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I have realized that I have been very grumpy lately. I would like to take this moment to apologize to all that have felt my grumpiness. I will try and change. I love you all!

Plus, Merilee and I are having a date night tomorrow. I am sure that will make everything better too!

I think the pic below will cheer up anyone!

Back to Life, Back to Reality

I am back from my trip and regular life has kicked in. Work, school, kids, etc. I think I was really ready for it though. I had a hard time being gone for that long, even though I had a great time. I can't believe it's almost the end of February. That means that Boston will start baseball soon, Mason is halfway done with basketball and Sidney is saying she wants to play baseball this year too. Looks like spring is going to be busy!

Happy Birthday Dad! My dad turns 73 today.

Friday

Well my trip is almost over. It has been a great trip except for my friend Trevor being sick Tuesday - today. He is feeling better now and even made it up for an afternoon of skiing. While here we met some Germans that are staying at the same resort we are. We have developed a friendship while we have been here. Today I skied with them all day (or at least until 2:30). We hit some great runs. Today the weather was really great, blue skies and very cold. When we came home from dinner the temperature was 14 degrees. I don't think it made it much over 25 degrees today. This morning I saw a fox running outside our condo, this fox was out last night too. The funny part is that both times I have seen it it peed on the same little tree. It must be marking its territory or something. We didn't see any moose today and Trevor is getting upset about that, it seems that he has missed all of the wildlife except for the fox. We ate a great little burger joint tonight. Just a counter that wrapped around the cooking area. There was grease everywhere and it was VERY unhealthy, however it was very good. That's about it, enjoy the pics below.

Here is our little fox.


View from the top of one of the runs. Note how far down the condos are on the left, that's where we take the first lift to get to the top of the mountain a difference of about 4,000 feet.



My new friends (from left to right) Leo, Karo, Michael and me.


Trevor finally made it up to the mountain today after being sick for 3 days.


Some spectacular views.

It's almost Friday already...

Where did this week go? I can't believe it's almost over. Today was kind of a downer of a day. My friend that I came to Jackson with has been really sick since Tuesday afternoon. He didn't ski at all Wednesday so I went up alone. Today I stayed home to give my legs a break and give Trevor some company. We had breakfast and sat in the hot tub and steam room. We also watched some movies. Other than that we didn't do much besides a few snoozes. I missed out on a great day at the mountain I bet as it was blue skies. Tomorrow should be the same though. Here are a few pics from the last few days.

A view down one of the runs.



Me on the slopes Wednesday, the snow was awesome!


The view outside our window this morning. The Grand Tetons are on the right, aren't they just beautiful?


The same view at dusk.

Merilee Faith Cameron

Happy Valentines Day! I love you!

Here are a few pics of my favorite lady...

We sure were young.


If only I had known BEFORE we were married...


One of my favorites of my sweets

On the mountain

We now have been up to the mountain two days. Monday the weather wasn't so good. It was really windy and the snow was kind of icy. Isn't this what we have at Mt. Hood? It was still so amazing! The mountain is gorgeous and the views are spectacular. Tuesday the weather was superb. We had good snow, especially the upper half of the mountain. It snowed all day today, which I am totally fine with. There is a new storm on its way and should dump a lot of new powder! I am very sore tonight, I hope I can continue to ski the rest of week, the legs are hurting.

Picture at the top of the Bridger Gondola


Here I am ripping it up!



Look! A moose is on the slope! This was amazing, it was literally 20 feet from me.



Here is the picture I tried to upload earlier. This picture is of a resevoir on the boarder of Idaho and Wyoming. The whole lake is frozen over. Isn't it beautiful!

We made it (version 2)

Blogger was freezing so I had to make a version 2.

On our way through the Tetons we saw some really beautiful scenery. This picture is of a frozen resevoire on the snake river at the border of Idaho and Wyoming. (This won't publish, I will try later)


Here is our condo, I thought I rotated it, but oh well, sorry.


This picture is of where we ate breakfast. The funny part is we have breakfast included in our package at our condo. So we ventured out Monday morning for breakfast and found this location (Amangani - http://www.amanresorts.com/home.aspx?id=290) instead of our restaurant The Granary. We sat down to eat and we kept thinking "Wow this is really nice". During our breakfast the waiter came over and asked us for our name so they could charge it to the room, well they didn't have our name so we had to pay for our breakfast. Luckily it wasn't too bad - $20.00. I guess this is where people like Penelope Cruz stay. It shares the same driveway as our resort.

We made it!

We made it to Jackson Hole safe and sound. The drive was actually really nice. The roads were clear and dry until we made it to Jackson. We left Saturday night and drove to Ontario, Oregon and spent the night in a hotel, it was clean and comfortable. Here are a few pics of our drive to Jackson.

A weary traveler


Our lovely hotel


The car is ready to go

I'm going to Jackson

This weekend I am going to Jackson, Jackson Hole that is. I can't wait! Needless to say my mind is elsewhere this week. Here are some pictures showing what I am going to be seeing next week! I feel like a kid leading up to Christmas.

The Grand Tetons - I will be skiing at the base of these beautiful mountains.


Jackson Hole!


The town of Jackson.


The famous Million Dollar Cowboy Bar



And... Jackson Hole Mountain Resort trail map (if you are there next week you will hear me hollaring out of pure enjoyment)