Monday, November 28, 2011

It's fun and humbling being a beginner

It's been quite some time since I've put pen to paper, er, fingers to keyboard on this dusty old blog. However, the reason for the neglect is a good one. I've started skate skiing.



Let me tell you, this is hard. Thanks to my elite and patient 3 member instructional team, I've been hitting the trails in beautiful Mazama, Washington.



I didn't think it would hit me the way it did, but yes - I'm in love with the sport. Now if I can just spend a few years working on technique, I may be able to hang with my friends out there...

To top it all off, I had an excellent Thanksgiving weekend with with top-notch company. I believe it was the first time any of us four 'young adults' really attempted a full-on Thanksgiving feast on our own. And yes - it all turned out amazingly...