how to complete number 14 on my life list. 

step 1- find a wonderful man (the drover) to drive you around the wilds of montana until you find a railroad track the may or may not be working. 

step 2- place a penny on the railroad track. 

step 3- place more pennies- giving you better odds of finding one smashed. 

step 4- return the next morning (after a lovely romantic evening with the drover at the ghost rails inn) 

step 5- find the now smashed pennies- become very excited it actually worked! 

life list number 14- smash pennies on a railroad track. now complete. 

so i've started a life list. the drover calls it my bucket list. it's a life list. things i want to do to experience life. big things. small things. anything i see fit. its a great list. best part is i get to decide on what goes on the list. kayaking was one of the first things i added to list- i've always wanted to try it. it looked so fun and easy. it is fun. easy- well it took me a few minutes to get use to the fill of the water beneath me and the whole paddling motion (of course the drover was a natural- like he'd been kayaking for years) but after that i was hooked. now i want a kayak and i wouldn't mind having a cabin on this lake. glad we got to check something off my list in one of the most beautiful and enchanting places i've ever been.