Skiing

Skiing up Short Swing with Greg

On March 28th, Greg and I went up after work to go on a "dusk patrol"  We are trying to get in good shape for a trip we have planned in May to ski Mt. Adams and Mt. Hood.

Here is Greg on the way up.

It was a very pretty day and no one else was around.

Greg on some surprisingly good snow.

Here is my attempt to make a movie out of some pictures.

I think this is my favorite picture of the evening.  The sun turned everything golden for a few minutes before it set behind the mountains.

Skiing up Red Pine with Greg

On the 26th of March, Greg and I went skiing up Red Pine.  Here is Greg in front of the frozen Red Pine Lake.

Here Greg is going around Red Pine Lake.

Greg skiing down the hill just above Red Pine Lake.  It is a really good slope to ski, but it takes quite a while to get to.

Here is Greg skiing some awesome snow for the end of March.

Greg again.  

Me in some pretty deep stuff.

Good thing I had goggles.

There is an awesome view of Little Cottonwood on the trail to Red Pine.

Trip to New York

I went on a business trip in March to Kingston, New York.  I am sure glad I don't have to travel much for work because it is not that fun.  When you get on a plane to go on vacation you are much more willing to put up with the crowds, lines, and headaches of travel.  The one highlight of the trip was going to the Orange County Choppers headquarters which was about 20 minutes away from where we stayed.  I have never watched the show, but it was cool to see what they have created.  There were some really cool motorcycles; more like art than anything.

Here is the Lincoln motorcycle  

The NASA motorcycle

The New York Fire Department 9/11 motorcycle

The Gillette motorcycle

The Santa Clause motorcycle

The Christopher Reeves motorcycle

My flight back from NY was horrible.  I had the most turbulent flight I have ever been on.  Everyone's drink spilled and probably 10+ people threw up, including the girl sitting behind me.  I just about threw up myself.  When I got off the plane I was all sweaty and reeked of throw up.

Skiing with Mace

I have really struggled lately with how to entertain Mace while Lyndsay is at work. Mace was sick off and on for the past month so we have spent several evenings just sitting around the house, usually playing Matchbox cars.  Today Mace was feeling good, the weather was beautiful, and the sun didn't set until 6:30, so we decided to go skiing.  We went a little ways up Grizzly Gulch by Alta.

We had to take a few breaks so Mace could stretch his legs and get a drink.

After a while Mace got really sleepy.  I felt bad that he has no head support.  I can't imaging sleeping like that.

When he woke up from his nap he made it clear to me he was ready to get out and walk around for a little bit.

He seemed a little scared when we started the decent as you can see in the video below.  I think he is biting his lip.  After a while he got into it.  At the end of the video it looks like he has a little smile creeping in.  He kept kicking me when I stopped almost like I was a horse.

We took one more break on the way down when I wanted to get some pictures.  This is what Mace looks like after he smokes and drinks (pretzels and water, that is).

I don't know if Mace enjoyed this as much as playing Matchbox cars, but I sure had fun.  For my own personal benefit I hope he grows up to be my little skiing buddy.

It was a pretty sunset.

Here is the sunset from back at the car.  It felt like the temperature must have dropped 20 degrees between this picture and the last.

Cardiff Peak

Greg and I went skiing this morning up Cardiff.  We got treated to a pretty cool view as the sun rose over the mountains.  Greg was nice enough to hold still as I tried a few different settings on the camera.

Going up the ridge towards Cardiff always makes you feel tough.

The snow was really great.  About 6" of powder on top of a sun crust.  It made for some fast skiing.

Here is a view of Alta on our second lap.

Greg took the camera for our second lap.