Dipping in the Skinny...and other adventures

Well, I finally did it. I went skinny dipping. And boy was it fun!

Yesterday was my day off, which I started off by sleeping late and making a legit breakfast for once (steel cut oats with banana and brown sugar topping--yum) and then going on a long walk/run around the National Elk Refuge.  I ended up at a historic site, the Miller House (or "the first trophy house of Jackson"), which was built around the turn of the century. This nice elderly couple gave me a tour and then lent me their binoculars to look at the coyotes out on the refuge land.  My favorite part of the tour was learning about Robert Miller's wife, Grace Green, who was the first woman mayor of Jackson (and had an all-woman town council) before most of the country even gave women the right to vote. Way cool!  I'm not really psyched about the idea of the doing the research required for a legit piece of historical fiction, but if I ever write one, it's going to be about those five women.

Later in the day, I got some ice-cream with Stacy (it was her birthday), watched the town shoot-out (which--between you and me--isn't that interesting), and visited the park.  Then, I went with my roommates Sam and Stacy to find a moose out on the Moose-Wilson road.  Lo and Behold, we found a Mama moose and her adorable baby! It was so cool to just watch them eating and walking along.

But what am I rambling on about? The important part of the day was when the rest of my roomies finally got off work and we were able to celebrate Stacy's birthday the right way--in our birthday suits!  We drove out to the Kelly warm spring, stripped down, and with much shrieking and hollering waded into the tepid water.  The pond might not seem like much.  It's usually full of bison pies, tadpoles, and moss and I doubt it gets deeper than seven feet in the middle.  However, last night it was pretty magical.  The moon was just bright enough that we could see around us and still have a great view of the stars and the water was perfect.  I've always wanted to go skinny dipping and I couldn't have planned a better night, place, or group of ladies to do it with.  Now I can check it off my bucket list.  Huzzah!