Day 28 : The end is rapidly drawing closer

Hard to believe that our four weeks away has nearly come to an end. Even though we had our 10th day of blue skies and sunshine, it was very cold today, so we had a later start. Now we know where the sunny side of the mountain is, we headed straight there this morning. The runs this morning were very nice, snow that was not rock hard and icy.
We had arranged to meet the Dunleavys at 11.00 at Rendevous, or so we thought! We were there, had our usual hot chocolate and decided to keep skiing. Eventually we meet up with them for lunch on the deck at the Four Peaks, amazingly we have had the same table every day we have been there. It must have our name written on it. Though  I am no longer allowed to order the Asian Noodle soup bowl - according to John it takes far too long and he is not happy standing in a queue waiting, waiting!!
We did spend our third 'apres ski' evening in the Ptarmigan inn, one could become very used to this life!
They have night skiing here (just in case you haven't worn yourself out completely during the day). Not something we would choose to do - our legs and bodies are tired enough as is. It is nice watching out the window of the condo though. Tomorrow night will be our last pack up, before we head home. The downside of the great weather has been no fresh snow, the upside is, that there is no issues about driving to Denver on Sunday that will cause weather delays, though we have heard the traffic is really bad on Sunday's so it is important to leave early. Something we are very good at.

OK let's all understand the Asian Noodle bowl...........

There are 4 queues - I queue up to get Margo's Asian Noodle Bowl as I don't know what I want yet - read all the menus while waiting and decide on fish and chip or chicken pie.

Notice my queue is slow - I can explain exactly how to make Asian Noodle Bowl as they are made to order (STUPID for a fast food place with a big queue of people!!!!)

You take the order, put a frypan on the hob and turn it on, then splash in some oil from a "tomato sauce Squeeze bottle" then wait...... then you throw in a handful of the veggies and flip it a bit then wait...... then you add some pork belly, flip it a bit and wait....  then you put noodles in the noodle cooker and wait.....  then you add some more stuff to the frypan and flip it and then wait....... about now, you ask the next person in line "can  help you?" as it is impossible to cook more than 3 dishes at once.... Meanwhile, Peter , who started looking for lunch when I was in the queue has ordered his and Jan's lunch, had it plated up and delivered and has paid for it...... then you add some stock to the frypan and flip it a bit and wait....... Then you go looking for a bowl to serve it in - as you have been Sooooooo busy cooking 3 dishes you have not had any time until now...... Then you put the noodles in the bowl and empty the frypan on top (after it has boiled for 3 - 4 minutes - you don't want to serve it up cold!!!) and deliver it to the customer - who by now can't be bothered queuing for anything else as Peter and Jan have probably finished their lunch already so I grab a bag of potato chips.

OK it was really nice - and it was big so I got to eat the pork belly and finish off what Margo could not eat - but seriously in a "get 'em in and get 'em out quick fast food place, THIS IS NOT THE WAY TO PUT A DISH TOGETHER!!

I still reckon the Grand Targhee fox had something to do with this.............