Fun Facts About Montana

I'm in Montana this week, and I think sharing some fun facts about this state is needed.

First of, it's the home of the unabomber.  Besides that...

• In Helena, Montana... it's illegal to throw anything across the street.  From footballs to babies, it's all a big no-no.
• It is illegal for a married woman to go fishing alone on Sundays, and illegal for a non-married woman 7 days a week.
• The average square mile of land in Montana contains 1.4 elk, 1.4 pronghorn antelope, and 3.3 deer.   (it's the .4 of the antelope that boggle me...)
• Creeks in Montana are often called 'crick.'  If you had a crick in your neck, they'd wonder how it got there...
• It is a misdemeanor to show a movie depicting a felonious crime.  Thus, Tarentino movies have probably never been shown in this great state...
• It is a felony for a wife to open her husband's mail.

• It is illegal to have a sheep in the cab of your truck without a chaperone (now, an INFLATABLE sheep is a different story...)
• Montana is the 4th largest state, with the 44th largest population...  
• Montana's first territorial capital, Bannack, has been preserved as a ghost town state park along once gold-laden Grasshopper Creek. This old town is also said to be haunted by several ghostly spirits.  (I smell a future UrbEx post)
• In Whitehall, it is illegal to operate a vehicle with ice-picks attached to the wheels (but hoo buy, does it sound fun...)
• In Montana, the word "ditch” can be used to order a drink. It means "with water." "I'd like a Jack Daniel's ditch, please" means, "I'd like a Jack Daniel's and water." This is not a joke. In fact, all you really have to ask for is a "Jack ditch." 

I haven't been to Helena yet, but I want to throw something across the street now.  And take a woman fishing.  But the 'ditch' part confuses me.  Adding water to a drink lessens the alcohol.  If you need to make your drink weaker, wouldn't that make you a bitch?

Anyway, I digress..  off to more traveling in Big Sky Country!