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Tetilla Peak2nd St BreweryThe nice weather has made choosing an outing difficult! We start the day thinking of a hike up Tetilla Peak, and end up somewhere else entirely. Today’s video is only 2.5 minutes, so it’s easy to find out where.
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Under a higher roof
Once again our life takes an unexpected turn. Ann’s job with Peter is great, I like it here in Santa Fe, and Peter needed a bigger office. Voila, we have swank new home office digs in The Lofts, which are right next door to the campground we stayed in last summer. The camper and trailer…
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Aspen Vista Run and Media Experiments
The weather has been nice, nice enough to worry me a little about the snowpack. It offers good conditions for playing with the camera, though, so I try out lots of ideas on a backhill run from the Aspen Vista trailhead. The result is my favorite video effort so far! If fourteen minutes is too…
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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.