Sundance skiing

Today Parker and I went up for a couple hours. The snow is excellent right now. we skied back mountain and had a blast. No lines to speak of and soft bumps for the running. Did a few bumps but it cut my day short the back played out before the legs did. High speed cruising on corduroy and they have Head Wall groomed it always gives great speed. Til next time keep smilin'

AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!

That's how my legs feel right now. Fat old man + Telemarks = AAARRRGGGHHH!! Great day on the mtn, haven't had my tele's on for a number of years. But today I blew the dust off and put them on the slopes. Surprisingly I had lost a whole lot of technique, it was never pretty to begin with. Any how went to Sundance, Parker got called in to a job and couldn't go, we were planning to go to Alta, got in 6 runs before the legs completely noodled on me. Good to know it can still happen.

On the way home I stopped off and threw a few lures at the fish in Provo river, not much to talk about but still it was fishing.
Til next time Keep Smilin'

Rockport Fist Holes of Season

Parker and I took off a little late for the first ice fish of the season, around 10:30.  We stopped at the Road Island Grill in Oakley and had lunch, good food and good atmosphere.  We got back on the road about 1pm and headed on to Rockport.  We pulled off at Crandall Campground and went out about 60 yards off shore.  We settled in and cut 2 holes the ice was easily 18 inches thick, tons of folks on the ice with us.  Parker got the first hit of the afternoon and missed the set.  They were hitting very light and not very often.  We fished til the sun was setting and getting cold.  We didn't run our tent on this trip but it was a nice day a little overcast but no wind to speak of.  We had a number of hits, but I only coaxed a couple to take the bait, a perch pattern crippled hearing with a couple meal worms hanging off of it.  Parker was working paddle bugs and curly tails with wax and earth worm tipped.  The first fish was 20 inches and good sized the second was a planter of about 16 inches, both had nice pink fillets.  We got home around 6 pm and I had them on the grill within 30 minutes and eating dinner, Rogan joined me for dinner, he likes fish just not catching them.  Until next time keep smilin'.  

1/9/10 Skiing Sundance

We started the morning off a little sluggish planning on being in the parking lot before 8:30am and that is when I rolled out of bed, I then got Parker up around 8:45 and on the road.  Got in the upper lot by 9:05, yep can still drive the canyon pretty good.  We loaded thinking the back mtn must be packed got to back mtn and no line our thoughts turned positive right away.  We skied the first 2 runs just cruising high speed the Parker needed a little more excitement and went for some bumps so I followed wasn't pretty but made it.  Then we ventured over to the headwall and found out they had groomed it, what a great little pitch!  We then went back side and hit Freddy's and Snowstake both had nice snow and coverage.  Then a couple high speed cruisers and then hooked up with Brad H. he is a Mountain host and skied a couple with him.  It was a cloudy day and flat light but the groomers had laid out some nice corduroys on the slopes.  We took off around noon and went the back route on Roundup and hit Expedition on the way out again good snow and coverage.  It was an "OK Day".  Parker and I then went visited mom and dad for a minute.  Sorry no pics today just cruising, come and ski with us some day promise not nearly as crazy anymore....hehehe.

A good morning at the Dance

Took off on my own this morning Parker is pretty sick and didn't feel like going up this morning.  Got there thinking it would be crowded beyond belief, but to my surprise I got to park in the lower parking lot and was on the 10th chair of the morning.  Rode up with an instructor from Pittsburgh, it was awesome talking to him he was very knowledgeable about the Steelers.  He was on the mtn in transition waiting for his "real job" to begin.  The day was great, turned into a Blue Bird day on the mtn and the snow was good a little new on the surface and groomed well.  I skied a few runs then hit the shack at top and grabbed a snickers, note to self take my own.  Spent a few minutes just relaxing and letting the legs rest.  Made a few more runs and never waited in line.  Legs played out long before the soul did, I didn't push it though.  When I couldn't stand up straight anymore I called it a day ;-).  Hope to get in better shape soon and be able to push past noon.  Want to hit Alta before Parker takes off.  Made a stop on the way home on the lower Provo and threw a couple lures at the Brown's that inhabit that area but couldn't find what they were looking for today, it may have been due to the Beaver that was swimming around my cast the whole time, LOL.  Come and join us anytime.

A Day in the field with Z

Went out to find some bunnies on Dec. 29th with my good friend Zach.  It had a been a while since we had to hang out together.  We made a day of it, started with breakfast at Callies in Orem and then off to the hunting grounds.  He had set up some of the OHS staff to come along with us, so there was 10 of us counting Parker.  We got the area I thought might hold some and we seen a few shot at'em and got a couple.  It snowed on us all day it was nice.  Then we did some target practice.  The morning went by quickly and then we headed for home.  We had fun and it was great to visit and meet new folks.