Telluride Avalanche School

This past weekend I finally got into the Telluride Avalanche School. Every weekend I would try the class would fill up. We do live in one of the most avalanche-prone mountain ranges in the United States so everyone seems to want the training. It was a three day class from 7:30am - 5pm each day. The mornings would be in the classroom and each afternoon we would go outdoors and "play" in the snow. The first day of playing consisted of splitting into groups, with one group hiding avalanche beacons and the other group would turn their beacons to SEARCH MODE and try to find them. The second day the Telluride Ski Patrol staged an actual rescue burying 5 beacons that were attached to CPR dummies, Backpacks, and ski equipment. My group found all 5 "people" in 15 minutes on a steep gladed run in an area 100 yards tall by 50 yards wide. It was a pretty realistic scenerio and great training! The third day we went on a backcountry ski trip into Alta Lakes Basin to dig a snow pit and test the stability of snow layers as well as ski/snowboard some powder!

Moab - Hunter's Canyon

In March, Jess and I went to Moab for a weekend getaway. We explored a new hike called Hunter's Canyon just west of town. Jess took her brand new camera with her to practice her photography and Stella had fun jumping in and out of the creek. We camped out in Ken's Lake campground to try out our NEW 4 person REI tent. It was pretty easy to setup and withstood 20 mile an hour winds at night.

Enjoy the pics....

Visit the Farm 2011

In February we visited the Farm in Carlisle, PA for mom's birthday. It was great to be on the farm with sister, mom, dad, all the dogs and cats! Everyone came out to visit - Uncle Dan, Jen, Makalya & Brady on Saturday and then Aunt Lynn, Aunt Julie, Rachel, Uncle Matt and Amber on Sunday. We missed Ryan and Pop

Pop & Rosie's house is beautiful, it was great to finally see it in person, and it was nice to be there all day, relaxing, chatting and laughing with everyone. We met all the new doggies in the family - Shelby, Stella, Natalie and Roscoe.

Saturday evening we had an amazing dinner with mom, dad, Rosie and sister for mom's birthday. Then Sunday morning, we went to church and had a delicious breakfast in downtown Carlisle. It was a quick weekend but worth it. Miss everyone!