Yesterday, we prepared for our day of adventure in the dare devil capitol of the world. First we went white water rafting in Snake River. There were lots of rapids, and the wildest was Lunch Counter. It was short, but wild. It threw us this way, and that, and got more soaked than in any other of the rapids. I didn't get to row, but the other one of us said it was hard, especially in Lunch Counter, when they made them stroke faster and harder. I enjoyed the rapids the most, but that was probably because I was one of two "little guys" as our tour guide called us. So the other kid, who appeared 8ish or so, and I did not get/have to row. I'm sort of glad for that, but it also meant I didn't get too wet, which I didn't appreciate. But my mother, the one with the wet buttocks, surely would have.
Then we went home and changed (except I didn't have to change), then went to the Snow King Resort where they had an Alpine Slide. But it was closed, due to weather conditions that we personally didn't think were too serious. So we went to town for a few minutes, then called the resort and asked if they were open again which they were. So we went down and bought our tickets. Then we took the ski lift up to the top of the hill. Then, after convincing a group of women we didn't want to buy our ski lift picture, we were given a slide, with a red lever to slow you down, or speed you up. Then we placed them on the long slides and took off! It wasn't as long as I had hoped, and we didn't seem to be going as fast as I had expected, especially considering that there were many areas where we had to slow down. But over all, it was amazing. And add a beautiful view, it was perfect.
Then we went to visit our friend Jessica's house and enjoyed a wonderful dinner with her and her parents. It was amazing to think that anyone could live with such a view, just in their backyard. And she told us why Jackson Hole is called Jackson Hole. If you ever visit there, go to a spot where you can see most of the mountains and hills around you. Can you see how all of them are going up? Jackson Hole is literally a hole in the middle of all of the mountains. But a very pretty hole indeed.
We ended our extreme day with some extreme sleep.
Today we drove to Boise. We stopped for lunch at BJ's in Burley where we both enjoyed some thick yummy bacon. About an hour later, we stopped for gas in Bliss. What a blast!
2 comments:
so on the ski resort you were allowed to slide down something??!!! and about the weather condition thing when we went to CA 2 yrs ago when we were at disneyland at the time of the fireworks they kept saying 'ladies and gentlemen are dream forever (something cheesy that was princessy like that) are delayed for (however long). it wasn't windy at all where we were stansing but i geuss it could have been higher up.
yes, they were watching the radar and there were electrical storms afoot. They didn't want us stuck on the top in a storm. -the driver.
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