Reflections of My Travel

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Rest days. Walks around town in the snow, snowball fights, snowangels. Waiting to hear whether Yellowstone would open on the 18th for snowmobiles. This morning (the morning before supposed to open) they finally tell us that they would need 18 inches of snow for snowmobiles to be allowed into the park. Well, if they had told us that 3 days ago, we would have known that there was no chance of getting 18 inches and we would have been able to go on our merry way and find some skiing or snowmobiling in Colorado or something. Oh well. It has been a great trip, I just feel bad because that was actually the whole reason for the trip and I feel like they could have been more forthcoming with us. Well, we are heading homeward now. I believe we are still going to try to do Arches National Park but probably not much time for much else.

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This morning we slept in a little and then went to try to see the Grand Tetons again. We were able to see a little bit more of them than yesterday, but not much. On the way back to town, we saw our first moose! It was very exciting. Apparently it is very rare to spot them and this one was out in the middle of a field all by himself feeding. Randal was then sweet enough to indulge me in a little sledding time again. Great fun. Although I had some trouble steering and ended up flying straight over a huge pile of snow a couple of times, which was a little rough on the rear. Randal was very amused. When I was no longer able to huff-n-puff my way back up the hill (especially being as it seems I am trying to get a little sick), we started to make our way around the other side of the Tetons. When we got to Driggs, ID we drove up to Grand Targhee ski resort to check out the conditions there, but since I was in greater need of rest than anything, we chose to come back to town and get a hotel and take it easy the rest of the day.

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Another drive day. We got up and drove around town a little. Found a very nice information center where we were able to ascertain some road conditions. We then headed toward Jackson Hole, WY. The roads were covered in snow and ice. I’m glad Randal was driving and seemed to be okay with it because I wouldn’t have made it half a mile. I mostly watched the scenery to avoid worrying about the fact that we were gliding more than driving. And along that road, after 9 days of searching, we found snow. It fell slowly, then harder, then slowed down again, but it was snow! A very good sign for those of us who drove all the way out here to snowmobile in Yellowstone, where there has been a very unusual snow deficiency. We have our fingers crossed that the snow will reach there. Weatherman says Sunday it will dump there but you know how reliable that is. We tried to see the Grand Tetons but it’s a little too foggy out there and I couldn’t even tell there were mountains anywhere in the area. So I missed them. Perhaps tomorrow. But what we did do was go to Kmart and buy two saucer sleds, which we took to Ski King Mountain and sled down a nice hill. WHAT GREAT FUN! We sure need something like that in Florida. It was so great. You go down the hill and lose all control and it’s just great fun! There was another lady and her kid there and they had a straight sled that two people could sit in and they let us use it for a couple of runs. On our third try, we made it all the way down to the front yard of someone’s home at the bottom of the hill before we crashed. It was so great. I could have done it all night long if it weren’t for that hike back up the hill in the snow every time. Couldn’t they put in a lift for us poor sledders? So we came back to our hotel and will be settling down with some popcorn and tv in a little bit. Hopefully we can find a little time in the morning for some more sledding.