President's Day Weekend

 The dark area is 3,000 elk

 The Elk Reserve

 The summit of Mary's

President's Day weekend tends to always be a good one for me because I usually use it to celebrate my birthday. This year was especially fun because Dad and Taylor came from Moscow and Provo to go skiing at Grand Targhee for the weekend. It was a long drive for both of them but I'm glad that it worked out because it was a memorable weekend. The first day of skiing was a typical Targhee day, couldn't see a thing. Even without seeing where we were going we still had a good time being with each other. And at the end of the day we found a great Thai restaurant that I have since eaten at a few times. It boggles my mind as to how these Thai people even found their way to Driggs, Idaho, but I'm sure glad they did. Sunday we went to church and then headed over to Jackson, Wyoming to spend the day wandering the streets. Along with wandering the streets we took a tour of the elk reserve on a sled. Apparently, I don't remember this, we had been on a sleigh ride through the elk herd a long time ago with our whole family. Monday turned out to be a great skiing day with decent visibility. I even got Taylor and Dad to hike what is called Marry's Nipple. It is part of the ski resort but the only way to access it for skiing is to hike up about a 1/4 mile boot pack trail to the summit. It is one of my favorite things to do when skiing at Targhee. I typically ski three laps on Mary's each time I go. I forgot that neither of them were really in high altitude shape and by the time we got to the summit I was pretty sure I was going to be taking them down in a toboggan. Luckily, they made it down skiing with relative ease in the nice powder. It ended up being a great weekend.