Merry Christmas from Idaho

It has been a joyous time in Idaho for the holiday. The Scofields arrived on the 19th and the Crosbys arrived on the 21st. Finn and Joanne arrived on the 24th so everyone is here and was ready for a great visit.

Snow arrived to lightly cover the ground on Christmas Eve. It was so pretty and, of course, you just need to look up to the hills to see the snow cover. Josh, his dad and I went to Bogus Mountain to cross country ski. It was so much fun! We only fell down a couple of times. There was new powder and it was so quiet and pretty. The only mistake we made was not going earlier in the visit so that we could go back again before returning east.





Josh also took us to Oregon and the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center. It was a very slow, snowy trip but the center was terrific. We put our feet in the wagon ruts that still exist from the emmigrant trails of a hundred years ago! On the way out we kept seeing these big double trailers with rocks in them. It seemed strange and we couldn't figure out why they were moving rocks. Lo and behold, they were potatoes (not rocks) going to the OreIda plant! Just amazing.






It has been a wonderful time with our family. Idaho is a great place and we encourage all if you to come out and visit. The accommodations are great!

Liz Crosby, Mom

Another Day, Another Mountain

I took a personal health day on Thursday and got my third day in. We went to Brundage which is north of McCall. They claim to have the most snow in Idaho, 300-500 inches a year.

I'm learning some new things. Being a pretty good East Coast snowboarder doesn't translate for much out here. Everybody I ride with is faster, and smoother than me. Of course they also ride 20-30 times a season versus my 7-11 days.

I'm having a lot of trouble in the powdery stuff, I keep planting the nose of the board and flipping over the front. I need to move my bindings back I think and try to keep more weight on the back of the board.

While off trail a bit I ended up in a gully. That was no fun. It took 30 minutes to find my way down with a hundred yard walk through waist deep snow. The lesson learned is don't miss the exit.


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Winter of Josh

As you know one of the main reasons we moved to Idaho was to have the greatest snow season of all time. I'm off to a good start. I've been skiing twice already this season and its only December 2nd. I've set a goal to get 30 days on the mountain this year. I think its achievable though I may have to work really hard in March depending on how busy I get before the 2008 Invitational.

I'll be keeping track of my days with a customized Google Map.


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Grand Targhee, Wyoming

Joanie and I had to go to Sun Valley for a meeting on Friday. It's about two hours east of Boise and we really wanted to see some different parts of Idaho so we drove from there to Grand Targhee in the Tetons. We showed up late Friday night and stayed right at the resort since the early season room rates were the same price as town.

I went snowboarding on Saturday, while Joanie got a pedicure. Grand Targhee is huge, they had 1500 acres open and this was before they open their other peak. They got 13 inches of snow the day before we got there and there was lots of powder left in the trees. Visibility was a bit of a problem as it snowed 5 inches on Saturday and the top of the mountain was in the clouds most of the day. You couldn't see more than 25 feet or so at the top in the whiteout.

On Sunday I took Joanie on a forced snowshoe deathmarch. It wasn't really that bad but hiking through the powder really wears you out.

We had a great time. I can't wait to go back, maybe next time it will be clear and we can actually see the Tetons!!