Easter Skiing, Hiking, and Golf

It seems that spring is finally here. The weather has finally warmed up (50's!) and the snow in the valley is melting fast. But there was still plenty of snow in the mountains so it was time to head up for the last day of skiing and to clean the locker out and bring the gear home.

Just to think, this was last week and now the yard is almost green:

We headed up to Bridger for our last ski day on Saturday. It was nice and warm and sunny. The road was completely dry and full of Lance Armstrong wannabes in their brightly colored nut-grabber pants on the way up. Sure, the snow was the consistency of a well-chilled Slurpee but the crowd was light (even for Montana standards) and it was a fun time. Since it was the last day I went for something crazy and rode my backcountry cross-country skis. It was exciting, even though I biffed several times (unable to stop/steer).

Beautiful Marilyn on the slopes:

Here we are at the top of Pierre's Knob, you can see the delightfully named Crazy Mountains in the distance:

If you are thinking to yourself, "Gee that looks like a long way down, how is he going to do that on cross-country skis?", the answer is "On my ass."

The next day, on Easter, after church we decided to take Reagan on a hike up Drinking Horse Mountain and then go hit some balls at the golf course which has just opened for the season. Here poochie has treed a couple of squirrels - boy was he excited!

Further up the mountain, a man and his dog. You can see the Tobacco Root Mtns way in the distance:

Marilyn takes a break while poochie looks for critter.

After summiting the mountain we went to the golf course to hit some balls and try out the new clubs we had gotten for Christmas. My new driver from Marilyn was fantastic (maybe my slice is gone now), and she tried some putting and chipping with her brand new putter and chipper.

All in all it was a great weekend and hopefully the nice weather will stick around for good. But no, looks like maybe snow on Tuesday. Global warming, you know.