January in Yellowstone


Almost didn’t happen. I had business at the legislature in Helena yesterday, and was not feeling energized after a day listening to a committee hearing. But I had to keep the streak alive, so off I went.



It was good to camp out, I slept like a rock, and while I didn’t have the energy/will to ski as far as I wanted to today, it was a beautiful day with almost constant, varying snowfall.


I do not envy the bison. Our snowcoach driver/guide last month said that May-November bison live on all-you-can-eat cereal. Right now, they’re eating the box.

The trick in the next few weeks will be jumping back into school, making good progress on my portfolio (so it can be done in two months, on schedule!), and getting a reasonable level of fitness back. At present my raw material is lacking, or at least well in hiding. That I’ve slept for 11 hours every chance I’ve had in the last week shows that I’m yet out of the vacation-induced hole. No better leading indicator.

Speaking of which, 2100 is past my bed-time.

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