The Best Little Bath House

Howdy Doody,

As promised, here is another bliggity blog post and an introduction to The Best Little Bath House located in the Bangtail Mountains, our Stone Creek Haven. The Bath House has the very amazing sauna and a soon to be shower. We have been using the sauna, crafted of untreated cedar from head to toe, since late summer and enjoying every sweat we can get. Now with a snowy blanket covering the ground, we find a roll in the snow is just what the doctored ordered to cool off once you have sweat your arse off. After your roll in the snow, a dash back in the warm sauna to heat up again, and repeat, and repeat.....now you get the idea. Dan and Hubby designed the sauna after the traditional Norwegian style in which the floor is meerly a deck floor. This and the window allow for plenty of air ventilation so your breath is never taken from you. Upon getting toasty as can be and realizing you must go, you already await your next sauna.

A photo of the cabin and the bath

house to the left,

before the snow flew.

Please leave your boots at the door.

Steamy and dreamy.

Multiple levels for all temps.

The sauna just melts us.

The Steamy Bisquit

PS HAPPY NEW YEAR

Happy Holidays to You and Yours!

Good day Friends and Family,

I write today wishing you the best of Holiday goodies, cheer and delight! The Fletchers have definitely had their share, with more New Year festivites planned for this weekend. It is very clear that while the blog has been collecting dust, I can't lie, we have been skiing. Even my Mom mentioned, "Why aren't you blogging daughter"? After our whirlwind trip schedule that started in November, we are happy to keep cozy at home over the holidays. And maybe I will even start bloggin more, oh goody!

Please enjoy the following photos that document how skiing has filled our snowy lives.

Champagne celebrating another year of skiing together.

Fletch and I document our years together by ski passes,

this marks year 13, holy crap!

The New Bridger Lift...

new, shiny, and fast.

Post ski parking lot libation.

We have to ski into the cabin

until the snow melts,

and this is just fine for us.

The Bath House with

the warmest little sauna

you have every sweat in....

I can't begin to describe how swell the sauna has been to enjoy.

It's imbued internal heat keeps

your blood warm even after you have left.

Our homemade herbal oil tincture melds with the aroma

of freshly cut cedar which adds to the overall catharctic experience.

Hubby makes sure we take breaks every 15 minutes, like the good

Norwegian way.

Did I mention scantily clothed snow baths,

these are the best!

A back country skin up our new run,

"Afternoon Delight".

The necessities...

beacon, shovel, probe, Hubby...

CHECK!

X-Country Tomfoolery Skiing

with Robyn.

Ding dang it was cold!

Max Lowry, our favy neighbor,

even got new skis.

Soon, he will ski!

Hope you are getting out, even if it's really chilly! Bundle up and then drink hot chocolate when you come in....that's the best.

More sauna pics from Stone Creek Haven to come.

Cheers,

El Bizcocho Feliz

Ladies Night at the Cabin

Happy Friday to you Chaps!

The ladies and I spent a couple of

splendid days at the cabin last weekend

and I am now just getting the pictures posted.

It was a hoot and quite relaxing,

as well.

We read though magazines together,

ate chicken fajitas (that Jess made us),

cooked popcorn on the open fire in our

vintage popper, biked a bit,

and just layed in the sun.

Here, you take a look:

Jess, Shannon, Audra,

and Eletra

Rocchi

(Jess' dog whom has one blue and one black eye)

My favorite chocolates.

corn popping

A morning mountain bike ride

Luca

(all our dogs drink from a Camel Back hose)

A snowy Ross Peak

in the Bridger Range

Audra cleared the STEEEEEEEP part

Shannon crossing Moody Creek

Thanks Ladies, let's do this again sometime soon. It may take a ski to get there but it is totally worth it!

Cheers,

Kristin

Mi Mamá y Hermanito

Happy Fall Day to You!

It may not feel like the season is changing where you are, but here we are feeling the tickle of damp, chilly temps on our skin. Our Montana blood has thinned over the summer and has yet to thicken to its viscous winter consistency. Fall is here in the west.

Mom and Nick, my little brother, were just here for a long visit over Labor Day Weekend. They wore me out, as our schedule was filled to the brim with activites. We were either stretching our legs with exercise or enjoying each other's company over great food, friends and drinks. I dare mention the red wine consumption....let's just say we tried to taste ALL the ones we thought were or might be worth trying, and we succeeded. Please enjoy the following photos which document their visit.

Mom in boots and a skirt

on my cruiser after a martini or two.

K-Mac, Mom and I

at the Willie Nelson Concert

in Big Sky, MT.

Karen is the best at concerts.

Mr. Willie Nelson

Bill and Desiree

See how fun she is?

Shrimp, Procuitto and Pineapple

appetizer at the cabin.

Talapia Fish Tacos

that were savory-licious!

My Food Model,

Nick.

Mom cooked up camp

bisquits in a hole with fire coals,

I took notes.

She is the best camp cook I know,

truthfully.

I have taken all my good tips from her...

because cooking on an open fire is a

refined skill.

Hot bisquits.

The Sauna/ Bath House

has a chimney,

benches,

and smells within

like a freshly cut cedar tree.

A black bear on our hike up

South Cottonwood Creek.

Say whaaaa?

Nick and Max Lowry

Also accomplished on this trip.....

hand written notes in sharpey marker on the back of my important family art with Mom's help,

Mom polished my toe nails in turquoise blue,

I realized what a nice person Nick has become (his manners are fantastic and I am so proud),

Mom and I traded each other's small for big clothes ( I am a shrimp and she is tall),

giggle, giggle, giggle,

drink more wine,

and lastly....

Jeff (middle-bro) and I were 12 and 17 years old when Nick was born and so he was mostly raised by himself, but we are all so much alike it isn't even funny.

Thanks so much for the visit...

MOM and NICK,

we had a blast.

With Much Love,

Bizcocho