Distinctly Montana Magazine

W W W. D I S T I N C T LY M O N TA N A . C O M 11 PUBLISHERS PUBLISHERS I t's that time of year, and in Montana we are all feeling the symptoms. Spring creeps up tingling from the snowmelt on your shoes, and infects you with sniffles of sunshine and throats tickled warm by the freshening breeze. It is a low fever at first, lazy, even languid. e daylight gathers strength and your eyes may ache from the sensation, corneal pools squeezed, unaccus- tomed to the brightness. You may well feel a bit light-headed with possibilities, or slightly nauseous with anticipation. At its peak you will likely shiver with excitement. Spring has arrived in Montana. But, no worries. Soon your fever will break, and you will recover in a healthy sweat from hiking, climbing, biking, gardening, or working your trout line from the shore of a cascading stream. You may soon find yourself stretched out in a field of wildflowers, or on a mountainside slab, comfortably warmed by a star, tens-of-millions of miles away. e effect is glorious, the seasonal ache a reminder of winter's muscular grip, now dripping, trickling, then melting away during your extended recovery. Spring fever in Montana is highly contagious. Be sure to infect everyone you meet. A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHERS BILL MUHLENFELD, PUBLISHER bill@distinctlymontana.com ANTHEA GEORGE, PUBLISHER anthea@distinctlymontana.com IT'S SPRING FEVER. at is what the name of it is. And when you've got it, you want — oh, you don't quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so! ~ MARK TWAIN From a single hospital, Bozeman Health has evolved into an integrated delivery system. This means you'll find virtually all the health care you'll need in your life, within the walls of our facilities. And all the services, all the facilities, all the physicians, are becoming digitally linked to allow immediate access to your health records. You—and your information—are secure, knowing that wherever you go, you won't be a stranger. Bozeman Health—achieving better health for more people in more places. That's where we came from, and that's where we're going. ALL TOGE THER NOW. (406) 414-1085 | bozemanhealth.org Bozeman Health Belgrade Clinic Belgrade Bozeman Health Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine I-90 Frontage E. Main St. S. Broadway N. Kennedy St. N. Broadway N. Weaver St. Kagy Blvd. S. Ferguson Ave. W. Main St. H i g hl a n d B lv d . Montana State University S. Church Ave. S. 19th Ave. Elli s S t . N. Wilson Ave. Oak St. Bozeman Bozeman Health Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine at The Ridge Bozeman Health Hillcrest Senior Living Bozeman Health Clinical Research Group Bozeman Health Urgent Care Bozeman Health Outpatient Services at North 19th 90 Exit 301 BOZEMAN HEALTH DEACONESS HOSPITAL Bozeman Health Medical Group Bozeman Health Same Day Surgery Center Bozeman Health Urgent Care 64 Big Sky T w o M oo n s Rd . Lone Mountain Trail Ou s el F alls R d. Lo n e P e a k D r . Aspen Leaf Dr. Cu r l ey Bear Rd . To wn Cent e r Ave. Simkins Dr. Huntley Dr. Bozeman Health Big Sky Medical Center

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