Off Seaon Escapades

September 18-21, 2008:

There is a bunch of stuff that went down during these three days of celebration for completion of 'Under The Influence', but here is a little glimpse of it from my perspective:

Day 1: Lobster at the top of the gondola at Jackson Hole. Tasty stuff, especially with the TGR ale, and a bunch of rad faces you haven't seen since you were all wearing goggles.

Day 2: Golf. Usually one of the only days in the year the smile never leaves my face. I suck at golf, but damn what a great sport. The highlights were:

-Josh Neilson driving us in the cart at full speed through 3 foot tall grass and weeds,  to a near last place  finish.

-Seeing Sammy go over a huge bump really fast and Dylan's forehead knocking out the plexi-glass windshield.

-Todd Jones' team winning, with a stanley cup-esque trophy hoist.

(Meanwhile during golf...)

Kye Petersen and Shane Treat decide to hike to the top of Twenot Peak instead of golfing. It's an 8 hour round trip hike. When they get down that night (after getting up at 5 am) Kye realizes he forgot his ice axe half way to the top. He makes plans to get it tomorrow...or the next day.

Day 3: Movie night.  Under The Influence blows everyone away a couple times between 7 and 9, then we all head to the Moose for standard TGR apres. The rest is blurry...

Day 4: Kye needs to shake the hangover and hike back up Twenot and get his axe. He then eats one of the biggest breakfast food portions I've seen a person his size eat. An entire breakfast Burrito, a whole order of strawberry with whipped cream waffles, and a drink. Highly impressed.

We drop Kye off at the base of the mountain and while feeling hugover and bloated from too much food, he begins the hike solo, going pretty slow.

We get a call fom him later that evening, he found his ice axe, and it's mission completed. Now we sleep like rocks and get ready to travel tomorrow.

Time for some of us to go back to Canada, and others to go mountain biking and water ramping in Utah...stay tuned.



** Kye, Flip and Tate ready for a good weekend!**


** Looks like a bunch of people who smell lobster in the air**


** The annual TGR golf tourney, Neilson spots the shot, thirsty.**


** A blurry, Sasquatch-like Ian McIntosh enters the woods in search of yet another ball**


** Mini get your head in the game!**


** One of the main reasons we didn’t win.**


** Todd Jones did though, with Ligare, Morrison, and Nobis by his side**


** Damn that’s a lot of food son!**


** I think I see my ice axe**


** Too bad Shane Treats legs were so pasty white when he put his back to the sun for 6 hours yesterday**


** Roner, Pierre and Dash pumped to see the flick**


** Time to go riding.**