It’s been a dry few months to kickoff our winter season here in the Tetons, but we finally got the big dump to get us all stoked–5′ of snowfall in a week. With avalanches going off left and right, the trees seem like the right place to be–this is one of my favorite shots near Teton Pass.
Did you know that today is National Chili Day?
Here at MK, we’re celebrating by sharing a few of our team’s favorite chili recipe and we want you to share as well! Simply post your recipe as a comment on this thread. To make the pot sweeter (no pun intended), we’ll send you a $15 MK Gift Card via email for playing along (**you must comment today – Feb 23rd by 11:59PM EST – to be eligible for a Gift Card).
Also to keep you extra warm (today only), buy any Men’s or Women’s pant at www.mountainkhakis.com and get 50% off a Men’s Teton Flannel Shirt. Simply add one of these products to your cart.
And now to whet your appetite, here are a few of our favorite recipes… Read the rest of this entry »
Physical fitness has always been a part of my family. I remember as a kid playing football in the front yard with my dad, hiking, climbing trees, camping, and spending sun-up to sun-down outside playing. So I was pleasantly surprised this past summer when my mom, sister and sister-in-law decided to all do their first marathon. All 3 had finished a half marathon, and the full 26.2 was the next step in the upward progression. And naturally, since I had done quite a few of them I was asked to join them in their endeavor. December 4, 2011: Dallas White Rock Marathon was the goal. Read the rest of this entry »
This past December I had the opportunity to travel back to one of my favorite places in the world. Turneffe Flats Lodge, thirty miles off the coast of Belize City. Turneffe Flats Lodge is widely regarded as one of the top permit and bonefish destinations in the world. For the last two years I have hosted a trip to the lodge and this year was fortunate enough to have my dad come along. My dad and I have been fishing together since I could walk and this was his first bonefishing trip ever.
Although the weather did it’s best to prevent us from having a sunny, tropical vacation, we still managed to have some fantastic fishing. T-Flats is known for having some unbelievably huge schools of bonefish that will readily take flies. Bones in the 2-4lb range were the norm for the week and we had several shots at fish that were well over five pound mark. It was great to be with my dad when he caught his first bonefish. It was on the small side, but it was certainly a fish to remember. Read the rest of this entry »
Yep, that’s right. You heard me. My latest adventure took me to the Bahamas for the month of January. My co-instructor and I lead 12 college students in a cultural immersion experiential learning course in an attempt to identify some of the issues surrounding the high rates of type 2 diabetes in the Bahamas. We were particularly interested in examining the factors that affect those that live in the Family or Out Islands and chose Eleuthera as our sample site. We as a class worked extremely hard- we spent a few days in Nassau getting an introduction to the Bahamian health care system. Then we headed over to the Island of Eleuthera where we spent the remainder of the month. We provided diabetes education to the schools of S.Eleuthera, spoke with many community groups including the Rotary and Roteract clubs and the students were fully immersed in culture through a three day home stay with local families. We ended our academic class by provided a free wellness clinic for the folks of S. Eleuthera- a very successful event!