When Big Sky Country turns luminescent.

"SUMMER in Montana," said Tim Cahill, "is like the best piece of pie you ever had. Only when you ask for another slice, they tell you, ‘Sorry, you have to wait 12 months.’ "

Cahill is a freelance writer, and I had noticed that he wangles gigs in the tropics during Montana’s howling winters, but he always spends his summers at home. Maybe there was something to what he said. So 12 years ago, I drove up to check it out.

He was right. There’s a gentle quality to the light in south-central Montana, so summer really does have a luminous beauty here, as if nature were somehow holding its breath. I’ve been back to Livingston every year since.

By Charles Perry, Times Staff Writer

Full Story: http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-livingston13aug13,1,1852343.story?ctrack=1&cset=true

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