Welcome to Wydaho

Welcome to Wydaho.  That’s what the guy said to us when he took the photo of us below.

Yesterday we went to the other side of the Tetons and skied at Grand Targhee ski resort.

To get to Targhee you have to go over the Teton pass and go into Idaho.  Targhee is located a few miles outside of Driggs, Idaho. When you head up to the ski slopes you enter back into Wyoming.  The state line isn’t well defined and parts of the mountain are in Idaho and parts are in Wyoming . . . hence you ski Wydaho!

Since Targhee is on the western side of the Tetons they get about three times as much snow as Jackson Hole.  Everyone in Jackson told us we had to try Targhee since we were so close and we are glad we did.  The conditions were incredible and the mountain was fun to ski.  There were no lift lines to speak of, so as soon as you skied down the mountain you were back on the lift heading up again.

When we moved to Idaho in 1986 their was a sign at the Boise Airport that said “Welcome to Idaho! Now turn your clock back 20 years”.  Well here at Targhee they should have a sign, welcome to Grand Targhee now turn your clock back 40 years.  The photo below shows Connie and Cindy in front of a two seat ski lift.  I haven’t seen a lift like this for over 40 years.

As I was saying they get lots of snow so they have signs reminding you of some of the dangers that come with a lot of snow.

The skiing was so good we skied until the lifts closed at 4 PM. On our way down the mountain we got a great view of the sunset.

On our drive back to Jackson, Wyoming we drove through the town of Victor, Idaho and when in Idaho you can always find some memorable sights.

 

Here we have the local drive-in (The Spud)

We all know about the world famous Gladys Burgers!?

 

San Francisco may have the Golden Gate but look what they have at the Spud drive-in!  The worlds larges potato with sour cream (snow) loaded on a truck driven by of course Mr. Potato Head.  Mr. Head was camera shy so we didn’t get a good photo of him!