Cloud escalator
Dad and Jules at summit, 9,000 feet.
Art
Tess
Art and Tess are animals, all dropping off the backside into the clouds and shiz.
We took some breathers on the descent, a few of them without even crashing.
First day was overcast
Pretty
Weird tracks
Art's an excellent dude.
Jack and Dana and their helpful rental SUV.
OSCAR!
Dad takes the camera on the lift.
That's Josh over there.
I'm vacationing with engineers, computer programmers and aspiring financiers.
Clouds below.
Pretty happy
After hot tub costume
The 36-year olds.
The dog.
Tess had a night off from being a mom, so she made Spanakopita dinner.
We spent a few minutes interpreting this painting.
Dana studies McMenamins menu, which includes an excellent, extensive list of coffee-drinks-on-fire.
people sitting around drinking photos
Tess: In three years we'll be "40-year old women."
I think Jack was talking about the appearance of Mercury retrograde in the sky, for some reason. Probably he was refuting astrology :)
Today, Dana and I decide to try snowboarding for the first time.
I'm scared.
Jack kindly gave us a little lesson.
This is before all the falling.
It would've been better to learn this when I was younger, more pliable and fearless, but whatever.
Let the falling commence.
Just getting up off your ass takes some learning, but you learn it quickly, as that is where you usually find yourself.
I told my dad to get a picture as soon as I was up, as it would not last long.
Falling on the wrists isn't great, but it's way better than crashing the back or front of your head into the mountain, which I did repeatedly.
Basically, whenever your downhill edge goes into the snow, you crash.
I got a real lesson, which helped, and on the second day I got a helmet.
Unlike other helmeted activities -- say, motorcycling, where you hope your helmet NEVER actually is used for its true purpose -- in learning to snowboard it's not a matter of IF or even when your helmet will come between your head and an immovable object, but how hard and how many times.
Hi dad.
A series of 3 photographs showing our first attempt at getting off the lift.
Ta-dah!
Cobra pose
Cool painting at the Redmond airport
The moon from the plane.
J&J - which way?
Cloud Land on summit
Scarey
At the summit
Happy skiers
kool!
Buena Vista
For Ed
lovely Mt. Bachelor
Josh and James on Kangeroo?
More Kangeroo
still on Kangeroo?
This was Josh shushing by..
Which way now?
Josh & James at NW lift
A bluebird morning
More kool
Don't look down
the clouds are this high...
Clouds at our ankles
Clouds!
climb to to the backcountry
god's hands at work
dazed and amazed
snow blind
seemed higher
icy!
heading to the shuttle at the end of the day
Pine Martin lift
Looks like this guy has horns
Jules' teacher
Last run of the day
Pine Martin lift at the end of the day
Another bluebird morning
all in brown like ups
all in brown like UPS
Smokey's got a boner
Arlington drunks
I dream of Jeanie
cute but soon to be 40
Alexa and Josh from Redding
Tess still eating
on the road to Mt. Bachelor
O-H-I-O
2 Buckeyes, 1 Lord, 1 Turtle
our backyard in Bend
back deck at Lucinder house
why does Bend give me puffy eyes?
our cute house at 354 NW Georgia, Bend, OR
There's something on the roof but it's not snow
I wish I had this kitchen
Hard couch, comfy chair in Lucinder house
butt shot
Lucinder house
our backyard on Monday when we got back to Ohio
2/16/10 at Mulford Road
Some more snow in Columbus
