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Haircut Part 3

04/02/10

Haircut Part 3

The final look -- glad he's grinning! Garth was one of 40 area folks who went from hairy to bald (and in his case, bearded to baby-faced) to raise money and awareness for kids with cancer.

Sorry for the delay in posting! You might just see Garth around town and not recognize him without them, though -- so better late than never! 

Both photos are courtesy of Carl Oksanen/Alpen Glow Images.

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What a haircut, part 2

04/02/10

What a haircut, part 2

Mid-process photo of Jackson photographer Garth Dowling as a Saint Baldrick's shavee, March 18th. (Courtesy of Carl Oksanen/Alpen Glow Images.)

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Nocturnal Bliss

03/25/10

Nocturnal Bliss

 

If you haven't seen and heard Grace Potter and the Nocturnals in concert, plan to get yerself down to the 5th Annual Jackson Hole Mountain Festival this Saturday, March 27. At the 2008 and 2009 Targhee Fests, Grace and company rocked the stage on fire while knocking off the audience's collective socks. I liken her to a cross between Janis Joplin and Rory Block meets a Mick Jagger-Lowell George hybrid (if that's even a biological possibility). But that's just me. You be the judge

Do not pass go and do not collect $200 ... just plan to hit Teton Village on Saturday and get ready to be wowed. The music starts mid-afternoon, with Rotating Superstructure, underneath the tram dock next to Nick Wilsons. Jet...

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03/19/10

Now here’s a way to get a haircut

W. Garth Dowling, whose photography and stories have appeared in many area publications (including the upcoming issue of Teton Home and Living) was shorn Thursday as part of “Saint Baldrick’s,” an international fundraiser in solidarity with kids fighting cancer.

St. Baldrick’s is held each year the day after St.Patrick’s Day. To date, more than 106,000 volunteers have shaved their heads at more than 2,400 such events in all 50 states and across 24 countries.

Not one to be shy, Dowling and Posted at 07:12 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0
Crust Cruising is On!

03/15/10

Crust Cruising is On!

Welcome to spring!  With the advent of such gorgeous, sunny weather, Mayo and I have been out sampling the various crust cruising venues (i.e., everywhere) and have found terrific conditions.  If you haven’t been out yet, get on it.  

Last Wednesday, we headed out to the Snake River from the Taggart trailhead.  It was still a little early, with the crust not completely supportable.  Since then, I’ve heard reports that things have firmed up and the crust is skating well.  The Park has started plowing the road, so it won’t be long until it’s bike season there, too.

In Teton Valley, the crust has been in great shape for a week now.  With Woody’s forecasted warm temps this week, the snow may not last...

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03/10/10

Druid Peak Pack Down to Lone Wolf

In “How Will the Wolf Survive,” which appears in the summer 2009 edition of Jackson Hole magazine, contributor Rebecca Huntington wrote: “The Druid Peak Pack started with five wolves from British Columbia released together in Yellowstone in 1996 … The Druids long ruled the Lamar Valley until the pack grew too big, numbering thirty-seven in 2001. By the following year, the pack had splintered into rival groups and a turf war ensued …”

The Druids eventually regrouped, and as recently as last summer comprised eighteen wolves. Since then, however, the pack has been decimated. In a piece airing yesterday on NPR’s All Things...

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03/06/10

TV Series in Jackson Hole?

Rumors of a television series slated for filming in Jackson Hole first surfaced late last year. Looks like it's not going to happen just yet, but maybe sometime soon--according to this brief AP piece posted at BusinessWeek.com yesterday: http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9E8J9900.htm

Young ski bums, stand ready to audition.

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Editor Michael McCoy is a native Wyomingite who, through no choice of his own, moved to Iowa (“the third greatest state in the nation,” he says) when he was only a few weeks old. After high school graduation, he beelined it back to the University of Wyoming, where he earned a degree in Anthropology and the nickname of “Mac.” In addition to his Teton-area editorial duties, Mac works for the Missoula, Montana-based Adventure Cycling Association and writes freelance articles and books about the outdoors. “But that’s enough about me,” he says. “This blog is about you. I will prime the pump with an entry now and then--but ultimately, we hope it will be our readers, both locals and out-of-staters, who keep the streams of conversation flowing.”

 

 

 

Contributing blogger Susan Traylor Lykes was born and raised in the Denver area, a third-generation Coloradan. She spent much of her childhood in the mountains, and took up fly fishing at the tender age of ten, wielding her grandfather’s old bamboo rod and Pflueger reel. After graduating from the University of Vermont, Susan earned a master's degree in Town Planning from the University of Montana. For the past decade, she has focused on nonprofit land conservation and land use, serving on the boards of the Land Trust Alliance, the Teton Regional Land Trust, and the Orton Family Foundation.
Susan and her husband, Mayo, call both sides of the Tetons home. They are enthusiastic travelers and outdoorsmen — hiking, skiing, fly fishing, and bird hunting.

 

 

 

Contributing blogger Jeanne Anderson is a Cheyenne native and graduate of the University of Wyoming who has spent the last 25 years as a writer, PR consultant, columnist, and editor. Her passions include hiking, cooking reading, traveling, community, and creativity (she’s in her third term on the Idaho Commission on the Arts). She credits her broad practical streak to her parents, who started the first travel agency in the Cowboy State—from them she learned “every bathroom in the world is down the hall and to the left.” Jeanne and her husband Peter started Dark Horse Books in Driggs in 1995; their two-year experiment lasted 14 years. Now out from behind the bookstore counter, she’s looking forward to many new adventures.

 

 

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