MJ and the boys drove to Bozeman on Tuesday, making it all the way (10 hours) in time for dinner Tuesday night (at Backcountry Burgers in downtown Bozeman). John had flown there on Monday to continue working for a couple of days.
On Wednesday morning we drove up to Big Sky and the boys skied off. We checked into the house that afternoon and got seven days of skiing in - the snow coverage wasn't as good when we first got there, but it snowed on Saturday which filled things in a bunch. Still, the tram to Lone Peak wasn't open, the boys stayed busy mostly on Powder Seeker and Challenger. John did most of the runs off Ramcharger (lines for a eight-person lift move much faster!) and Elk Park Ridge off Thunder Wolf. Mary Jo skied two days, mostly off Southern Comfort and Swiftcurrent. Joseph and Mary Jo also snowshoed one day.
Everyone skiing was wearing masks and we cooked at home almost every meal, just one dinner out on Christmas night and a takeout another night. Our nights were spent playing shuffleboard (twice) and poker (twice - Mary Jo the big winner both times).
We wound up leaving a little early so we could drive home ahead of a big storm coming across Washington, and all made it home safely to close out 2020!
