With Bridger Bowl closed and taxes filed, we took off for a 5 week, 6,000 mile trip in our Road Trek. We hoped to miss at least part of Mud Season, and while we were gone Dan and Jennie reported a lot of wet snow. When we returned, the green fields and forests looked like a Swiss farm scene. This made us feel Winter was enough of a memory to remove the chains and plow from the truck (6½ months after putting them on).