Bedrock & Paradox

It is out there.Just not that much of it. The Lolo Pass area is still feet short of this time last year. Moreover, the pass has had little precip to mask the impacts of the masses. Things were very tracked out near the road, and the skin track/boot pack up to Snowboarder ridge was doing…

With lemon zest, sesame seeds, sea salt, pepper, and a red wine glaze, you cannot go wrong.

Good skiing found today! As in: rippin’ and linkin’ turns! brah!M dropped me off in Pattee Canyon, and I headed up and up, eventually arriving at the saddle between Mitten Mountain and the next knob/mountain to the east. Good skiing was found above the road in an open clearcut. Just enough of a base and…

There be monsters!What’s that blue shit up there, anyway?Ahhhhhhh!Yes, it’d be cool (now) if town were at 5.3k rather than 3.3k, as we’d have skiing all over. But then the biking season would be even shorter. In any case, it was a good afternoon to go walking.

To be done betwixt readings, many readings. Most important, digging out the old instep crampons, sharpening them, tightening the bolts, finding straps, and taking a hike! They were my parents, and are older than I am. They work very well, and 24″ Voile straps are perfect. Course, if BD made some out of no-stick stainless…

I made some pancakes. Saw evidence of sticky fingers.And thought about the future. The adventuring future, specifically. Registration for the Bighorn 100 opened today, which was on the to-do list this year. I do want to do Hardrock eventually, and need a resume for it. But the entry fee for Bighorn is 225 bucks. No…

I almost said that bikes are awesome, and they are. But I spent some time looking for cheap parts this morning, as reshuffling parts for Transiowa bikes has once again left other bikes bereft of parts and unridable, an ultimately perpetual state, methinks. The pursuit reminded me that, as fun as building bikes is, riding…

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…

We’re in the new place, which is very nice. Plenty of boxes yet to unbox, but it feels like home. M has working overtime to make up for lazy me. I’ve been lucky to be awake past 2000 all week. The house was built in 1951, and has a bitchin’ vintage kitchen.Upheaval breeds restlessness, and…

The good news is that I’m returning to normal a bit faster than I thought I would. I slept from 730-530 last night, the bad stomach I had the last few days in Egypt has mostly gone away, and I have a decent amount of energy back. The bad news is that we’re moving. At…