A Darth Maul Encounter

Lucas, Manfred, myself and a new friend Micah went out to Lost Creek to do some camping and climbing. This was Micah's first Montana camping trip so we had to set the bar. And boy did we set it high! I remembered everything but two sleeping bags which left us in a predicament; Anaconda is no place to be if you need anything besides gas or beer. With no luck blanket shopping in town, we stopped at the Owl Bar and schemed ways to get blankets or sleeping bags. Fairmont Hotsprings was on the agenda for the evening so we went out there figuring we could find some blankets in a storage closet or something. After our soak, we found a storage room but no blankets, just a life size Darth Maul statue and some heavy duty table cloths. 3 of those table cloths plus Manfred's fleece blanket plus Manfred would make up our sleeping system. There was no way we could leave Darth Maul to collect dust so Lucas and I rallied back in and straight faced it all the way to the parking lot with the statue. Nobody said a thing. We proceeded to have way too much fun with Darth, dressing him up and hanging him in trees, bringing him into the Wise River bar (which didnt go over so well with the owner)....  No climbing got done but we did find some quartz crystals on Quartz Hill on the way home.

Now theres the party brigade! Notice that green 'blanket' Micah is sporting?...

DJ Darth spinning the block rocker.

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Darth partied a little too hard and had to puke-and-rally!

Manfred resembled the Wise River bar owner "I dont get it, its not funny. Get him out of here."

I wouldnt call it a hangover, more like serious lethargy.