OT: Mooch & Brees

You all probably know that I live in a remote corner of Montana, about an hour from Canada and apparently not far from the Arctic Circle! 

Had a good friend let me know last night that she was doing a photo shoot for the builder of Steve Mariucci's recently built home here.  She knew him as former Head Coach of the Niners (she's from Door County, WI and is headed home to watch the Packers in the next week or two). I knew him (of course) as being a native Yooper from Upper Michigan who worked his way up the coaching ranks.  Mooch was finishing his QB career at Northern Michigan University the year I moved to da U.P.

He does have a Niner's connection here...former owner Eddie DeBartolo has a spread north of the airport here, and was famous for his Fourth of July bashes, which is probably where Mooch got exposed to the place.  Eddie is slowing down these days.

Drew Brees bought a place in the valley a few years ago and last year he upgraded to some nice acreage on the road we drive to visit some good friends of ours.  This year he added some Black Angus cattle...maybe to assure that he got his agriculture tax treatment?  Smart.

Drew Bledsoe's mom & dad live here in the valley and I understand Drew is finally selling his lakeshore place here.  Years go, Mack (his dad) played in a band that I had hired out at the ranch for a pig roast event we hosted. 

One thing that I have learned is that unlike the mountain ski resort towns of Colorado, folks come to this corner of Montana to NOT be bothered, to blend in, and for the most part, that's exactly what they get.  Most locals who know where these folks live, are pretty tightlipped, thank heavens.

I was really disappointed this summer when a local realtor was bugging Alan Jackson downtown for an autograph (and then posted nasty on social media when he quietly just walked away)...what an idiot.  LEAVE HIM ALONE.