&#039;s Tree House&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Kirk&amp;#8217;s Tree House\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Upon arriving here in Heron, son-in-law Kirk proceeded to build a tree house out in the woods. The kids have had a great time playing up in the trees.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Tree House&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/dsc02192x.jpg?fit=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/dsc02192x.jpg?fit=450%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/dsc02192x.jpg?resize=112%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Tree House\" title=\"Kirk\\&#039;s Tree House\" width=\"112\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1152\" style=\"float:left; border:blue 2px solid;margin-right:8px;margin-bottom:2px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/dsc02192x.jpg?resize=112%2C150&amp;ssl=1 112w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/dsc02192x.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/dsc02192x.jpg?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 112px) 100vw, 112px\" \/><\/a>If there&#8217;s trees around, why not have a treehouse? This is Kirk&#8217;s creation started when the family got here near the beginning of June. The kids just love climbing up there and the two levels provide space for kids who aren&#8217;t comfortable climbing up to the top level. Spencer, as the only boy around, has had to contend with the girls wanting to make the top floor into a girly space rather than it being a fort or a castle. That&#8217;s particularly the case when all the family is here as Spencer is then surrounded by many, many girls.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div clear=\"both\">\n<p>\n<a href='https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/?attachment_id=1153' rel=\"attachment wp-att-1153\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1153\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/?attachment_id=1153\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/dsc02195x.jpg?fit=750%2C563&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"750,563\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Roland K Smith&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;We&#039;ve parked our camper in front of the shed. There used to be a barn, which collapsed due to heavy snow a few years ago. The insurance money helped finance the building of this shed. I love the whimsical painting on the side of the shed.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;This image is licensed under a Creative commons Attribution 2.5 License&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;The Shed&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Shed\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;We&amp;#8217;ve parked our camper in front of the shed. There used to be a barn, which collapsed due to heavy snow a few years ago. The insurance money helped finance the building of this shed. I love the whimsical painting on the side of the shed.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Shed&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/dsc02195x.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/dsc02195x.jpg?fit=604%2C453&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/dsc02195x.jpg?resize=150%2C112&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Shed\" title=\"The Shed\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1153\" style=\"float:left; border:blue 2px solid;margin-right:8px;margin-bottom:2px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/dsc02195x.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/dsc02195x.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/dsc02195x.jpg?w=750&amp;ssl=1 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>The shed is a replacement for a barn that collapsed under the weight of snow a few years ago. The result is a great place to park the motor home as it&#8217;s fairly level in front. There&#8217;s plenty of &#8220;stuff&#8221; stored in the shed as well as every power tool imaginable in the attached workshop. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>We&#8217;ve been here not quite twenty-four hours and I&#8217;m starting to wind down. This is a place where one can definitely do that. Will it be successful??<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is a partly cloudy day with occasional rain showers forecast. It will get up above 90 degrees today, an unusually high temperature for this part of western Montana. After getting up this morning, I took a few pictures. Clicking on them will show some additional information. Clicking again on the picture will show the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/?p=1148\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Boyd and Jo&#8217;s Place In Heron, Montana<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pnKxs-iw","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1148\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}