Norris Hot Springs, Montana

Winters are long in Teton Valley. By March I start feeling antsy for hiking season. It begins to get a little redundant snowboarding and cross country skiing all winter and never leaving the valley. Kind of like the movie Groundhog Day where every day is the same as the last. I know I know, you feel reeeeeeally sorry for me right? HAHA! When the valley begins to feel smaller than it is, that means it's a great time to have an "out of valley" experience. We headed to Ennis Montana a couple hours away to soak in the glorious Norris Hot Springs. Glorious hot perfect water indeed with live music playing in the geo dome at one end of the pool! Just what the doctor ordered! 

Gallatin National Forest--Montana

We spent an amazing three days hiking in the Gallatin National Forest just outside of Bozeman Montana. The Hyalite Creek Trail has TEN waterfalls to see on the 12 mile hike to an alpine lake where we ate lunch & lounged in the soft green grass. There were no crowds of people and surprisingly very few mosquitoes which made the entire trip truly amazing.