Training: Day 3 - Mountains and Plonk

More of the same today...technical training all day. It's going OK - I pick things up fairly easily, and, compared to Siebel, that I was using at BT, it is a doddle.

We ate in for lunch - we had ordered tacos/wraps etc from a local deli, which was nice, if a bit stodgy. We (us brits) have been invited out by the Tech Support director on Friday night, which should be fun. And tomorrow we have a long day - there's a tech support get-together at 7:30am and a fault-fixing get-together after work till who-knows-when. As the other 2 guys are both tech support, which should be quite useful for me in getting a view of tech support issues.

Straight from work today, we decided to take a trip to the Bridger Bowl ski resort, about half an hour from Bozeman. It is supposed to be quite a fun place, with bars and restaurants, which we thought would be a good night out. Well, it was a nice journey, up through the mountains. But when we got there it was empty...about 3 other cars and not another person in sight! Not quite the apres-ski atmosphere we had hoped for! So we looked around, took some photos and went back to Bozeman.

Bridger Bowl landscape (wmv 2.4mb)

The Bridger Bowl Ski Resort

The Bridger Mountains

Kip and Mark - "Where's the action?"

We ended up having dinner at a place called "Plonk", which had pretty much every kind of wine imaginable (of which we sampled a nice Pinot Noir and a Corbiere). The food was really nice too, not at all like we have had elsewhere - quite small and simple dishes, but really tasty. The atmosphere was good too, and, as always in this country, the service was excellent.

So, tomorrow will be a long day...don't think we'll get out anywhere, then we're out on Friday. At the weekend, I think we're going to head off to Yellowstone Park, which should be great.

Now you too can treat your pets as well as the Americans do, with the following pet products from SkyMall:

The "Stay-Fresh Feline Drinking Fountain"..."continuously circulates, filters and aerates your cat's water supply", removing all those impurities and "odour-causing particulates". Huh?

The "Pet Staircase" helps pets climb up onto the furniture and is "skid-resistant"....don't even go there!

The "Lightweight Pet Stroller" and "Double-Decker Pet Stroller" are easy to push and fold easily for storage. They're designed for dogs and cats and keep them, "safe, ventilated and shaded".

The "Pet Playpen" is "the largest available" (that's goos coz I was so frustrated at the size of all the other pet playpens I've seen...) It's got PVC mesh walls and floor, and even has a "zippered door". Lets just hope your dog is good at doing zippers...