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Last night we pointed our 4Runner North around 6:30pm and headed for my mom’s place in Ashton, Idaho. Ashton is a small, sleepy town about 40 miles away from our home in Victor. However, the road has been closed a good portion of this winter due to the incredible amounts of snow and wind that rip across the potato fields between here and there. It took a little while to get up there as we were going a bit slower than usual…but, when we arrived, a roasted chicken awaited us!

We fell asleep pretty early that night as I think we were all exhausted, both physically and emotionally. The next morning, we headed “downtown” after some eggs and bacon! This was the first time that I have actually seen living, breathing, moving people in town. There were probably about 300-400 folks down there and about 150 sled dogs. This was the 91st running of the annual event and it brought out a pretty good crowd.

We spent our time meandering through the crowd, with my mother introducing us to all of the “locs”. Let me tell you, there are quite some characters up there in little old Ashton…and this was an event to get out to for all of them! We then found ourselves down by the first turn after the start and ran into a TV Reporter who cornered my mom and had her deliver an interview for the weekend news.

We then headed back to her cabin and spent a few hours planning a trip that we hope to take this Fall to the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. My mother is booking her flights for October 2 into Cancun, of which we hope to get straight out of and into the historic Mayan peninsula. With all three of us diligently “googling” the region, we found some great little areas that we are excited to visit and spend some time in when we get down there.

We had then planned to head over to Grand Targhee in the early afternoon for a bit of skiing. Yet, it was simply too comfortable and we ended up lounging around all day long. After multiple re-runs of Sex in the City and Seinfeld…dinner was ready…What! Whoa, how the time flies by. So, after sitting down and enjoying some homemade chicken noodles and rolls, we loaded up the rig and pointed South…back to Victor. Time to rest up for another day at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort tomorrow.