Ski Trip

Yesterday I took Clarissa up the mountain for her first downhill ski trip. It was awesome. A beautiful sunny day, not cold at all the only thing that could have been better id that it hasn't snowed in a week, but that said, it was still great conditions.
Riss is an awesome skier!!! She's a XC skier by trade but she is fearless and just pick up Downhill straight away. Her first time down the mountain she was going so fast, she beat me down the hill! but the only thing was she knows how to go fast, its the stopping part we had to work on.... so when she got to the bottom there is a hole that she promptly launched herself into it loosing her skis poles, skis, I think her hat also. I was even better that it was right next to the lift so there was a pretty good size crowd around. As she gets up she noticed that now everyone was watching gave them all a big thumbs up. She is awesome. So we both skied all day and it was great, we almost got ourselves on a black diamond run, which would have been bad considering she had a hard time slowing down on the easy run. All said we had a killer day, came home lounged around an watch a movie, with a gourmet dinner I made.... Mac & Cheese! It was the prefect end to the perfect day.

Oh man while yesterday was awesome I sure did pay for it today. Super sore and tired, and my test today didn't help. Oh but I did get my Physics test back today, it was an 84 not great but better than all but one of my tests last quarter, so its a good start. I gotta Calculus test Friday better get studying for that. Later.

CROSS WORLDS

The Cyclocross World Championships started today. It is in Belgium this year and it actually looks like ok weather. There were 2 races today the U23 and Juniors. In the U23 race the americans didn't fair so well with a 36th as our top placing with Jamey taking that honor. As far as the Jr's go the US had an awsome result with Danny Summerhill taking 2nd while he was in the 4 up sprint for the win! Awsome work and congrats. To all the boys who raced today, keep an eye out tommorow that's when the big boys and girls, get to go show there stuff. They both should be great races. More Later.

Riss Turns 18!!!

Today was Riss' 18th birthday unfortunetly I had to work all day so I didn't get to go to dinner with her and her family but I did get there for the best part......cake!! It was pretty good, we were over at her grandparents place for a while then went back to her place where we were so tired that we just kinda sat there and tried to stay awake until I left not to long ago. Well I am going to go to bed but I just wanted to let everyone know that it is Riss' Birthday and wish her a happy birthday!!

Busy, Busy

Oh man I am really running on empty right now. Between school and work I am just about smoked. I am trying to put in a lot of hours at work right now so that when I have to start training for cycling I can ride more work less. Well at least that's the theory.
Work was really long tonight, I started school at 7:00am today and just got home from work at 9:30pm, really long day, not to mention I have a Physics exam tomorrow that I am still going to study some more for tonight. Gotta love Fluids and Orbits.
Tonight after work we had a seminar on mountaineering that was really awsome. It's something that I really want to try. There is club in the northwest that puts on climbs and classes that I really want to take.
I also realized working at a outdoors shop has its ups and downs. Up's, that we have all this cool stuff that we get to work around and sell everyday. The down side, they will never pay us enough to actually buy any of it for ourselves. Bummer.
I am also really bummed becasue I haven't seen Riss all that much this week actually not really at all except the 2 min we might see each other between classes. It really sux because tommorow is her birthday and no matter what I tried I couldn't get anyone to cover for me at work tommorow so I will have to see her that night after work.
Yee Haw, yeah my buddy Ryan sumed it all up really well today when he said this is "Kick Luke in the Balls Week." So thats What's up right now, if I don't write for a few days now you know why, but I'll try. Late.

Monday!!

Man I hate Monday's. Especially the ones after awesome weekends. You know the day's that you really can't do anything right and nothing goes your way. Yup it was one of those day's. Oh well I would trade one bad day for an awesome weekend.
I gotta a call from McGovern today, sounds like he's wupin it up on the XC skiing circuit congrats to him. Sort and sweet today I gotta go eat some food. Late.

Killer Weekend!!!

Went up to Crystal Mountain yesterday just for the day, and it was awsome!! Fresh snow not very cold, had a little bit of sun. It was a pretty good day not the best but still really good. But it got better when on the last run of the day I saw my friends the legends Dale and Ann Knapp along with Sean Wittmer just as they were heading up on their last run. I skied the last run with them and that's when Dale invited me to stay with him at their cabin only 10 miles away and another day of skiing!!! SWEET!!
So everyone went back to the cabin for a killer dinner of nachos and tater tots. YES! Unfortunetly Ann and Sean had to leave to work the next day. So Dale and I hung out watched some Family Guy then hit the sack to get up early for an even better day of skiing today.
Today was sooo awsome!! The snow in the trees was great all day! Hardly anyone on the mountain. and once we actually got up the hill there was no lines all day. We met Lisa , Tom and Scott on the hill and skiied with them for awhile they are all really cool people. Lisa is awsome she is the one running the only real MTB series up here in Washington and I have to thank her for that.
This was an awsome weekend I can't wait to get up next weekend, hopefully Riss is feeling better so she can come with me. Oh man so not looking forward to school tommorow, oh well Play Hard, Work Hard I guess. Late.

9 Months!!

Wow doesn't seem that long. As of today Riss and I have been dating for 9 months. Kinda crazy when I think about. But they have been 9 awsome months. We were supposed to go skiing today but she has been sick all week so it looks like just a movie and some soup, which is fine by me I need a break from all this craziness. But like always I'll be back at it tommorow when I get to boarding for the first time in a month! The snow should be killer too it's been really cold and rainy all week so looks like a lot of fresh powder. SWEET! I can't wait. Well I am already late gotta fly. Late

Being Sick Sucks

I am not sick but Clarissa is. Which is a bummer because we were supposed to go skiing on Friday and Saturday, so it's a no go for me tomorrow but I can't wait to get up on Saturday. I just tuned up my board and put a slick wax job on it and I am so ready to hit the slopes. There are only a limited number of full weekends left before the training for the cycling season starts. And I am getting gitty to start training, the local racers are coming in to the bike shop and getting ready for the races, some have already started training. I can't Wait!!! Looking to put in a really good, solid year and I just can't wait to get started. The race schedules are out and I am ready.
Also I am so ready for a weekend. That's all for now, Late.

Winthrop Rocks

Winthrop is a little town in the middle of nowhere Washington near the Canadian boarder, it's one of those towns that you would never drive through unless you really wanted to get there, and once you get there it is one of the coolest places you'll ever see. The whole town is super rustic. Every shop and resturant looks like it was pulled out of a western movie. It even has a working blacksmith... I had heard a lot about Winthrop and how cool it was, and just by what everyone else said about it I knew I would want to live there someday, and this was before I saw it. And it didn't let me down. You look around and there isn't masses of cars and people, no housing developments, no freeways, your more likely to see an eagle than a city pigeon or a seagull. By the end of my stay there I had already made up my mind that I was going to live there and how I was going to do it.
I was up there celebrating Riss' birthday. We stayed in this really cool little cabin right next to the Methow river and it had some awesome views. Not to mention it wasn't to far away from the killer XC skiing up there. I don't think I'll ever look at snoqualmie the same. We Xc Skied pretty much all day, but never went far from the warming huts. I was freezing up there. At the heat of the day it was maybe 10 degrees, and at night it got down to about 9 or 10 below!! Needless to say the warm shower that night felt really really good.
Oh yeah and another awesome part about Winthrop is that it has this restaurant that makes killer food. A little mix of American and Mexican to delight the taste buds. We ate there a couple times while Riss' mom made some awesome egg burritos and pancakes for breakfast and Lasagna for dinner the rest of the time.
Well I am sitting here taking a little break from trying to write this computer programme for class, so I better get back at that. So until next time, Late!

It's Snowing!!!

Craziness has come upon Oly. We got about 2 inches of snow this morning and school was canceled for some odd reason. I guess a few people were sliding off the roads, like my sister, but Matt and I went to the climbing gym about 10:oo am and the roads weren't even icy! Good times. Actually coming home from work at 9:00 pm tonight was slicker than this morning it's will be interesting to see what the morning has in store. Pray For Snow!! I wish I could go boarding tommorow.......

The First Post

The first post on the new blog. This is for everyone that I would like to keep in touch with but am really bad at doing it. I think there are a bunch of you out there so sorry, but this should help.
So for now I hope everyone's new year is off to a good start, mine is pretty good, it would be better if it wasn't so wet up here. I have been doing a lot of sking, XC and Downhill. But I got snowed out last weekend the pass was actually closed on suday and there was no power on Saterday, bummer. Oh well things look good this weekend, I am going to Winthrop with Riss and the forcast is for sun. It'll be awsome.