Solo Mountaineering

Last Sunday, April 29th, I went up to Guanella Pass. I was up here about this time last year and almost everything was passable without snow shoes. Last year, all you'd need to get up Mt. Bierstadt was an ice axe and some common sense. This year was different. As I was driving up there road past Georgetown, I saw a sign that said "Road closed 7 miles ahead". I thought that should get me to the trailhead.

Nope! The road was impassable due to snow about halfway to the trailhead for Bierstadt. I parked the truck in a section that I thought I could turn around in and started hiking. It was about 3 miles to the trail head and the last half a mile felt like I was post holing the entire thing. I was tired enough to not want to try to climb Bierstadt when I got to the trailhead. But on a positive note, the views were awesome.

A beautiful weekend

A wonderful weekend spent in Breckenridge ...

new truck pictures

Here is my attempt to take pictures of my truck worthy of a truck commercial.

I hope you enjoy them!

New Truck

I finally am getting around to posting some new pictures. Here is the new truck. Oh and taking apolicy from the TSA, a certain someone is not allowed to have any liquids in the new truck. (No, it isn't Jenny).
















I'm going to have to see if I can convince Jenny pose with the truck like those car magazines.

Some wedding pictures ...

Go to our wedding blog to see more about our wedding journey!

All in all, it was a beautiful day filled with love and laughter. We appreciate everyone travelling so far to be with us. We have not received our professional photos yet, but we have received some taken by family and friends.

The handsome men Chris, Josh, and Brad:
















Jenny and her dad:
















"I do" :





















"You may now kiss the bride" :





















Mr. & Mrs. Josh Gentry:

Thank you!

Thank you for making our wedding day so wonderful! We will be posting pictures soon.

Black Canyon, Ouray

Over the 4th of July we went to Black Canyon in the Gunnison National Forest. The Black Canyon is steeper and more narrow than the Grand Canyon.





















After that, we went to Ouray, which is the Switzerland of America. We stayed at a beautiful Victorian bed and breakfast that backed up to the mountain.

ski chair

Well at long last the ski chair is completed. Dad and I worked on it a lot while he was out here, but he had to leave before it was finished. So I've been working on it off and on and finally finished it.
Skis are really tough. It makes me wonder how in the heck people break them skiing. I burned up 4 jiggsaw blades and broke 4 drill bits while working with the skis. It made me glad I didn't get Volants.

Snowshoeing in Rocky Mountain National Park

We recently went snowshoeing with Jenny's work friend John Jost in Rocky Mountain National Park. It was kinda warm and the snow was compressed. But we needed the shoes when we went off trail. Despite the hype, snowshoeing is really just walking. It has a certain novelty but I mainly see snowshoes as tools to get somewhere in the winter, not much of a pursuit in their own right. It was still a lot of fun though.
































In this shot, I'm standing on a frozen lake.
































Not much snow down in the valley.

New Skis

I bought a pair of Atomic ARC's from the early 80's for $8, and two pairs of Atomic Procarve X's from the 90's for $15 a pair. The Procarve's have never even been drilled, they are perfectly pristine. They are going to be made into an awesome adirondack chair, although I'm tempted to ski the Procarve's for a weekend or two first. They are pretty long at 190 for each pair.

I know my cousin Jenny is jealous. Who else remembers these?

Go ahead and drool.

First, the oldies.




















































Notice the quality LOOK bindings.

And now, the newer atomics.

Snowmobiling

Snowmobiling rocks! We went on a snow mobiling drive, they handle like jetskis and go really really fast. :)

A-Basin (the guys' last day)

We went to A-Basin to grill out and ski for the last full day of Chris and Brad's trip. I think it was a great decision. We had a good time and mainly screwed around. There was a lot more grillin than skiin'. It was warm and sunny and a great day.

















I think this needs no caption.


















The Four of us.
















grillin'

















Too HOT!

















Yeah you can ski that.





















Goofin' around.
















Most of A-Basin.

















Chris and Brad.

















Hey Thad, remember these?