I do my best to keep my posts on target. occasionally, I have a random thought or two that I deem blog-worthy and I have to share them with the world. I guess I will make up for it with an additional post today.
Here is today’s random story:
There I was, there I was, there I was, at Game and Fish. I was purchasing an early season cow/calf tag for area 85 when a gentleman walked up to the counter next to me. He asks one of the many fine Game and Fish Employees if he can get a replacement fishing license.
“Yes” was the reply “Did you loss it”?
“No” the gentleman responded with a smirk He then proceeded to drop what was once a fine leather wallet on the counter. He looked at the wallet, looked at the lady, then at me then back at the wallet. I then looked at the lady then at the wallet then at him. The tension was mounting as he fished into the wallet through a huge tear in the front panel. Out of which he pulled what was left of his fishing license.
“Normally, this sort of thing would have angered me”. the man stated “However, I am a changed man” he continued “You see, this wallet safed my life, or at least my leg and if the only thing I lose in the deal is a fishing license I am okay with that.”
“What happened “.
“It was a day like any other. I was cutting wood. For some reason when I got out of the truck that morning I put my wallet in my front pocket. Which I have never done before, ever. Well, there I was cuting a log and the chainsaw skipped and bounced back toward me. The bar sank into my leg as the chain-break engaged. Once I grasped what had actually happened I couldn’t believe my leg wasn’t a bloody mess. I reached into the tear in my jeans and found my wallet. The saw had riped through my wallet and stopped at my credit cards.” The luckiest man on the planet said with a smile.
I wish I could come up with some kind of message for you out of this story. I think everyone will take something different from this man’s experience though. So go ahead, go about your day and if you have the urge to do something a little differently don’t fight it. It might save an appendage.
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This time of year is always difficult for us here at tetonvillagesports.com It is still summer here in the Tetons, but there is a crispness to the air and the nights are cold. New winter and fall product is arriving daily and there is a huge Labor Day Sale at Teton Village Sports in the Village. All this can only mean one thing! Well three things:
1. Duffy is going to grow a beard and disappear into the woods for several months.
2. we are only one season away from Ned Nog (the best homemade Egg Nog south of the North Pole)
3. It is time to start talking about skiing and snowboard.
For those of you not familiar with ski town living here is a little insight. About this time of year everyone starts speculating on what type of winter it is going to be. Everyone shares there theory on why it is going to be a big winter. I have only heard a handful of people ever speculate that it was going to be a bad winter. These curmudgeons are typically ostresized and run out of town for “Harshing the Mellow” of the general populous. Anyway I am not ready for this talk yet as I am still into summer and I think talking about pine cone size and smoke density is a waste of time. the skiing is going to be great and I will never get a face shot regardless of how much or little it snows so why worry about it. Pack up the tribe and get out to Jackson for some great skiing.
As an alternate discussion point I am offering this:
1. What is your go to grab? This is different than your main squeeze. Your go to grab is the safety grab you throw in there off a new air you are only trying because you are on a ski date or your buddy from New York is in town and he is filming you with some million dollar camera that he is going to use to film a youtube video. The go to is something you know you can pull off and it looks pretty cool. Here is mine.
This is the Roast Beef air. It is a little old school which is why I like it. No one is using this grab anymore. On skis I’d like to say I could pull off the Cossack whenever I wanted, but I can’t.
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Thanks to all who turned out on Saturday to make the annual T.V.S. pig roast a success. Anyone who is anyone was there. Above is a picture of many of the beautiful people enjoying a gorgeous afternoon and some of Scott Harmon’s famous margaritas.
The pig was cooked to perfection (as usual). Duffy “Slow Hand” McGee and Braden “Zoolander” Masselink did the honors of carving the pig. Most of which made it’s way to the table.
I have included a few extra pix for those of you not able to attend the festivities.
This picture is a representation of how the party would have looked after one to many of the margaritas. Nice shooting Anne!
More beautiful people enjoying the swine and good company.
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Hello to all, especially the wonderful Teton Village Sports staff whom have allowed me to go on an adventure of a lifetime.
I have been traveling South America for over 3 weeks now skiing Portillo, seeing Santiago, going to Nevados de Chillan and skiing my first Volcano, and currently in Pucòn where this mountain town sits aside a huge volcano that is currently still active. The snow storm of a lifetime occured in Portillo with over 6 feet of snow in 2 days, and plenty of good people along the way. My Icebreaker layering systems have been doing just fine, and seeing that I can only do laundry about every 10 days, I don´t stink! The Rossignol B94 with Diamir Fritschi set-up has treated me nicely, just wish I could finish up the rock tarnished edges I´ve received. I don´t trust the ski tunes down here, just have to wait for Braden to hack into them when I return and get all the bike stuff out of his tune shop. It´ll happen, just not until October 23. Beers on me Braden!
Here is a picture of my traveling budy Dayne, in his Patagonia parka and Cloudveil bibs atop Volcano Chillan Nuevo in Las Trancas, Chile. Although we don´t have pictures of Bacon for you, we have been eating plenty of pork and cheese, along with the occasional desert Super 8 from Nestle chocolate. So good!
Look forward to seeing the new tram when I return, and seeing snow again in the mountains. For now, I will go skiing again this weekend in Bariloche and then to Làs Lènas, Argentina. Pray for SNOW!
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Here is an unofficial J.H.M.R. Tram update. By all accounts, all the new towers are up and they are stringing the new cable. News on the street is that the new tram cars are also finished. It is an impressive operation to say the least. We look forward to toasting the new tram with any and all of you tram groupies!
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The TiCr strikes again!
Pictured is sometimes T.V.S. bootfitter to the stars Mark “The Shark” Thompson. Mark took this beautiful Rainbow Trout on a Temple Fork TiCr 4 piece 5wt. He wouldn’t say what type of pattern he was using, but I’m sure it is something really cool that I don’t even know about.
I’m not going to guess how big that fish is. It has to be large though because why else would you hold a Trout like that.
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I know the only reason you people log in everyday is to see photos of beautiful people doing fun things so I apologize for not having something for you today. The truth is that I am plain out of pictures (unless you want to see me in searsucker suit and an ascot) and no one on the planet has sent me an image today so we are out of luck.
The good news is that I just got an outstanding email from my sister claiming that you can make soap out of bacon grease. Proving once again that pork is the best thing on the planet. I never thought there would be a third reason to keep bacon grease to go along with:
1. Cooking biscuits, or anything really
2. Camping tricks, i.e. bacon bombs!
Does anyone have anything to add to this list?
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We love it when our loyal customers send us their action shots. This photo was submitted by a group calling themselves the L.P.S.
Apparently, they were very satisfied with their run through the Big Kahuna rapid on the Snake River in Wyoming except that one of the paddlers wasn’t pulling her weight. Tough to tell by this picture, but in my experience when it comes to whitewater paddling people who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
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Everyone knows sunglasses are cool and that www.tetonvillagesports.com carries the best selection of them. If you are an avid reader of this blog you also know that we try to get our employees to test the products we sell and give feed back on them so that customers can make informed decisions about them. Below is a picture of a product test gone wrong.
Pictured is former male model and TVS Repair Extrodinaire Braden Masselink. Apparently Braden loves his Smith sunglasses and said they functioned perfectly for him while on the sand and waters of Lake Michigan recently. However, I don’t think our customers will care if they function while building sand castles on a nude beach. Braden, you are truly the king!
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So this just sums up the good times that are occuring at Camp Alby. The new sailboat that I bought for a bottle of Kettle One just arrived and I won my first match of Jarts in the backyard. Tomorrow night is cocktails and ascots and my brother is bringing the six Italians today who speak NO English but can play the Accordion. Oh yes, those are totally rad Smith sunglasses that my sister Deirdre is wearing. MTF, Alby
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