Displaced Beachbums

Several people have expressed concern that I may not fair well in Upstate New York due to the harsh winters. They obviously aren’t aware of my two winters spent in the Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. I worked at a lodge which only opens during the summer months and has a skeleton staff during the winter; much like “The Shining”, but thankfully minus the Jack Nicholson character. Lots of snow and cold. One winter we had two days of -42 degrees. Really, NEGATIVE forty two degrees.

In the photo below, I’m standing in front of my house and any white you see in the photo is snow!

We always used to say Jackson Hole had two seasons: Winter and August. One summer, it snowed on the 4th of July! The photo below was taken in May and we were thrilled to see the blacktop of the road. We drove on snowpacked roads the entire winter. It was an interesting place to live and I have great memories of fun people, lots of outdoor activities and, yes, enjoying the snow. 

Can you tell by the puffy jacket and tight jeans that it was the mid-eighties?! I hear those jackets are coming back ~ can it be?