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<p>Maddi Brown breaks up with her boyfriend, graduates college, and takes off for a summer in
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<p><strong>Leah Falyn: </strong>I’m Leah Falyn, and this is Wander By Proxy, where you’ll hear
women’s travel stories that connect them more to themselves in the world around them.</p>
<p> Maddie Brown graduated college and broke up with her boyfriend one day and hopped on a plane
to Montana the next where she’d be spending the summer dude ranching. Don’t know what dude
ranching is? I didn’t either. Here’s Maddie.</p>
<p><strong>Maddi Brown: </strong> I was going to community college in the suburbs of
Minneapolis, and then I was transferred to the university of Minnesota and I was dating my
then partner at the time, and he wasn’t really supportive of any of my decisions. And the
relationship was just kind of coming to an end.</p>
<p>And so we were arguing, and I decided to kind of spite him, and I lied. And I said, Hey, I
applied to this seasonal job out in Montana, which was a total lie. But I had been told
about it via my aunt, who 30 years ago had actually worked at the same place. I always
thought it was a cool idea, but he, was like, oh, well that’s too far away. It’s long
distance. I don’t want to do long distance. And because I wanted to be with him, you know, I
kind of put it to the side, but at the end of our relationship, I was like, you know what?
I’m despite you, even though I haven’t applied for it yet, I’m an ally and you know, kind
of, I guess a little rude to him.</p>
<p>And we eventually did break up. And so then I was like, well, might as well apply for it.
Because I said, I’ve been doing it. I don’t know if it’ll actually happen. You know, what
else? What do I have to lose? And so I actually did. I got accepted to the job. And I
graduated from my community college one day and I left the next.</p>
<p>And so I took the Amtrak from Minneapolis all the way to Whitefish, Montana, which is in the
North area of the Flathead Valley. my aunt and my uncle came and picked me up, got all my
suitcases from the train. They brought me to their home, which is also in the Valley. And
yeah, the next day they drop me off with the dude ranch.</p>
<p>Like it was, it was a very quick turnaround. A lot of big events were happening, and that’s
when I decided I wanted to leave as soon as possible, as soon as I could. So yeah, pretty
much graduated one day and then less than X.</p>
<p><strong>Leah Falyn: </strong>I’m not going to lie. I love the spite part of this. Can you
explain to me what a dude ranch is like? </p>
<p><strong>Maddi Brown: </strong>So a dude ranch, just kind of like a, I guess the best way to
describe it as like a Western resort. So people from all over the country and all over the
world can come to it and they can get kind of a quote unquote Western experience. So that
could be like riding horses, having fires, like imagine a resort, but put a cowboy hat on
it, I guess would be the best way to describe it. So I finally decided, I was like, you know
what? Might as well, and just kind of took the leap. I had no idea what I was getting into.
</p>
<p>I actually got there a few days early and it seemed like all the other employees that I first
met knew each other already, so they already had a friendship going and I was new to the
crowd, and so that was probably really hard. I think there was definitely an adjustment
period. There was actually a huge culture shock for me.</p>
<p>I worked in housekeeping just because I didn’t know what else I would want to do. I didn’t
know anybody really at first, like I said, because all my roommates came a little bit later.
But it definitely, it turned around like after two weeks.</p>
<p> I was actually in my room being all lonely and sad and upset. Oh, this is not going away. I
thought it was going to go, and I was, you know, talking to my mom about it and she’s like,
well, just go outside.</p>
<p>Go outside and see where the staff are and just immerse yourself. And I’m like, no, that’s
weird. Who, who would do that? She’s like, no. He out there, I’m like, whatever. Fine. So I
hung up on her and I could hear there’s like commotion<s> </s>outside the dorms and the
storms are right next to the stables and like the arena.</p>
<p>And so I walked out and they were watching some of the boys practice rope. And so I just sat
down and I watched them with these other people and introduced myself and I was like, hi, my
name’s Maddie. And I mean, we started chatting and talking and it was actually going well.
Then once the guys were done practicing, they were like, Hey, I want to go get ice cream
with us.</p>
<p>And I was like, sure, of course. And one thing led to the other to another, and I actually
got to go up to the house where the other staff stayed and I got to stay there. And have a
bonfire with them. And I mean, you can see from the house, you could see the Lake that we
were sitting on, it’s called Flathead Lake.</p>
<p>And then you could see the sunsetting stars. I mean, it’s just like this crazy like, Oh,
okay. It’s going to be okay. You know, these people are also away from their homes. Yes,
they know each other. But. You’re still in it together for the seasonal job, people were
just starting to arrive ahead and you’ve met the entire staff yet. And so that was a really
big train experience because it made it easier once you kind of had a base. And luckily for
my first year working there, I feel like I had a really great group of supportive girls that
were like.</p>
<p>You know, we will be your friends, like, you seem really great, we’re going to take you out.
We’re going to go hiking and let’s go do stuff. Okay. So that was definitely a turning
point, is just kind of truly had to throw myself out there and be like, okay, I’m going to
become your friend. I’m gonna force you to become my friend. In kind of a funny way.</p>
<p><strong>Leah Falyn: </strong>I’m so glad the first step of bravery paid off for you. I am
sure that’s a hurdle most travelers have to jump over at first until it becomes more normal
and natural to talk to strangers. So what happened that summer that stood out to you?</p>
<p><strong>Maddi Brown: </strong> I think that first summer, I mean, like everyone says, the
first summer is magical because it’s new.</p>
<p>It’s fun. You get to meet all these people all around the United States and the world, but
looking back, I think my first summer, it really stood out to me. I was in the dorms and we
had barn dance every Thursday, and so me and my friend were drinking for barn dance.</p>
<p>And I get a text from my ex-partner, and he would sometimes texting me throughout, I call it
bread crumbing. He likes her, make sure that I still know that he’s there. So he likes to
send me silly questions or say, Hey but this text, he said, Hey, How are the mountains
treating you? And my friend who was drunk, she’s like better than he ever treated you! And
I, I’m like, and I laughed along with her at that, but looking back and I’m like, you know,
did the mountains, did treat me a lot better than he did.<s> </s>He was very close minded
and didn’t like to do new things.</p>
<p>I never went camping before it went to this dude ranch ever. I never really had been hiking
either, and we never went to like explore new opportunities. We never like broaden our
horizons like when we were dating.</p>
<p>Looking back, I mean, I really broadened my horizons up for summer because I tried all these
different things and I didn’t have a critic on my shoulder saying, well, you shouldn’t do
that because of this, or you shouldn’t do this. Because of that. Like, aye had this freedom
of not being. Talk down to like as a child and just meeting these wonderful people who are
so open to doing anything.</p>
<p>I mean, we went whitewater rafting, we went hiking, we went horseback riding. We learned how
to swing dance. Like it was just like this crazy, like there’s always a new opportunity for
something and people wanted to do it. When I came home, I felt different because I knew what
I was capable of and I could learn things and I wasn’t the small person who would never
leave her town.</p>
<p>I was someone who had gotten to the mountains and rode a horse for like the first time in
like a decade, which I was so excited about and got to hike and got to camp for the first
time. Like there was just all these opportunities and people and great like instances of
what a friendship. Or like what a person should like should be in your life, not being so
critical.</p>
<p>And I think that was a huge turning point because I met so many open minded people from all
walks of life and I mean, they were there with me too. We were all in it together. And so
having. Support system for the new and the adventurous, like things that we did was probably
a huge turning point, just because, I mean, my friend was right.</p>
<p>The mountains treated me a lot better than he did. Just because the mountains didn’t care
what I did, they didn’t criticize where I look like my hair, my clothing, my university
choices. I was just. I was able to be there and that was okay.</p>
<p><strong>Leah Falyn: </strong>I love that. And I think it’s really fascinating that you kind
of created your own parallel universe for yourself because you forced the hand, you lied,
and then all this stuff unraveled.</p>
<p>I had to ask Maddie to tell me a hiking story. Here’s what she shared.</p>
<p><strong>Maddi Brown: </strong>So like I said before, we work six days a week, <s> </s>and so
that means you only had one day off. So you kind of had like your day off buddies, everyone
who had the same day off as you, and you would go on a hike. And everyone that I had on my
day off. They love to go on hikes. And again, I had really never been hiking before.</p>
<p>So the first time we went, I was like, Oh my gosh, this is awful. Who wants to do cardio? And
like climb, like, this is just, I don’t want to do this ever again. But when I got back, I
realized how good it felt and how good it had been to see all those views. And there’s a few
times where we had gone somewhat earlier in the summer.</p>
<p>Glacier park was like 45 minutes away from us. And so we went to glacier quite a bit to go on
hikes in glacier, whether it can be kind of unpredictable. So I went on a hike with shorts
on and a tee shirt and it ended up snowing on us like late June. The winds going sideways
like we get to the Lake that we’ve been dying to see.</p>
<p>That’s kinda hard to see. It’s like. Mm. Below freezing. it was so funny because it was such
an awful situation, but all we had to do is laugh because we were still in the middle of
glacier and it’s snowing and we’re just having a blast. Like, and we still made it there.
Yes. We were soaked to the bone and freezing, but before the snow hit, we had amazing views
and not a soul around.</p>
<p>But I definitely think one of my favorite memories was one of my friends wanted to go camp.
And I’m like, okay, I’ve never been camping before. She’s like, Oh, well I have, I’m like,
okay, cool, great. Let’s go. She’s like, well, we need backpacks and we need sleeping bags
and we need a 10. And so we got to actually borrow quite a few of those things from other
people that we knew that we worked with in the dorms.</p>
<p>And then we actually had to Go to REI and buy a tent and this was at probably five o’clock at
night at this point. And she’s like, well, I want to go to this mountain in this area. It’s
called Jewel Basin and it’s in the national forest. And so I’m like, okay, well we better
get up there cause sun’s going to set and like a few hours.</p>
<p>And so we have our new tent, we have all of our barreled things, and I’m like, okay, I guess
this is, we’re going to go home, we’re going to, let’s go camp. And so where we wanted to go
camp, it’s called mountain a as it’s one of the Summit’s within jewel basin, and it’s about.
I’d probably say about three miles to get to the top and you have to drive up quite a bumpy
road just to get to the trail head and it can be kinda rough in your car.</p>
<p>So we get up to the Trailhead car, stuff on, had these huge packs on, cause we didn’t know
how to pack at all. They’re probably way too big, way, way too much stuff. We get up there
and it’s like the sun is setting, like it’s getting dark. And so we finally like Huff it up
to the top. Set up our camp, and when we were truly the only people up there, we start to
look around because it’s dark now.</p>
<p>And there’s like a huge storm surrounding us except for right above us, which is just stars.
And though I could see the lightning strikes, I could hear, I couldn’t hear the thunder. So
as far enough away that we were safe. But the fact that just right above us was just to
clear skies the prettiest hours I’ve ever seen.</p>
<p>And we’re like on top of this mountain all by ourselves. Like it’s, I’m like, Oh, this is, is
this how camping is all always is? If so, I want in. And we had a bottle of wine up there
and we drank that and went to sleep. And in the morning, we woke up and we heard footprints
are not footprints. We heard footsteps outside of our tent.</p>
<p>And I’m like, Oh my God, there’s a bear. Cause you were right in the middle of grizzly, black
bear and mountain lion country. So we have like the trifecta of all the predators that want
to kill you. And so I’m sitting there in my, in my sleeping bag like, Oh, no. And so I
quickly nudged my friend, I’m like, Hey, do you hear that?</p>
<p>And she’s like, yup, I hear that. I’m like, okay, well we should probably look and see what
it is. She’s like, I don’t want to do it. You do it. I’m like, okay, whatever. I’ll do it.
And so I unzip it a little bit, and I see the hubs of a mountain goat, and there is actually
like a small, like, herd of mountain goats that come up to the summit and they were coming
up from sleeping in the tent.</p>
<p>Oh, that’s a good word for it. They were, they were, they usually come up every day. Mmm.
Wow. Can’t talk. they come from the forests every night and they come up to the summit
during the day and then they’ll retreat back down to the forest for dusk. And so we see like
the sea of like mountain goats and like the babies just coming up to like greet us on the
summit and as they’re doing it, we have like</p>
<p>Well, like the prettiest sunrise that I’ve ever seen. And, and I mean, this entire sunrise is
like reflecting against the Flathead Valley with these goats. And it’s just so beautiful and
calm. And I mean, definitely, that was like a great moment because it was so last minute and
so like on the fly, but it worked out perfectly.</p>
<p><strong>Leah Falyn: </strong>That sounds magical. You painted an amazing picture there. So
you’re like this new woman, you’re about to go back to school. What changes did you make
coming back?</p>
<p><strong>Maddi Brown: </strong>I felt free. I felt like I could do things that I knew he would
be critical of. And. I think that he was so critical of it because he didn’t want me to
lead the same comfort zone that he was in.</p>
<p>I think he’s stuck in a very, very small comfort zone. And so by getting out of his comfort
zone in mind, like I, I felt well, like I could tackle the world. And for sure I definitely
like stumbled like transitioning from community college to university or like the four-year
university. But I knew, I’m like, you know, if you can take the train, go to Montana, not
know a soul except for your aunt and survive a summer with a bunch of strangers.</p>
<p>And housekeeping because housekeeping, and I’ll tell you, it’s hard and it can be real bad
sometimes. I mean, you can, you can do it. And aye. I’ve when I’ve had some hard times and I
kind of will equate it to, well, hiking can be really hard too, and you still made it to the
top nine times out of 10.</p>
<p>So I think you can, you can get past whatever, whatever other obstacle you have in your life,
whether it be grades or, you know, family issues. Like anything I’ve, I know I can come out
in the other side. Yeah. I might have to stop a few times and kind of take a breather. Like,
I went on a hike. But I can still make it to the top.</p>
<p>I can just go a little bit slower than everyone else and that’s okay.</p>
<p><strong>Leah Falyn: </strong>That is a perfect metaphor. What do you think is next for you?
</p>
<p><strong>Maddi Brown: </strong>Oh, there’s so many possibilities cause it’s, I feel, and I’ve
been told this a lot of like a lot, that since I’m single and my debt for school is pretty
low, that, I mean, I could truly.</p>
<p>Be wherever I want to be. And I did spend, this last summer in Oregon, more specifically,
central Oregon. And I lived in a cabin in one of the national forests. But it was kind of
isolating and I just decided it probably wasn’t for me. So I moved back to the Flathead
Valley because I know how much I enjoy it here.</p>
<p>And a lot of people are like, well, it’s snowy and it’s cold. And, and I’m like, yeah, I
understand that. I’m from Minnesota. Like it’s, I totally understand what winter is, and I
think I’ll be okay. But I really liked the small town feel of it. And there’s just, I like
the community of people that are around here and that’s, I kind of need to, you know, kick
myself to get out there and kind of socialize like I did that first summer and meet those
people because currently I’m being a bit of a hermit and like just kind of laying low and
taking it easy and I need to get back out there and just make myself go meet those people.
</p>
<p><strong>Leah Falyn: </strong>Yeah. Are you still in contact with the people you met that
first summer?</p>
<p><strong>Maddi Brown: </strong> That’s like, it’s like the best. And the worst thing is
meeting people, for seasonal jobs because they’re so great and you are with them 24/7.</p>
<p>So you get to know him really well and it’s just like, I can’t, it’s not like a real world,
like working like a seasonal job like that because they’re like, I feel like there is no
rules. Like it’s, you’re so on your own time, you’re not on the line. Real-world time, which
is just crazy. But I am in touch with quite a few of them.</p>
<p> When I left in October, I actually took a really, really long road trip from Montana to
Minnesota, and so I went from, stay with me for this one. I did Montana, Washington, Oregon,
Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, and then Nebraska and Iowa. I met my mom in Wyoming, but
before that I spent about 40 hours road tripping by myself.</p>
<p>But because I have so many friends that I’ve made throughout the years working there, I had a
place to stay in Washington. Campton and Nash are in a state park with my friend in Oregon.
And then I stayed with one of my friends families, and like, I’m in Portland, Oregon. And so
just the amount of connections that I still have and I still keep, has been so cool because
I’ve gotten to explore all these different States.</p>
<p>With the people that I met just in Montana. And it’s cool because I feel somewhat more
inspired because I do, that’s the nice thing about Social media is I get to stay in touch
with them and I get to see their adventures. And some of them go from seasonal job to
seasonal job. Some did it for a summer two and are in their careers.</p>
<p>And some are just kind of living life the way that they want to. And that’s so refreshing.
And I think it’s, like I said, inspirational to have those people versus. A lot of people
that I grew up with aren’t doing that. They’ve graduated college, they’re engaged, they’re
having kids either, you know, or they’re in their profession that they want.</p>
<p>Okay. And I understand that that’s like, it’s a way of living. But I would have never known
about this way, different way of living where these people are just living in loving their
life. And it may not be the traditional way, but it’s a way that suits them best. And I
think that’s probably one of the coolest things about making friends.</p>
<p>And. Staying in touch with some of these people that I worked with. Cause I like, I mean,
some of them are currently in South America, some are in Africa, some are in Japan. Like
they’re just like all over, whether they’re just traveling or volunteering with like the
peace Corps, you know, they’re just spreading themselves out all over the world, which I
just think is so cool because my world would be so small without the people that.</p>
<p>I’ve met throughout the three years. And like I said, they’ve really broadened my horizons,
each and every one of them in a different way. And I do have a lot of, yeah, like long term
friendships that I have with these people, and I really have really appreciated that. </p>
<p><strong>Leah Falyn: </strong>I love that you’re inspired to exercise your own power and to
choose your own path, and now you’re kind of in this limbo stage where you can do anything
and the freedom is probably a little overwhelming. How do you feel about that freedom?</p>
<p><strong>Maddi Brown: </strong>Yeah. That you definitely like hit it on the mark. I, it’s
definitely overwhelming. Like to be done with college, have your degree. And not have any
true like anchors because my family my family has always told me they’re like, wherever you
are, as long as you’re happy, like. Go do it like you don’t like, they’re not.</p>
<p>No one’s forcing me to stay anywhere. And so kind of trying to figure out my own path and
kind of figure it out. Okay, where do I belong in this period of my life? Because where I’d
made along now may be different for where I belong later. And so that can be super
overwhelming because I can do anything like I can join the peace Corps, I can join
AmeriCorps, or I can try out like a quote unquote adult job.</p>
<p> I’ll figure it out. And I have some wonderful friends who unfortunately are all across the
world, but they’re here to support me and I know that they will have my back no matter the
time zone that they’re in.</p>
<p>I mean, eventually I’ll get to the summit of it, so I’m not too worried about it.</p>
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