For the past week the downhill skiing has been so good on the mountain that I have not bothered to go cross country skiing down low. But yesterday I decided to give it a try, and boy was it good!
It's been years since we had such good skate skiing at the pass. There is a deep base and there was just enough fast, refrozen, soft stuff on top that I had complete control of the skis. I was able to bomb through the trees and fly all over the place. I had a ball and wished I had not spent quite as much time downhill skiing during the week.
Today my upper body is pleasantly worn out from the workout. All that double poling to maintain speed. And at the airport it says is it raining and 37 degrees. So it looks like the ski conditions will be changing. Oh well, but at least I got in one good crust cruise. Patrick
Bit of a random comment on this post, but figured now or never. Long time reader, first time commenter, fellow blogger. I learned about you and the original blog 5 or 6 years ago when you exchanged correspondences w/ Pete Acker - my hunting buddy - over on his blog about elk hunting. Ever since, I've been intrigued with your posts of all sorts, many of the ones revolving around the outdoor adventures you and your family get yourselves into but the ones about family and such as well. I talked my dad into going to Kodiak w/ me next fall and have some questions I'd love to bounce off of you - ideally in a more private setting. My email is outdoorsmorgasbord@yahoo.com, if you could drop me an email and I'll type into that as a Reply. Keep up the wonderful work and best of luck in this new phase of life!
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