Scoping the scene

 I went for a little hike tonight up High School Butte to get a better view of the fire behind the King.  The winds had shifted and the big smoke cloud that had engulfed Jackson for much of the day had moved on.

 One of the upshots of working with teenagers for a living, they are always on the cutting edge with everything that is technology based, hip, and cool.  One of my probation kids showed me a cool free app that turns your photos into panoramas yesterday.  Pretty sweet!

Bye Bye Sun....

A little scary

 The Little Horse Thief Fire is raging just outside Jackson right now.  The flames and smoke wasn't as bad today, but it's still pretty scary how close it is to town.  

Looking at the big billow of smoke on Sunday while up on Munger Mtn.

Town is just on the other side of that ridge.

Just another weekend in paradise.

Fall is here, and, well......, it seems like we say this for every season except for spring here in JH, fall is our favorite time of year.  The days get crisp, town quiets down, colors, etc.  This past weekend was awesome with the SLC crew coming north to hang out, ride moto, fish, etc.  

Due to hunting, the moto trails in Jackson close no matter the weather, conditions, or demand on September 9th every year.  So, we had to take full advantage and ride like bandits full well knowing we cant get back on them until July 1, 2013.....

 

Case and Anna....Matt and Shannon brought an extra moto up for Case to ride and Anna rode mtn bikes and did homework......She is in school now and clearly getting smarter with each passing class....

 

 Case, Horsetail Trail, second day on a moto!  I think he is officially hooked!

Matt putting a fresh tire to the limit arcing a fatty around a nice burnout section.

 

 And of course, no trip up the Gros Venture is complete without a cocktail and sunset at the wedding tree.

 

Anna, Shannon, and Chels....being rad chics, hanging out.

 

 

 Matt and I clearly were not cool enough to hang with the chics, so, we went fishing instead.

Having a hard time figuring out what is going on in this picture?  Its the sun, setting through a split in a tree with pees on the right taking it all in.  We heart fall in Jackson! 

And yea, your wondering is correct....There is a bunch of smoke in the valley.  There is a fire raging just on the other side of Snow King right now.  Super scary.  Fight it strong boys, hopefully the winds cooperate tomorrow and things settle down a bit. 

Fading light..

 Days are getting shorter, but if one rallies hard enough after work.........., you can still squeeze in some good times.  

Drew and I hit up Horsetail last night on the moto and got back to the trucks just as it was getting dark. 

Ben and I hit up the Reserve over in Idaho after work two nights ago.  Ben, making it look sweet. 

That Lake They Call Superior

 Our whole wedding posse all stayed an extra day after the wedding and took a trip on a rented pontoon boat out to the Pictured Rocks National Park.  It was an insanely cool day.  

 Chels and Shannon on one of the secluded beaches we pulled into.

 Shannon and Wren climbing up into a cave.....

 That we all eventually jumped out of.  The water was chilly, but swim-tastic.  The water clarity and color were close to the tropics.  

 Yep, that's not the south pacific.  Nope, it's Michigan .

 Matt chilling in a shallow grotto.  

Props to Case for spearheading the mission, renting the boat, and being one hell of an amazing captain the whole epic boat day.

 

 All of us couldn't believe the lack of crowds everywhere we went, especially given that it was a holiday weekend.  

 Wow....So amazing..

 She didn't win two Olympic medals by not getting inverted.

 Chuck, in fine diving form.

Besides Keelan and Meri getting hitched, our day out to Pictured Rocks was certainly the highlight of the trip.  Insane beaches, swimming, good friends, etc...

More Michigan Love

 Chels, headed to the beach.  Marquette had some amazing beaches right on Lake Superior.

Yep, my wife can be my designated driver any day of the week.

 

 Chels, me, Lizzdogger, Matt and Shannon.  Pretty outstanding pic.  Getting ready for a skit during the rehearsal 80's dinner.  

 The wedding site, just up the coast from Marquette.

 

Keelan and Meri, officially hitched.

 

 

 Our wedding crew, all our good buds.  Chuck, Wren, Matt, Shannon, Chels, Trev, Lizzy, Jess, Bucky and Case.

 The sand in the UP was similar to the tropics.  

 Keelan, toward the end of his wedding night in full on party mode.

 

Speaking of being in party mode......ummm, our rowdy crew, in the photo booth.

 

 

Hot Damn!

Getting Started...

 September has managed to start off with a serious bang!  We just got home from 5 days in Michigan with all of our good buds who met up for Keelan and Meri McNulty's wedding in Marquette.  In short......, the "Yooper" is so badass!  The Upper Peninsula of Michigan is beautiful, remote, and more amazing than us biased western ski town fools could have ever imagined!

Sunset on the drive down to SLC.

 Yep, that's right, we got bumped from out first flight to Detroit in exchange for first class tickets on the next one an hour later.  First for us!

Chels and Lizzy in the Detroit airport.

 

 Downtown Marquette the first night we arrived.

More shots to follow from the weekend all week on the blog.  Stay tuned.