Welcome to Missoula Montana we're spending the weekend here in big sky country to visit this
vibrant college town bisected by the Clark Fork river Montana is known for the outdoors
and adventure so we're doing just that with a side of delicious cuisine let's go check it out
hey guys welcome to Missoula it's day one we are going to walk around downtown for
a little bit show you around and we're gonna go hike to the mount
m yes we're going up mountain sentinel you guys check it out join us yeah
so we are right here and we made it to a huge surprise check this out we're in the downtown
this is the Clark river and check this out this is a beautiful recreation area
how cold
is oh hi hi little guy
He's going on an adventure we are hiking the m trail this is one of the most famous hikes
in all of Montana as you can see we're already getting some great views
look at this view we have of Missoula wide open spaces we're here in September
and we're taking this hike all the way to the top let's go and check out this
elevation we feel it it feels so good you can see the stadium right there where it is Griz
you don't need a gym in this town guys you just come up here
guys look at what's behind us the giant m snow yeah it looks like snow it's like a giant slide
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it feels like we're at the top of the world right here look at this view
here it's called university hall and we're at the campus of the university of Montana Montana baby
so that hike we just did is easy access from the university look
at how cute this is guys this is the university center students are back this is very good I have
been to many a college campus but this one it's like now maybe we enjoyed our college years maybe
we should re-enroll i mean this is like being in an arboretum right here i don't know man.
what up what up! we just rented bikes at spotted dog cycles and now we're gonna hit the trails
a little stop got our mountain bikes and these trails go all along the river
we are at the riverfront park. Mike how would you describe this trail? amazing!
you can choose many different paths
there's a lot of people enjoying the river today because it's a nice blue sky day
they have a community bike shop called freecycles.org check out how many bikes
they have here look at how cool this is so you work for an hour and these are all donated bikes
and then you can you can use them
we are headed to death cab for cutie here at the kettle house empathy
let's go the first concert i've been to in a really long time
let's go in in Missoula guys here in downtown Missoula we have a beautiful suite here
so i'm in the kitchen here in our suite at the residence inn
and what's great is it's fully equipped fully stocked with everything you need
to cook here there's even a stovetop so it really feels like home there's a workstation
right here and we have a view of the historic buildings in downtown Missoula.
so what i like about this town is there's a lot of history there's kind of like a
vintage vibe and a lot of these buildings are on the national historic register
which is really cool what's cool too is the river goes right through the city and there's
a nice footbridge across it and people are just out enjoying themselves it's really lively with
the students back in town mike what do you think? I'll drink to that!
here in big sky country where the planes meet the Rockies it feels as if anything is possible
all right guess what we're doing today we are going
river rafting let's go Montana river guides oh oh oh oh
these guys want to do it
and just like that the gorge turns into a roller coaster and we hit the white water rapids
oh my god i think we've seen children yeah so it got really splashy there in the middle of
the gorge we got like maybe threes maybe touching on fours cross rapids but we got all of our gears
you don't know what's down there
one two three go! oh yeah
you jump in the freezing cold water comment below
we just finished rafting so much fun so behind me is the river that cuts right through Missoula
and we went about 12 miles downstream so much fun so splashy
after river rafting, we worked up quite an appetite so it's time to check out
one of Missoula's hot spots known for delicious cuisine and cocktails plunk
and this has watermelon muddled watermelon and strawberries it's like summer and a drink
when in Montana you gotta try the beef so we order the beef tenderloin
grilled to perfection walking around one of the alleyways here and they have a lot of art
in this town so you'll see a lot of art a lot of vintage stores oh check out all these murals
so this right here is my favorite part of Missoula on this side
you have the river in the sunset very smoky today and then on this side the mountain
with the "M" on top which we find the entire downtown you can walk to a number of restaurants
and bars without a car there is an amazing variety of restaurants here like the variety
and quality of food here like something you get in a big city welcome to the hip strength
very new age here
and now we're about to go get ice cream at the big dipper let's go
we just ordered at the big dipper and i got dirty chai and caramel actually it
tastes like i'm eating the chai tea amazing huckleberry look at it it's still melty.
oh just walk around the neighborhood look at that it's even got a corner window
honestly, this neighborhood is so vibe-y,
it reminds me of those old-school polaroids like the sepia filter even the sky it's like smoky
everything about this the colors the vegetable garden the vintage vibes the old vans i remember
i used to carpool in one of these back in the day this is like the land where blockbuster
never died according to this a fairy and a gnome lives in this tree.
Do you guys believe it i think it could be true
here in Montana wildlife is never too far away so it's time to check out an all-American safari
we made it to the national bison range and we're gonna take this road it takes about an
hour to two hours and it's a loop and you can see the bison range so here we are at the bison
range cost ten dollars to enter per car and let's be on the lookout for some fuzzy cows
taking the bitterroot trail watch out for grizzlies
bear tracks right here fresh beer tracks
we hike up the trail with caution to see what we can find
at first we see just mountain views and then spot something in the distance
the animals came out to this creek which feeds all the vegetation here
finally we ran into a complete stop on the highway a montana traffic jam
those antlers
wow those flies
guys we made it here to tibet actually we're in montana montana baby another thousand buddhas
full of surprises here eight great stupas were constructed to commemorate the eight
major events in buddha's life so each buddha is doing a different gesture
which is interesting we are following the egg old path there's a little surprise
we have reached enlightenment here in the middle of seemingly nowhere we have a giant
statue of buddha emerging from a lotus blossom this is so spiritual when you walk around this
there's a circle of a thousand statues and finally a beautiful colorful one right in the middle
now for our last stop of the day we try a taste of Germany in Missoula we are at
idle weiss bistro traditional beers and eels here all brewed many of them in-house
and we got a Montana original lager and one of our favorites which is dragon's breath
bavarian pretzel with sauerkraut we've got a pretzel with beer cheese pretzel and dragon soup
this pretzel is made in-house
it's almost like a street so there you have it guys i hope you enjoyed this video of missoula
make sure to check it out links in the descriptions on all the places that we visited
in this vlog and stay tuned and subscribe stay tuned guys next video coming up on Saturday