Tuesday, November 25, 2008
No shave November! Just kidding.
Here is a view from my apartment. Then the road up to the ski hill (1 mile from home), and Yellowstone!
I'm in heaven. I love it out here. My job at the Mountaineering shop is wonderful. Its super laid back. My apartment I moved into is in a nice couples house. Its in its own private wing of the house. I have a loft and a wood burning stove. Two of my favorite things. The house is also sandwiched in between two farms. There are 6 horses, A pet turkey named Scarlet, 2 goats--Bella and Mayday, 6 mean angry chickens, and an amazing view of the Tetons. The farm on the other side of the house has about 30 sheep, One sheepdog named "Sam" and 12 Belgian horses.
It's like living in a petting zoo!
Targhee Ski Resort opened this past weekend with about 3 feet of snow. More snow to come! I'm so excited every time I see a snowflake. I have been snow deprived for too long! I'm so excited about snow, that I want to go out and make "snow angels" in the frost on the ground.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Salon Visage and Update
To my loyal Salon Visage clients:
You have probably figured it out by now, that I have decided to extend my stay out west. I don't know WHEN I will return to Knoxville. The great folks at SV (Frank, Belinda and Monty) have allowed my return to be open ended. I don't think it was a big shock to anyone that I have decided to stay out here.
My amazing seasonal position with the Forest Service, as a Back Country Ranger, ended late August. So I hit the road for a month long road trip alone. I had a great urgency to backpack and tour places that I've only seen in pictures.
I spent a week Backpacking in Glacier National Park. This park is hands down, the most beautiful majestic place on the planet. Next stop, Olympic National Park. Olympic was beautiful like a tropical rain forest. The ferns were taller than me! It rained on this trip (no surprise) and I fly-fished more that hiked on this tour. Then, I migrated south down to Mt.Rainier. I spent a few days there exploring the trails and proceeded to climb to the base camp (Camp Muir)of the mountain. Mt.Rainier was increadible! The views from Rainier were sick! I could see Mt Saint Helens, Mt.Hood, Mt.Adams and Mt.Baker. All of the volcanoes at the same time.
From Rainier, I drove up to Seattle to meet my sister Andrea and brother-in-law, who were there house hunting for 5 days. It was nice to sleep in a real bed and take all the hot showers I wanted!
Next, I left Seattle to head back east to pick Priscilla (friend and ole co-worker from Tennessee) up from the Jackson airport.
So now, I am working at a local Mountaineering shop. I love it. I found a furnished apartment, so I feel like I can pack everything into my car and leave at any time. It's a month to month lease! Its a spacious 1br loft at the base of the ski resort. I 'll be able to open my door and ski from there. It even has a WOOD BURNING STOVE!
Anyway, I miss you ALL! Please stay in touch with me! My email address is jereggio@aol.com
I want to know how everyone is doing!
You have probably figured it out by now, that I have decided to extend my stay out west. I don't know WHEN I will return to Knoxville. The great folks at SV (Frank, Belinda and Monty) have allowed my return to be open ended. I don't think it was a big shock to anyone that I have decided to stay out here.
My amazing seasonal position with the Forest Service, as a Back Country Ranger, ended late August. So I hit the road for a month long road trip alone. I had a great urgency to backpack and tour places that I've only seen in pictures.
I spent a week Backpacking in Glacier National Park. This park is hands down, the most beautiful majestic place on the planet. Next stop, Olympic National Park. Olympic was beautiful like a tropical rain forest. The ferns were taller than me! It rained on this trip (no surprise) and I fly-fished more that hiked on this tour. Then, I migrated south down to Mt.Rainier. I spent a few days there exploring the trails and proceeded to climb to the base camp (Camp Muir)of the mountain. Mt.Rainier was increadible! The views from Rainier were sick! I could see Mt Saint Helens, Mt.Hood, Mt.Adams and Mt.Baker. All of the volcanoes at the same time.
From Rainier, I drove up to Seattle to meet my sister Andrea and brother-in-law, who were there house hunting for 5 days. It was nice to sleep in a real bed and take all the hot showers I wanted!
Next, I left Seattle to head back east to pick Priscilla (friend and ole co-worker from Tennessee) up from the Jackson airport.
So now, I am working at a local Mountaineering shop. I love it. I found a furnished apartment, so I feel like I can pack everything into my car and leave at any time. It's a month to month lease! Its a spacious 1br loft at the base of the ski resort. I 'll be able to open my door and ski from there. It even has a WOOD BURNING STOVE!
Anyway, I miss you ALL! Please stay in touch with me! My email address is jereggio@aol.com
I want to know how everyone is doing!
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Seattle
Seattle Sunset, the infamous fish (throwing) market, some great street musicians, and Sushi with Andrea and Heuy.
Twin Falls Idaho
After I left Rainier, I headed back up to Seattle to see my sister and brother-in-law, who are moving there soon. They were on the house hunting adventure. I loved Seattle. What a great clean city! I planned to leave Seattle and drive straight back to Driggs in one push. I left Seattle around 3pm, drank three Red Bulls to stay awake and at 4:30am my car broke down on the side of the interstate. Turns out I broke an axel. Thank goodness for AAA! They towed me to Twin Falls Idaho and dropped me off at the car shop. Luckily, the car shop owner was an insomniac and was at the shop with the "Open" sign on when I arrived at 5:30 AM!
I took my bike off the roof of my car and rode into town to find a place to eat breakfast. By the time I returned, my car was fixed and ready to go!
I asked the mechanic what there is to "SEE" around town--and these pictures are of only ONE of the cool things I saw. The other, was the GORGE. This gorge is where folks base jump off a bridge and parachute down to the ground! It was HUGE! Like a mini Grand Canyon! Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures of it...
I took my bike off the roof of my car and rode into town to find a place to eat breakfast. By the time I returned, my car was fixed and ready to go!
I asked the mechanic what there is to "SEE" around town--and these pictures are of only ONE of the cool things I saw. The other, was the GORGE. This gorge is where folks base jump off a bridge and parachute down to the ground! It was HUGE! Like a mini Grand Canyon! Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures of it...
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