Was a lot of driving, but it was all worth it to sample two days of the tail end of a storm that delivered 11 […]
Chronology
Squaw Powder Day
Doesn’t get much better!
Greg Turns 70
Celebrating the best father-in-law out there!
Keefer Lake Lodge
Revelstoke and Banff/Lake Louise were really just the warm up. I’d been wanting to heli ski since I was a kid, and I figured turning […]
The Frackers
The Frackers: The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Billionaire Wildcatters, Gregory Zuckerman Goodreads: Things looked grim for American energy in 2006. Oil production was […]
Revelstoke
The drive from Lake Louise to Revelstoke was the only stretch of the Trans Canada highway I was worried about: Rogers Pass midway between Banff […]
Banff and Lake Louise
It was a smooth trip from SF to Calgary, through immigration and into our little Nissan Rogue SUV in lightning speed. It was a beautiful […]
Atmospheric River
This “atmospheric river” storm sure dumped a lot of heavy, wet snow on Tahoe! Natural features and the park were the spot to be…
Skillmaster 2019
No cigar this year!
Las Vegas
A quick overnight in Vegas rounded out our Christmas 2018 mini-tour of the Southwest following a stop in Zion. Can’t stop in Vegas without watching […]
Zion National Park
From Salt Lake City we continued our winter tour of the Southwest with a couple of days in Zion National Park. I’ve always wanted to […]
Utah Ski Week
A super fun week skiing in Utah with Cheryl and Chris over Christmas.
The Moreno Wedding
We had a very memorable stay in Morelia, our four days there could have been a vacation unto itself. But the real reason for our […]
Morelia
When Manny – one of our friends who works in the cellar at Stonestreet – invited us to his wedding in Mexico both Lisa and […]
Alpine Meadows
Awesome day with the little rippers to start off the season. Lisa honestly had trouble keeping up with Max at times!
Christmas Tree Time!
We went down to Calistoga today to buy our tree at Porchini Family Farm, a Christmas tree farm that was burned out in last year’s […]
Ski Tuning
Not long to wait now!
Why We Sleep
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams, Matthew Walker Goodreads: The first sleep book by a leading scientific expert — Professor Matthew […]
Halloween!
Halloween on Johnson Street
Pumpkin Carving
Getting ready for Halloween