Text by Claire Baiz • Photography by Jim Wells
The Devers, their chocolate lab, and especially their Jack Russell Terrier, ready to hit the Rivers Edge Trail.
“We’ve got blue skies all winter, gorgeous sunrises and sunsets, four brew pubs and an extensive trail system.” It’s hard to get Laura Dever to stop gushing about Great Falls. “We had a blast at Western Art Week. We love the Russell Museum and the First Friday Art Walks…and there’s a women’s hockey team!”
When Chad Dever isn’t busy with his new job as District Two Commander for the Montana Highway Patrol, he and Laura bike and hike with their dogs. The chocolate lab sticks close, but their intrepid Jack Russell Terrier has the soul of an explorer—and a snout full of porcupine quills to prove it.
Until bird-hunting weather sets in, Chad is taking golf lessons. The Pro at Eagle Falls, after watching his swing, called him “The Tasmanian Devil.”
Laura, a massage therapist, recently completed CASA CAN training. She’s already recruiting more volunteers to help kids whose families are caught up in court.
The only thing this busy couple isn’t getting out of living in north central Montana? A long night’s sleep.
