Oh My Gosh!

Teaching an old dog new tricks.....
Survival of the fittest does not equal survival of the lucky.
I have dodged a bullet so many times in my life that now I look over my shoulder just to make sure no one is keeping up.
I know I am lucky , as for sure I know I am not that smart.
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Winter Trans Sierra

In what I thought was a very casual conversation about back country skiing with Mari, the subject of a Trans Sierra trip this winter came up. I have successfully done this kind of thing before and have also had my ass blown back into the Pacific more than once.
The trips were equally enjoyable for me but I have my doubts about Mari enjoying being pinned down by a snowstorm for 3 days at 12,000 feet.
From there the conversation morphed into the logistics of a John Muir Trail thru hike next summer. Now keep in mind that until I am in the truck on the way to the trail head I always take these kind of conversations with a grain of salt.
So much for that.
This morning I discovered a mountain of books,trail reports and maps on Mari's side of the bed.
I guess we are going on a hike next summer........

Snow

I woke this morn after a quiet night. We have had crazy thunder storms each evening since Friday night. It makes it hard to sleep when it has all the effects of a naval bombardment outside your window. The teewee goes off as my alarm and the first thing I hear is "Snow at 8000' continuing throughout the day."
As a life long skier if that doesn't start your day off right I don't know what will.

Happy Birthday

To Me!

Had a great dinner last night with Dylan and Mariah, Tri-tip marinated in homemade Blueberry wine with yard beans and baked potato. Yummy.

Very nice gifts from everyone, Sam Cooke cd's and more from Mariah and Dylan , Miss Mari goes overboard as usual.

New Line Anthem skis and a micro Marshal guitar amp for cord free jamming.

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Unbelievable deals on mountain gear. Of course Mari couldn't pass up the deal on a new pair of K2's, She's Piste Tele boards so Happy Birthday to her also. We have bought about $2500 worth of skis and gear for about $950 total.

I woke about midnight to an awesome lighting storm and a steady rain that is still going.

Normally most people would view this as crappy weather for a birthday but not me.

All this weather means that snow is not far away!

Happy Birthday to me!