After months of COVID and the emotional whiplash from shifting of one emotion to another, or a remote task or meeting to another, a beloved in-person event can provide a bit of a respite. It doesn’t happen without recognition of the obvious: Sun Valley, Idaho, had one of highest per capita rate of COVID in the states in March 2020. Since then, like many cities that have shifted and strained over the last two years, it has reflected on its identity and recognized the difficulty of the COVID experience.
