Getting busier

We spent today practicing our bus driving skills. The roads are pretty good. They are plowed and sanded and are generally not slippery. The buses also feel quite stable. We caravanned to Gardiner today. Had pizza at the K-bar for lunch and saw a bit of the Ravens/Patriots game. There was a classic guy at the bar telling the bartender how he came out west to "ski and shit" and to look for "young girls". Yuck!
We had Thursday off and went for a short ski (the temperature never even got to zero) The steam coming out of the stream behind Dave is not a thermal feature. It was just so cold that any open water was steaming. The buildings in the top photo are the Buffalo Ranch, home sweet home. The treeless hill behind it is often full of either bison, elk, or both.

Friday and Saturday were spent in a wilderness first aid class. There were 24 students so things were pretty busy here. It was a great class. Lots of hands on "scenarios". One of the instructors should give up teaching and leading outdoor adventures and become an improvisor. Her angst-filled teenage character Daisy (with a mysterious abdominal ailment) had the whole class laughing even though she appeared in the 16th hour of class. Dave and I were patients for the hypothermia segment. We got "beamed" (carried by 8 rescuers) into very cozy cocoons made of multiple sleeping bags and fleeces and then encased in a tarp. I was a bit disappointed when the scenario ended and we had to leave the cocoon and go back to class.