Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Backwoods Vacation

So far this year a UGCrew member TJ Wilcomb has been missing in action.  However, he just got his snowmobile back from the shop and was more motivated than any other member of our crew to go out and do something.  With foggy gray skies and a chance of snow over the weekend a plan was hatched that would take us into the depths of Idaho's backcountry getaways, Secesh Meadows.  Friends of our family let us stay at their place right on the river.  The cabin is very quaint and primitive, however, it was a welcome respite from television, phones, and electricity in general.  We got to the cabin after about and hour of hauling our gear with snowmobiles up through the pass.  Once at the cabin we started the fire and started pre-gaming before we made our way down the valley to Burgdorf hot springs.  We were worried that we wouldn't be able to drink in the pool, as we have been yelled at before.  But the new managers were totally cool and let us party in the pool.  After about two hours, 14 beers and many cannonballs and backflips later, we left the pool and headed back to the cabin.  Dinner was awesome,  Martin brought elk steaks and we had those with a can of chili and hash-browns.  After dinner we drank ourselves to sleep all the while telling stories.  We awoke in the morning to find that Tj had a severely sprained finger, possibly broken, from jamming it into the bottom of the pool while doing backhand-springs.  We packed up, cleaned up and made our way home fighting a headache that felt like it was going to split me in half.  Word to the wise, if you are going to drink a half rack of beer in a hot spring, make sure you drink a bunch of water before going to bed.  (Special Thanks to the Fereday's)

The Cabin

 
Awesome stove


Burgdorf 


This is what it all was for, Burgdorf hot springs


Relax



Martin next to the fireplace


Hungover


Coffee and Motrin please


Breakfast with the UGC



Can of chili the night before = opening the window in the morning

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