day 21
June 22nd, 2007

The best day off!
Today started off great and only got better. We got to sleep in a little bit then headed to a breakfast buffet at the Teton Steakhouse. We met up with Micah and Tim who are friends of Jill, the woman who is taking care of us while we are in jackson. I sat at a table with Tim for breakfast. Tim actually works at the steakhouse and gave us a little insight into the best food. Tim was wearing a really cool karate gi. He also showed us some of his expert karate moves before we ate. The breakfast was great and we ate a lot of it! After breakfast we went across town to the Snow King ski area. The ski resort offers a lot of cool things for summer visitors. We got a chance to take the main lift up to the summit and see the amazing view. We then thought it would be a good idea to walk down the mountain to the alpine sled area and ride a sled down. Unfortunately we forgot a few things, we have sore legs and not much energy and the fact that in order to ride the sled down you have to sign the waiver... at the bottom of the mountain. We ended up having to walk all the way to the base. The alpine sled was so much fun! I had never even heard of such a thing, it is a lot like the luge but on a much smaller scale, on concrete and using a sled with wheels. For lunch Jill got us Subway. MmmmMMmm. After lunch a group of us went to the down town area of Jackson. The town is an odd mix of old western and millionaire ski village. The park in the center of the city had four arches at each of its corners that are made completely of elk antler sheds. I also found a mapping van! It is a van that takes video of city streets and creates a map that is fully interactive. For dinner we got a special treat of a dinner show at the bar J ranch. There was about 750 people there for the show. We had a great dinner of chicken and roasted beef.