Yesterday was a snowday for the kids here in Surry County. A crippling winter storm was forecast and we were all instructed to sit in our living rooms and watch our front years with peril as the accumulations would reach 4-6 inches before the dreaded 1/4inch of freezing rain was to fall.
I dont mock the weather, it is powerful thing which I have no influence over. I mock the weather people who have been threatening us about nothing for 4 days now. Swing and a miss!!!

But I have caught the bug, the snowboard bug that is. This January we spent 4 days in Summit County Colorado and I got to ski in the Rockies for the first time. WOW, is the only word to describe it. In the pic above, I am hiking towards the Outback to ride the North Bowl. We only got to do it once during the week, but I cant wait to do it again.

Since I have been back I have been to our humble, southeast, ski hills twice. Last week I traveled to Boone and Beech Mountian for a day of miserable conditions and chunky ice. Out here, those are the days you pay your dues. Yesterday day, after watching no snow stick to my frontyard, I decided to take the snow matters into my own hands and I made the 100 mile trek to Winterplace WV for an afternoon/evening of boarding. It was a fun night. Lines were relatively non-existent and I was able to ride freely, cranking the tunes through my new helmet which has built in speakers. What fun. What a snowday.

Next weekend is our annual youth trip to Snowshoe so we will get to ski the 'big mountian' for the weekend. I cant wait, I wish it was this weekend.

I have also been working, in my mind, on a spiritualtiy project with this riding addiction I have. It is such sabbath for me, and I am trying to figure out how to put it in words that are constructive for myself and others who sometimes feel like what they are doing is indulging in the eyes of others, yet is totally life-giving and necessary for their own sanity.

More and more I am finding out that my head is an interesting place, even without a helmet pumping tunes to it.


This bug also filtered into the 6 hours of Winter X Games snowboarding I watched last weekend. Hope you saw Shaun White and Steve Fischer duel on the Half-pipe, it was great.

Well, thats all for now. Hope you are well, thanks for reading.<