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Two Laps at the Santa Fe Basin
Ann scores a free lift ticket today, so I climb the ski basin while she practices her turns. It’s a clear, gorgeous day with just a little wind up high. I make two laps, and my fantasies of a third by moonlight dissolve when Ann and I collapse at the bar after the lifts close.…
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A Vegan New Year
I’ve stopped eating animal products this year. I’ve been mulling over what to say about it for some time, because while I’m excited about the change, I’m also apprehensive. The exciting part is that I seem to have a natural affinity for this diet, and I think it’s the single most effective action I can…
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Walk to Town
The walk from Rancho Viejo to Second Street is pretty nice, especially at sunset. After dark a very cold wind picks up and gives me rubberface.
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Pajarito Ski Area Run
The Pajarito web site says the area has lots of new snow, but it’s closed. Since I don’t need lifts on the split board, I head up anyway. When I get there I see a lot search and rescue vehicles. Someone tells me a snowboarder has been lost since yesterday, and to keep my eye…
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Little Cottonwood Canyon Ski
We had to break the rules to enjoy this nice little ski outside Salt Lake City. Little Cottonwood Canyon is mostly National Forest land, but in the winter the two campgrounds close and the ski areas take over. There is a parking lot at the White Pine trailhead. We get away with parking there overnight,…
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Bogus Basin Tour
We’ve sworn off lift tickets, and instead invested in alpine touring gear for Ann so she can accompany me when I go out on the split board. Yesterday we tried to find a practice hill in the foothills of the Owyhee mountains, but higher temperatures and winds had removed the snow already! So today we…
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Boise River Walk
Downtown Boise has lovely trails that run along the Boise River. Even on a cold, icy day we see joggers, ducks, geese, wading fishermen, and a very busy little Downy Woodpecker. Also filed at EveryTrail.
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Merry Christmas
We’re having a peaceful day and wish the same to you.
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Fever Driving
Our drive keeps handing us surprises. We go through Moab, but it isn’t our destination. This feels wrong again every few minutes at least until we reach I-70. When we reach Idaho, a rest stop attendant tells us a storm is coming, and there have already been several accidents ahead. We consider stopping for the…
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Santa Fe to Delores River Drive
Usually I don’t write much about all the driving we do, but some of it turns out to be a great part of a trip. This drive is packed full of goodies, some of which I’ve never seen. Starting at the southern tip of the Jemez mountains with White Mesa, you get a smorgasbord of…