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  • Jackson, WY days 2 & 3

    Day two was fairly disappointing as when I woke up my fever still had not broken. So I spent the day in bed sleeping and resting. I do think I needed this as I could barely move out of the couch/bed I was in.

    For supper the three of us followed a recommendation from Rachel Ray ($40 a day) and went to Snake River Brewing Company. The beer there was good but the service and the food was no good. The Brat I had I could barely get down my throat even when washing it down with the home brewed beer. So either Rachel Ray never really ate there, or they served her special food. Two Thumbs Down!!

    Monday morning I was feeling much better, in fact anxious to hit the slopes. After a quick breakfast at the hotel we drove to Jackson Hole for a day full of skiing fun. Now I should give some background.. Before we arrived they had no fresh snow in two weeks. Sunday they got over 14 inches and Monday it snowed all day. Normally fresh powder is great, as if you fall it really does not hurt, which is true. But when there is snow up to your knees and ice underneath it really works your legs and ankles when you plow into 2 feet or more of pushed around powder. After a number of hours of this I was really getting beaten down. The highlight of the morning was from the gondola we saw a moose wandering around the ski trail. We avoided that trail for the rest of the day.

    Me At The Mangy MooseWe took a quick break around noon at Bridgehead Restaurant and quickly hit the slopes again. My energy levels quickly faded and by 2:30 I had to call it quits and went to the Mangy Moose to drown my poor respitory system with some liquid pain killer. Matt threw in the towel 30-40 minutes later followed by Nate in another 30.

    After returning to the hotel it was hottub time followed by dinner at Bubba’s BBQ. Excellent pulled pork, great fries but their chili and coleslaw were not good. Quite the exhausting day.

  • Jackson, WY Day one

    Saturday marked the beginning of my skiing trip to Jackson, WY. It started with me being ripped from my dreams by my alarm clock at 3:30am. After quickly getting dressed and taking the dog out I was off to Savage to meet Matt at his house. Jennifer graciously drove the three of us to the airport.

    Polygamy Porter Beer SignWe made it through the security check points w/o incident and at 6:10am we were off to our first destination Salt Lake City. Once there we had a 3 hour layover and stopped off a small pub for breakfast and barley pops. This place sure had creative names for their locally created beer as you can see in the image on the right.

    So after a quick 40 minute flight from Salt Lake City to Jackson, WY we arrived. However during that flight I started to have a bad hacking cough. I knew that in order to ski I would have to take some drugs to get the cough to stop.

    After obtaining our luggage we picked up our rental SUV, and checked into the hotel. A quick trip from the hotel to the grocery store got me the drugs I hoped would help me through skiing this week. I took some non-drowsy cough medicine and hoped for the best.

    Teton Mountains from Snow King ski hill.The picture to the left was taken from the smaller ski hill in downtown Jackson called Snow King. It shows some of the mountains in the Teton range. Looks beautiful.

    After skiing for a few hours I started to feel dead exhausted and the cough medicine really did nothing. I decided to wait out the rest of Matt and Nate skiing in the lodge.

    With my fever developing and starting to get the chills we got a quick burger from Billy’s Burgers and went back to the hotel. I took my nightquil medicine and hit the bed around 9pm. A disappointing start to my vacation.