The Dream Day

I don't think I ever woke up this day, for I feel that I was dreaming of Skiing in the backcountry with Warren Miller himself. This day was beyond good, words can't describe what you feel when you find fresh powder every run. 

This post goes out to my mom, who rescheduled my flight from leaving the day of the huge dump. I thank her so much for making this the best ski day of my life. So, THANK YOU, MOM!!!!

So, here is the situation, my mom and sister went back home in the burbs, while dad and I stayed for 1 last day in heaven. We also got our friends, Tom and Laurie to stay one more day, on their 2 ay trip. The road conditions were bad, so driving to salt lake city, from Montana wouldn't have been advised for their safety. So, the 4 of us stayed and had a day that is now a distant memory. (I am publishing this post a week after it actually happened)

Now the fun, dad and I went off on our on

 for the first half the day, which was incredible. We were on Challenger Lift just about the whole morning, and then we did a few more runs on Ramcharger Lift before we had to go in for lunch. We than met up with Tom and Lori who were having a good day of their own on Ramcharger Lift and Dakota, and possibly more. 

After lunch, Lori took the rest of the day off, to just relax and not push it, she was a little sore from previous days. After lunch it was just the 3 bulls. the 2nd part of the day was defiantly the better half of the day for me. I was just floating through chest shots, and a few face shots of powder. During this part of the day, Dad, Tom, and I were staying on Ramcharger due to the fact of Challenger Lift closing, otherwise we would have been there. Telling the honest truth here, every run was still fresh powder. We were on Thunderwolf Lift mainly,  doing runs on CRAZY raven, and Bear Lair, and maybe a few more. we also did a few on Blue Room (a run through the trees) these runs were all excellent. this is what the day looked like after lunch.

This day was so quick, it was unbelievable. It felt as if I were just snapping on my boots and than were taking them off again 15 minutes later. A day to remember though. This was an enjoyable day and we finished off the trip to a dinner at the Lone Peak Brewery. It was a little dead, but fun playing shuffleboard, eating, and watching some insane skiing videos. 

That was the day, sorry I can't explain how good it was, but it's hard. Let me show you a few pictures...... (I'm in the red jacket, dad is in the green/yellow)

Some Tracks

Woke up this morning ready to ski, but we still had time before everyone was ready to go. So, knowing me, I tried squeezing in some photography. I went outside stumbling upon some tracks. I am pretty sure they are coyote tracks, but I may be wrong. If I stand corrected, and they are coyote tracks, than they are most likely from the ones that have been coming to this local golf course, hunting for mice. 

Here are a few snapshots.

Another day of Powder!

Swift Current Lift in....... Ramcharger Lift Out. Swift Current leads to higher ground, which is what my dad and I were looking forward to. My sister and mom both didn't come skiing for the first part of the day, but that didn't stop dad and me. We took a few runs on the triple leading into the bowl, but we didn't go in the bowl because it was so socked in visibility- wise. We skied near the trees, which was a smart call, plus nice soft powder. After that, dad and I hit the Challenger lift. Boy oh BOY!!!! The powder was great. Soft and getting knee deep, occasionally waist deep snow shots. We stayed there most of the day, and it was defiantly worth it. Here are a few shots.

A day in Yellowstone

Not the best day in Yellowstone, but some different things. My family and I drove up and around to the North Entrance, so we could go into Lamar Valley, otherwise most of the parks roads were closed. I was hoping this trip to Yellowstone would be good for my photography, but we just timed it wrong. During the day we were fortunate enough to see wolves, when we set up out spotting scope. The wolves were 2 miles away, but we were able to get a decent look at them. 

Continuing through the day we saw bighorn sheep in Lamar, 4 coyotes, bison, and then when leaving Lamar and the park we saw some Elk and some Pronghorn. So that was the day, not the best for my photography. But, let me show you some pictures I walked off with anyways.....

This one was one of my best... Try clicking on it.

The Coyote Story

Th past 2 day (including today) we have seen coyotes out on the Golf Course. There have been 3 each time, most likely the same ones. The exciting part of seeing them is that they were hunting for mice. I have only seen this on the tube (TV), but today I got to actually see them pouncing in the air, digging, and then chomping on their breakfast. They were a little too far away for my lens, so here are some crops (going to be fuzzy).

Here is the Process......

The Search

The Leap

The Dig

The Success

The Skiing was good Today!

Yesterday was about the sunrise, today was about the snow. Big Sky got about 5 inches and boy did it make a difference. The skiing was quite good. We tried going up on Swift Current, but the visibility wasn't good, so most of the day my family and I stayed on Ramcharger. If you know the mighty famous run, of Elk Park Ridge than you know the speeds you can get up to on it. Not today, I think they didn't groom the slopes and boy this was the powder run of the day. At one point in the day my dad and  I got separated from my mom and sister. We just kept staying on Elk Park finding tons of places with snow untouched. This was a fun place to ski and I would say over 75% of our skiing that day was on Elk Park. So now we feel home skiing wise. Here is a little bit of evidence......

A Sunrise to Remember

We woke up on our first day in Big Sky excited to ski. We went through a day of the worst Big Sky Conditions ever. It was way too warm out, snow was bad, scratchy spots, but we made it through the day.

The big event of the day for my family and me, was that we awoke to a beautiful sunrise. This was a good way to welcome us home, because the snow surely didn't.

Here are some pictures from the sunrise.......

We Made It!!

We stepped on a plane leaving earth and we stepped off the plane in paradise. To show the excitement here are pictures of us.

HEADING HOME!!!!

Today was the final day of school before vacation. It's Spring Break and I'm heading home. Leaving for the Rockies tomorrow. Big Sky here I come. Going skiing in the Rockies is just about the best thing you can do on vacation. Tomorrow my family and I will be heading out. I have been getting desperate to go out there and now we depart. No doubt the camera will be coming with me. Going to work on a few things, photography wise in this short week in paradise. One day we are thinking of taking a family trip up to Lamar Valley going around to the North Entrance, I am hoping this will happen. So many places to go up there in the Big Sky. Well, stay tuned I will be posting from time to time. And now I depart....

CYA!!

A weekend of tennis

This weekend was a weekend of tennis for sure. Tennis try-outs are coming up, so I need to get ready. Yesterday I played my mom and sister and today I am playing a friend from school. He is going to tryout for the tennis team and I need to help him get ready. We will be playing later at 4:00. Another thing that made it a weekend of tennis is I got some new tennis clothes. I have 2 tennis shirts as it is now and not even one pair of good shorts. So, yesterday we went to Dicks and I got 3 pairs of shorts and one shirt.  My tennis shirt is bright Yellow!! A weakness for the opponent :). It is just about construction... neon yellow color. I will post a picture later. So here is a short video from yesterdays tennis. Enjoy.