After breakfast this morning Matt and I set out on different journeys –
He went for a masculine freezing run and picked up the rental car (he actually ran there!)
(No way you could get me to run outside today!)
And I went to HOT YOGA! I found a studio just a half mile from our hotel and knew if it was possible to fit in a session I should. Ever since kissing Y2Yoga goodbye when we moved from North Carolina, traveling makes the perfect time to get in my fix.
The trek to the studio was SO VERY ICY!!! I nearly slipped on my back 10 different times!! The whole sidewalk was a sheet of ice.
It cleared up a bit as I got closer to town.
The town was very cute!
A few Tweeps recommended Hot House Yoga.
The class schedule was as follows:
9:30-11 – 26 postures of hot yoga (sounding eerily like Bikram…which I don’t like)
12-1:30 – Hot vinyasa
I desperately wanted to go to hot vinyasa because it’s by FAR the best hot yoga out there, but I knew timing wise it was 9:30 or never. So 9:30 it was. And was indeed Bikram. I don’t think officially because it wasn’t advertised officially as Bikram, but it was the same series. However, this class was the best I’ve been to of the Bikram style so I didn’t mind it. There was no commandments, no barking, a very friendly instructor and even a really awesome China gel applied to my shoulders! The studio was great and I would totally go back – esp. for a vinyasa class! Jennifer, the instructor, was awesome.
For clothing, I wore yoga shorts with yoga pants on top, a tank top with a running shirt on top, my boots, my coat, scarf, gloves and headband and wasn’t cold at all. Since I knew I would not want to walk home with yoga sweat in the cold, I brought a clean sports bra and actually went commando under my dry yoga pants and running top for the walk home after changing out of my sweaty clothes.
[Enter a wild blizzard adventure!!]
Matt and I set out looking for Hob Nob Café, which had been recommended by a few of you guys. The address that was listed upon Googling the restaurant was NOT correct! We walked back and forth (after a half mile chilly snow-filled walk) looking for it with no luck. We finally called the place (thank you smartphones!) and discovered it was at 531 Higgins St. We made the assumption that was North Higgins – which of course was wrong. It was South.
So after about 40 minutes of freezing walking, we finally gave up on Hob Nob (we intend to go back for breakfast when we fly out of Missoula) and went to the place that we were going to go for breakfast upon return instead: Catalyst! (Also highly recommended ; ) )
A GREAT choice – our lunches were fabulous!
Roasted Squash Soup with a Maple Crème Fraiche
Cherry Walnut Salad with Gorgonzola and Crusty Bread
Yum!
But the real winner was Matt’s vegetarian sandwich:
Roasted Eggplant and Red Peppers with Pine Nuts and Goat Cheese
I had more than my share of bites!
After lunch we checked out of our hotel and paid our respects to the Missoula Great Harvest – getting ideas for the design of our space!
Next up we hit up the Good Food Store!! It was just like a Whole Foods – but even better! They had the largest selection of bulk bins I’ve ever seen!
We are planning two meals in our hotel room this week:
Microwaved Sweet Potatoes with Broccoli + Hummus and Sardine Salad
and the fancy one –
Smoked Salmon and Goat Cheese Spinach Wraps
The Grocery List
- Bread (the closest I could find to GH – we are SO PICKY about bread these days!)
- Yogurts
- Trail mix
- Muesli (for overnight oats!)
- Milk
- Tortillas
- Sun-dried tomato hummus
- Smoked salmon
- Goat cheese
- Broccoli
- Green pepper
- Baby spinach
- Sweet potato
- 2 oranges
- 6 bananas
- Almond butter
- Moose Drool ( <—very necessary!)
- Cowboy Coffee Porter
We’ve also just stopped at Safeway in Dillon for paper plates and bowls and peanut butter, both of which were too expensive at TGFS.
This has been the scenery on our journey to Dillon. It’s very very cold, but oh-so-beautiful!
We just checked into our palace. Will share it will you tonight!
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Haha I can just imagine you going “foooooood” in that photo of you at lunch
Montana looks beautiful!
I’m excited to hear more about your time there.
I love the retro-ish looking vibe of the GH there!
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I love Whole Foods-type local stores! They often have the best stuff.
Your lunches look fantastic, and that’s awesome that you went to a hot yoga class while you’re there! I’ve yet to try Bikram but I’d like to.
Your soup looks so perfect!
I love how you make it a point to save money on your travel adventures.
Researching the area is KEY!
Whenever we travel, my bf is dead set on constant meals out . . .
I gotta figure out how to change that . . . Hmm
I love the store front of that GH. So cute!
I love to go out to eat but we get really tired of it and crave simple, hotel-made meals hen we travel.
LOVE the design of that Great Harvest!
Looks sooo cold, but beautiful! …Wish there was a Good Food Store down south!
That soup is the most beautiful thing! Can’t wait to see how your hotel meals turn out.
Some of the best places for lunch make it a little adventure to get there!!
Looks super cold there but definitely beautiful!
That soup is gorgeous! Lunch sounds like it was fantastic!
what a pretty great harvest! i bet that hot yoga felt good in the ccccold
Looks like you had a great day so far! A place better than WF? I must see this!
Love that cream/tan sweater you have – looks so cozy!
You have to visit Lexington, Ky! We have two Great Harvest stores and they are DIVINE!
Despite your constant travels/stress that comes along, you are just glowing, Kath
You look super cozy, too, and that soup – oh my…looks and sounds delicious…I can only imagine the smell and taste!
Hope you and Matt enjoy your evening
Oh I can practically FEEL the cold in these photos! I’m interested to see your microwave meals!
That is such a cute picture of yourself after yoga!
I love the swirliness on that soup! I think you definitely got the better end of the deal being in a hot situation than the cold one. Glad you enjoyed your hot yoga class!
That’s so exciting! I love Great Harvest, it always smells delicious
Slash give us some picture of this Good Food store, I have to see for myself;)
What a cute town! I’m moving near a GH in the summer
I’m picky about bread too. It needs to be chewy and seedy with a great nutty, wheat taste. That’s the best!
TGFS sounds like a blast, one of my favorite things about traveling is exploring new health food stores. Looks like you’ve got a good stock of food for the next several days
Haha, an icy trek to a hot yoga class. Priceless. Glad you didn’t fall before you got there!! I miss great yoga classes, I bet even the bikram was worth it.
Haha I live in Missoula so its kinda freaky for me to see these places on here! I’m so used to seeing places I’ve never been to
I LOVE the good food store, pretty much live there 
if you are thinking of going to hob nob when you’re back in Missoula, its just down the road from gh, past the high school by a block or so on the other side of the road 
not sure if you found it already but its so worth it!
I’m so glad that Missoula treated you well (other than being a little lost on the Hip Strip). It’s really cool to see pics of my haunts on your blog! Safe travels to Dillon.
The photos of your food always make me droool. That lunch looked wonderful!
Matt’s sandwich looks great and Montana is beautiful!
Sounds like a great trip so far….but very cold! I’m freezing just looking at your snowy pictures!
The Good Food Store sounds a lot like Rainbow Grocery here in San Francisco. I greatly prefer it to Whole Foods and it even has a wider selection of certain things. The staff can be a little…meh…sometimes, but it’s totally worth checking out the next time you head to the Bay Area.
U are a rockstar for fitting hot yoga in! I need to travel with you, would be a blast!
The town does look so cute! I cant wait to see where you guys are staying at!
p.s. Im going on a mission to buy a canon rebel tomorrow! Im excited !
Missoula looks like a great town–maybe a college town? I grew up in one and loved all that it had to offer–far more than its size would indicate.Thanks again for sharing your travels!
amazing post, Kath!
the groc list, cool and thx for sharing
Roasted Squash Soup with a Maple Crème Fraiche = omg yes please!
Bikram. I have been teaching yoga for 10 yrs and of all the styles of yoga, bikram is my least fave. I prefer building body heat from power, vinyasa, and ashtanga yoga organically speaking, rather than just walking into a super already hot room. But it sounds like you really enjoyed the class and I am happy for you!
Namaste
What a beautiful town!
My brother lives in Missoula and it’s one of my favorite places. Can’t wait for my next trip!
I can’t get over how much your pic of you in your hooded coat looks just like the one of Tina over at carrotsncake today.
Also, super proud of hotel meals. I have a 5 day long trip next week and am going to live off bars + fruit and one real meal per day. It’s going to be ridiculous. My body might revolt!
Hm, maybe Montana isn’t as bad as I thought.
The little town and restaurants look great!
I love the font used on the Great Harvest!!
I’m glad that you enjoyed your yoga class. I never really got into yoga, but I want to give it another shot since everyone says great things about it!
Oh gosh, looking at these photos all I can think is Thank Heavens I live in Australia right now where it’s summer and there’s no snow!!!
Yay for grocery shopping
Happy travels and eats!
I’ve never tried bikram. Why don’t you like it?
Here’s a post all about it: http://www.katheats.com/the-unscratched-itch/
Matt’s sandwich looks inCREDible.
Love that Matt went on a *manly* run. My bf opted for a freezing winter run over a gym session today too and I just couldn’t imagine it!
Kath,
Thanks for the recap…makes me miss home a little.
Oh! I love that you were in Missoula. I am from there and just returned to Boise from Missoula for the holidays. I JUST did that drive and everything – even went to the GFS and The Catalyst.
Enjoy Dillon!
That soup sounds ridiculously amazing!!!
Hi there, as always love reading your blog. I’ve just downloaded an app called “Runkeeper” and am in love with it!!!! You probably already have it but if you dont you should download it.
Oh cool – is it for Droids?
LOL the exact same thing with the wrong side of town & restaurants happened when i was in DC! We were TOTALLY the wrong side (of a huge city…) and spent FORTY mins trying to find the place! We asked about 20 passers by, til one eventually told us it was the other side of the city – enter 20min cab ride. Booo
Oh that lunch does look great!
Hot yoga sounds like the perfect way to warm up in those chilly temperatures! Matt’s brave for going for a run in that!
I’m drooling over your lunches over here! hehe — looks like you two had a fantastic (yet chilly) day!
You are a brave woman to admit to going commando on such a well read blog
Sounds like you’re having a wonderful (if not cold) trip so far. Our weather in Montana is supposed to take a dip to well below zero this week so be sure you bundle up!!!
What do you recommend at Great Harvest? Honestly, I’ve never found anything I would consider healthy there…and I sure wish they would start offering some healthy side options other than chips
I love all of the seedy, nutty breads like Flax Oat Bran and High Five Fiber. We hope to have whole fruit and/or carrots/celery/peanut butter as our sides!
PS. You don’t think the whole wheat breads are healthy!?
Hi Kath! Yes absolutely the breads are healthy (the Flax Oat Bran is my favorite) – but at our local store…we don’t have the option of adding in a lot of veggies; and the only sides offered are cookies or chips. Would love to have veggies or fruits offered as an alternative!
That’s the freedom franchise – owners get to make the call
Well, if I ever get down to NC, I’ll definitely stop by your franchise. Your sides sound wonderful! You’ve got some great ideas.
Great post! Love your cozy looking sweater! That veggie sandwich is making me drool!!