Sun Valley

Stories from the Road

February 20, 2014

Sun Valley, Idaho

 

Ketchum, Idaho is a small town, but there is a lot of traffic here. Locals parade their SUVs up and down the street all day long it seems. Every block on Main Street is a four-way intersection. Half the intersections have traffic lights for pedestrians, but they are slow, necessitating a long wait, if you don’t hit the cycle correctly. The other half don’t have lights but feature stands with red flags on both sides of the road. The idea is to grab a flag, walk across the street, and stop traffic.  Then you leave your flag on the other side of the intersection. Very cool.

Last night we ate at an Italian restaurant that called itself “authentic”. That was a tip off I guess. Our salads were great, but Vicki’s eggplant dish was poor. We had a very nice waiter, and when he saw she didn’t eat much of her dish, he took it off the bill.  Every day someone does something like this here. It is a very friendly place.

The skiing was good this morning with excellent snow and lots of light. We skied hard all morning. Our new acquaintance from Brooklyn, Aaron, joined us. We all had a good time. Aaron has 4 kids, and when he said his girlfriend was flying out for a rendezvous, we all looked at him with raised eyebrows. He explained that he called his wife his girlfriend sometimes, and I complimented him on keeping excitement in his marriage.

Have a good evening.

David