Winter Wonderland

Last winter, I taught Grant how to snowboard and it was love at first (or maybe second) run. He became addicted. His birthday present this year was a new snowboard since his $5 board he bought off Ebay wouldn't suffice any more!

This past four days that Grant had off work, we decided to head up to the mountain and stretch our snow legs. I called my mom on the way to tell her where we were going and when she should expect another call, just in case something happened. We drove for about an hour before reaching the perfect spot, on the road up to The Medicine Wheel. We suited up and headed down the hill. We rode down the hill for about 2 minutes, which is a long time in snowboard time. We sat at the bottom for a while and enjoyed the beauty and the wonderful weather. We decided to start the hike back up the mountain (notice the hill just turned into the mountain). Neither of us realized how far we had gone down. It took us 2 solid hours to hike up, stopping many times to rest since the snow was knee deep. Upon reaching the truck we sucked down some Gatorade and decided to explore.

We had heard of a ski resort in the Big Horns but neither of us had seen it before. We drove farther down 14-A and at Burgess Junction we choose the less traveled route. After a few miles and moose later, we knew we had found the allusive "Antelope Butte."

The abandoned building gave a spooky feel, the giant moose and coyote tracks made us feel a little uneasy as well. (For a measly $225,000 you can buy the rights to this gem for a full year! You must however provide all road clearing and maintenance). After exploring for a little bit we decided we should leave when we heard snow mobiles coming, the "Property of The United States" signs posted all over the building made us feel less-than-welcome. We'll be back next year, the resort is scheduled to open!