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Make your Christmas season a little more memorable
Do you struggle at all with the frantic gift shopping that comes this time of year? Sometimes I feel like any item I give to my loved ones is still just "stuff" and I wonder if it will end up re-gifted or given to a thrift store. If you feel the same way, then I have an idea for you. Make a lasting memory with your family this Christmas season. Take a trip to Jackson and take a sleigh ride in the Elk Refuge. It is a great idea for children, romantic for couples, and fun for singles. Th...
Read MoreJackson Hole Winter Activities: Elk Refuge Sleigh Ride
[caption id="attachment_935" align="alignnone" width="480"] It's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you . . . and a bunch of elk.[/caption] You’ve probably wondered, at some point in your life, why elk don’t figure more prominently in holiday songs. There are plenty of songs about snow and sleigh rides. Even bells and bobtails, whatever those are, get a mention or two. And another type of antlered quadruped—the reindeer—get their own song. But no composer of holiday cheer...
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Patsy’s Pumpkin Bread–Jessica
This is one of my favorite fall traditions from my wonderful mom, the owner of Flat Creek Inn. Please enjoy one of our family favorites. It is actually framed and hanging up in my kitchen! Pumpkin Bread “I discovered this recipe at a Relief Society homemaking night in Davis, California, in 1964. I have made it and shared it every year since. It has been our family’s favorite!” Patsy Bagley Brunson 6 eggs ...
Read MoreJackson Hole Winter Activities-by Jessica
[caption id="attachment_885" align="alignnone" width="480"] Me and my dad in my childhood front yard, which is behind the Flat Creek Inn. Three-wheeling in the wintertime is not recommended! They are illegal now anyway. : )[/caption] Ahhhh, Jackson Hole winter memories. It’s funny that, as someone who spent my childhood in Jackson Hole, I never picked up downhill skiing. When I did attempt it, I found myself too often either getting my skis crossed or doing the splits. And I never maste...
Read MoreCrazy Good Elk Refuge Sleigh Ride Deal
One of my earliest memories of Jackson Hole is of the Elk Refuge Sleigh Ride. It was on a beautiful clear winter day just after Christmas. Though my parents had explained what the ride was, my four-year-old mind somehow keyed in on the words “elk” and “ride” and ignored everything else. From the moment we arrived at the National Elk Refuge and I laid my eyes on the majestic elk herd—thousands strong—I could think of nothing else but how awesome it was going to be saddle ...
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