ridge hike 001
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Monday, February 19, 2007
Hiking the Ridge
One week and counting...
Jay and I spent a few minutes yesterday writing down everything we hope to accomplish in the next 7 days while we are still in Bozeman. Here is what we came up with:
-Hike the Ridge at Bridger Bowl
-Go to Big Sky and ski/snowboard
-Soak in the hot springs in Norris
-Skate ski to Mystic Lake (around 10 miles uphill)
-Buy a vacuum
-Visit Madison River Brewery and the Bozeman Brewery
-Eat at Dave's Sushi (one last time...boo hoo)
and last but not least PACK!
We can check at least one of those off of the list for now. We got up at 6:45 this morning and had breakfast and packed some sandwiches and made it up to Bridger Bowl in record time. Because it was President's Day, most of the town beat us up there for the 5 inches of new powder. We got at least one run in before it was tracked out and Jay and his bud Eli decided it was time to start hiking up to better powder. I ducked out of the first round of ridge climbing, nerves. They both had a great run and were very encouraging so we all hiked up. Eli was nice enough to snap a picture of Jay and I at the top of the mountain. The wind picked up right as we got to the top and I was having a really hard time on the narrow traverses on my snowboard so we went down sooner than we had intended but still were able to get some sweet powder turns.
After lunch we did a shorter hike to a lazy meadow run. I was really tired and offered to head down to the bar at the bottom of the hill and buy the guys a pitcher. Bribe did not work though as they wanted "one last run" and started hiking again. I went down and waited for them and enjoyed my beer until they strolled in. All in all, a very good (and tiring) day of skiing for everyone. We are heading to the Madison River Brewery this evening for "Dead Night". Jay is hoping to relive some great high school and college memories to the sounds of the Greatful Dead...then we can check another one off the list.
Jay and I spent a few minutes yesterday writing down everything we hope to accomplish in the next 7 days while we are still in Bozeman. Here is what we came up with:
-Hike the Ridge at Bridger Bowl
-Go to Big Sky and ski/snowboard
-Soak in the hot springs in Norris
-Skate ski to Mystic Lake (around 10 miles uphill)
-Buy a vacuum
-Visit Madison River Brewery and the Bozeman Brewery
-Eat at Dave's Sushi (one last time...boo hoo)
and last but not least PACK!
We can check at least one of those off of the list for now. We got up at 6:45 this morning and had breakfast and packed some sandwiches and made it up to Bridger Bowl in record time. Because it was President's Day, most of the town beat us up there for the 5 inches of new powder. We got at least one run in before it was tracked out and Jay and his bud Eli decided it was time to start hiking up to better powder. I ducked out of the first round of ridge climbing, nerves. They both had a great run and were very encouraging so we all hiked up. Eli was nice enough to snap a picture of Jay and I at the top of the mountain. The wind picked up right as we got to the top and I was having a really hard time on the narrow traverses on my snowboard so we went down sooner than we had intended but still were able to get some sweet powder turns.
After lunch we did a shorter hike to a lazy meadow run. I was really tired and offered to head down to the bar at the bottom of the hill and buy the guys a pitcher. Bribe did not work though as they wanted "one last run" and started hiking again. I went down and waited for them and enjoyed my beer until they strolled in. All in all, a very good (and tiring) day of skiing for everyone. We are heading to the Madison River Brewery this evening for "Dead Night". Jay is hoping to relive some great high school and college memories to the sounds of the Greatful Dead...then we can check another one off the list.
Friday, February 02, 2007
Living in a one street town
I(JAY) recently accepted a full-time position as the Wilderness Program Director at Camp Manito-wish. I will be in charge of all wilderness trips from overnight to the extended 55 day trips. Camp Manito-wish is located in Boulder Junction, WI (Musky Capital of the World) a town of about 900 people. There are only two real streets and they T one another. We are moving at the end of February and I will start March 1. Part of the deal is that we get to live in a cabin on camp property. It will be fun to have a little cabin complete with the wood burning stove with just a short walk to the lake.
We have been talking about getting a puppy. It looks like it will happen either this spring or this coming fall. I'm leaning towards a lab or retriever and Brooke is looking at spaniels.
This is pretty different from my vision of attending law school in the fall, but sometimes life takes you down different paths. We don't have it all figured out, but we are excited about figuring it out.
We have been talking about getting a puppy. It looks like it will happen either this spring or this coming fall. I'm leaning towards a lab or retriever and Brooke is looking at spaniels.
This is pretty different from my vision of attending law school in the fall, but sometimes life takes you down different paths. We don't have it all figured out, but we are excited about figuring it out.
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