Here's What's Happening

Really not that much . . . . Gus and I ended up going to Alyeska the following weekend, because the weather was nice again and I knew it wouldn't last long.  I decided to use my downhill skis because then I wouldn't have to work so hard to keep up with him.  His snowboarding skills continued to improve, and he will have to keep himself whole (i.e. no broken bones) to go next season as the ski hill is now closed. 

While we were experiencing our nice stretch of weather, I was able to persuade Wyatt to climb the Butte, our local 800 ft. elevation, 1 hour long hike, with Gus and me.  Of course allowing the friend to come along and ice cream after completion makes it easier.

We spent Easter weekend at the cabin attempting to finish up the inside trim work.  It seems like every weekend for the past year, we've been saying, "we are almost done!"  Only it isn't, but now we are down to one more loft railing and the door trim.  Other than that it is as good as it is going to get on the inside. 

Once the snow melts (spring happens about a month later at the property) and the driveway dries up . . . .

 . . . . . we plan to attack the trim and windows on the outside.

Who'd have Thought?

Earlier this week, Gus and I planned on heading to Alyeska Ski Resort in Girdwood on Saturday regardless of weather.  The latest weather pattern has been wet snow in the the early morning hours and then by the mid-afternoon mostly grey skies in the low 40's melts it away.  The forecast didn't look much better for the weekend, and I wasn't feeling so enthused. I woke up on Saturday morning and the ski was blue.  Who'd have thought?!

Suddenly, I decided an all mountain pass was in order (as opposed to only lower mountain) and we needed to hightail it to the hill and not miss a moment of opportunity for riding the lifts.  Other than stopping for lunch break midafternoon at the top of the hill, we kept at it all day.  In the beginning I was a little faster on my worn out telemark skis, but by the end of the day, Gus picked up some speed and technique on the snowboard and he was pushing me along.  He was feeling quite pleased that he was able to ride down from the top of the hill and it wasn't long before he had a favorite route.

For more pictures:  https://picasaweb.google.com/jillcaho/AlyeskaSkiResort

Last Snowboard of the Season

Gus begged me into being his lift a few weekends ago and as it turned out (or at least I'm hoping it turns out), it was the last snowboard of the season down our hill.  Here's a good video of him going down. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyvlUOv6puA