Last night was pure magic for me. I will be the first to mock the great state of Idaho (I-da-ho. No. U-da-ho.), but one thing is certain—it is majestic. The descriptions beautiful or pretty just do not do it justice. Neither do stark, elegant, lovely. I like majestic. One place that shows the many facets of Idaho is Silver Creek Preserve. Mountains, slow-moving rivers, wildlife, plains. Absolutely breath-taking. And that was where I was last night. The Nature Conservancy had a staff retreat and I was invited (my cuz, Eli works for TNC). Eli made my favorite quick dish—yummy hot or cold. Noodles with fried tofu and peanut sauce. All you do is make the sauce, cook a package of the noodle of your choice (we chose spag), and then got a package of tofu and sauteed it until golden. Mix it all together and there you go!
But back to the night. The food was great. BBQ's always are. Burgers (enough to have the double meat, which I went for), hot dogs, elk sausage, and all the best sides. I topped my burger with the scrumptious coleslaw Nancie brought to the table. And we got to finish it off with some excellent lemon cake from Stephanie and Heidi. I even went in for the second piece. Awesome.
Ernie Sites was the man of the hour. Singing classic songs, song writing, yodeling, poetry, storytelling, picking on a guitar, picking
on a mandolin, AND picking on a banjo. I honestly can't put it into words - it was so enjoyable. Just a magic night. I wasn't the only non-TNCer there, but they made me feel part of their night and it was just hella fun. Thanks Ernie, the entire staff of TNC's Hailey office and SC preserve team for such a great memory!
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