finally got my travel authorization and my work authorization and 2 days before the big green card interview, which I must NOT not miss. being right now in Wyoming does not help, its a bit risky, if the weather turns bad.
i arrived at salt lake city late night on Sunday and headed north. i know there are mountains around me, but there is no moon tonight and i cannot see a thing. in some lit ski town i see amazing patches of mountains but only for a few seconds. at some point i cross the Idaho border. i am in the cache national forest now, with a long winding road through the thick forest. other than the 1st line of trees i saw nothing. my only companions were 4 little woman.
its strange to read a book with slaves, war, pickled limes and hand slapping- but the book is interesting- I have never tried pickled limes, how can pickling a sour things makes ti sweet, i have no idea.
while Amy march were losing here limes, i entered Bridger forest and passed an elk in the dead of night, followed by a skunk who walked on the road, instead of crossing it, i managed not to hit it, but later discovered a dead relative of his.
the Wyoming border came later and i passed through the huge cities on Paris, Geneva and finally stopped after 1 am at Montpelier at a cheap motel for a short night sleep.
today drove through Wyoming, with fog the covers everything. this is suppose to be one of the most beautiful states and i am missing it!, but the time i left the hospital today it was a dark night again.
the only interesting thing here is a sight unlike any other- the world largest elk horn arch. i am debating with my self if this is enough to declared Wyoming as a visited state; after all the known areas here include Yellowstone and grand Teton national park, and glacier national park, but i saw one arch made from elk horns and one big smiley (wait for the photo)- so probably not. if tomorrow i manage to get to the Tetons than i will say yes, but so far , Wyoming is not the 32nd state, neither is Idaho.
brigadier national forest is interesting, to start, there is no forest here, just patches of woods, but mostly its small pyramid like mountains. the mountains are unique. they are not that high (from the road at 6000 ft) but they look like pyramid with one mountain shoulder full of snow and the other is completely empty. the wind is making it all look strange.
i watched the winter Olympics for the first time this year and found some things interesting. the ice sprinting, unlike the road sprinting has room for technique. people pass each other left and right, and you don't know who will win. the media here focused on one of them, a former champ and almost showed nothing on the others, of course this dude is American, and appeared on dancing with the stars. he was good in the finals, but he was 4th with half a lap to go, lucky for him, the 3rd place Korean hit the 2nd place Korean and they both hit the side and lost. so the dancer dude finished 2nd by sheer luck. the winner was also Korean by the way. this did not prevent the media to focus just on this guy not even to mention the winner by name or show his face. this is completely different than the Israeli method of being disappointed by 2nd place, for them this guy is a hero. this is the same in other sports, a part of the culture, but too much at times, they are over proud on everything.
the Luge is a weird sport. a guy sits down, rides fast and finishes at some time, another guy looks exactly the same, and finishes 5 milliseconds behind the first and he is a total unknown- i don't get the techniques here so its not interesting for me, but i would love to try it.
the woman's down hill mobiles was nice but the one who had the best tricks didn't win. again i am missing why some one else is better, but the acrobatics of the one who finished 5th was amazing, the rest (winner included) were boring.
another ground hog day came and went and i missed the ceremony,,,,, maybe next year (like i said last year)
soon i will leave this cold behind and enjoy some sun, march 5th looks like a promising day to cross the ocean.
p.s- did you see my driver's license?
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