As some of you guys know , I was busted up pretty good this spring in Idaho while guiding, no worries , I am doing good or should I say , so/so.
The main subject I want to bring up in this post is the kind people I met through my ordeal.
I was life flighted to Missoula Montana, you know that Life flight insurance you can purchase for about $70.00 per year? Buy it! .
That flight cost $23,300.00 alone, anyway back to the subject.
I woke up in the hospital looking at my very worried wife's face, not sure where I was or why I was seeing Lois. After about three days they let me go, but not after just about every test in the world, seems I was hurt worse than I thought I had been when I crashed on the snowmobile, I was going slow and yes I had on a helmet, I just managed to bash my head in the rocks, fracture two vertebra and a major concussion.
I kept working for the next four days trying to convince myself I was just a little sore , not uncommon at 52.
Well I passed out on the 5th day and wound up on that expensive helicopter ride.
Anyway , back to the getting out of the hospital, well they put you in a cab and tell you to have a nice life, remember my truck is about 70 miles west over Lolo pass and my wife flew in, we had to find a motel and wait for someone to come get us.
Sue from Weitas creek outfitters was to pick us up the next day and called a motel to book us a night.
The motel is called Ruby's Inn.
To make a long story a bit shorter once they found out I was a registered IOGA guide in Idaho that had been injured and flown there they would not accept payment for our stay, they even made sure my room was on the ground floor , easy to get to and that we had everything we needed, especially making it easier for my wife to move me around , I was pretty busted up.
Its not often in this day and age that someone treats a guide or hunter in this manner but they went above and beyond, our pickup was late, for those of you that know Sue , well you understand, (she's a busy woman), but they told us not to worry , just relax till they arrived.
So if you are in the Missoula area ever and you need a great place to stay with great people that help out someone in need , make sure and stop in at Ruby's and tell them I said Thank you!
Topic: Great people in Missoula (Read 243 times)
