Veeder: Mountains were alluring, but the prairie called us home

Veeder: Mountains were alluring, but the prairie called us home

WATFORD CITY, N.D. — My husband and I spent a brief time living in western Montana when we were first married almost 20 years ago now. It doesn’t seem that long ago when I reach back for a memory there of us and our big brown Lab who was just turning from puppy to real dog, sort of like our marriage. We chose the mountains as a challenge to pick a spot to live, and that sounded adventurous before we completely settled down at the ranch. We had m…