As a kid, Paige Rasmussen lived in a three-bedroom trailer on Shadow Circle, near the Sourdough Creek Trailhead, with her parents and four siblings. When her dad, Ricky, hosted evening
Rachel Gordon remembered the Friday of March 13, 2020, with a sunny clarity. It was the day before spring break, and the gray of a Missoula spring was smothering. Wind howled as 20 mph gusts blew toward the east all day.
Earlier, in her global health class, Gordon had been discussing the novel coronavirus â classified two days earlier as the first pandemic in over a decade â with her professor and classmates. Cases of the virus had been confirmed in Washington, only two states away. She didnât know much. And it made her anxious.
But Gordon recalled a smattering of sunshine, maybe representative of her excitement for a break and the upcoming trip to Bozeman she had planned. As she reflected nearly a year later, she remembered thinking to herself, âOh â Friday the 13th. Good thing itâs a really good day.â