Melissa & Jason in Idaho: Melissa learns to ski

This was the weekend Jason took me to Grand Targhee in WY to learn to ski :-) Lets just say it is much different than snowboarding and cross country skiing (at least in my opinion) We got to the mountain at 9:00 and Jason took me to the bunny hill and tried to give me some pointers. I wasn't doing very well but at 10:00 I went to a lesson which helped a lot and Jason got to do some real skiing. The snow was great! They had a base of about 56 inches and it had just snowed another foot a day or two ago. My lesson was 2 hours and when I was done I had a pretty good idea of what I was supposed to be doing. We ate lunch outside and were ready to go again. Jason was very patient with me and went on the beginner slopes with me. I did pretty well. Jason did a couple last runs by himself before we headed back around 4pm. It was a long day but we both had a great time. It had been foggy all day on the top of the mountain, but when we were driving back the Tetons we finally visible so I got a couple pictures. Grand Targhee is the mountain range behind the Tetons and normally on a clear day you can see the Tetons on the lifts.
Today we are finally bottling our beer that we made two weeks ago. We will let it sit for another week to carbonate and then we will see how it tastes. Two more weeks until Jason's graduation in North Carolina and 2 1/2 weeks until we are in New York for Christmas. Lots of flying to do this month we hope the weather cooperates.