Snowshoeing @ Lunch Part III

Jon, Marcus, and I decided to tackle another of our favorite trails that we call Timberline. We typically ride this one on Fridays because it takes a bit longer. It is a long and steep road climb until the pavement ends and then it is a bit more climbing on a fire road

This trail must be one of the highest in elevation because the amount of snow was incredible. Part of the trail had some snowmobile tracks that we were able to follow which was nice.

Here are Marcus (left) and Jon (right) at the start of our journey. The pictures seem a bit dark it was pretty overcast that day and I am still getting used to the new camera. You can see in the background where we are headed, on the other side of the mountain is Lake Tahoe.

Here I am at the end of our trek. We could actually go much further but we were limited on time. We made great strides in an hour (or so) and made it up into the trees.



Last but not least, the post would not be complete without another self-portrait. These always crack me up because although I am the one taking the picture I can never seem to anticipate the moment it is going to be taken so I always look silly.

Let it Snow

This past weekend we had what they are calling the "storm of the century". We had back to back storms resulting in nearly a foot of snow accumulation in the valley floor and over 5 feet up in Tahoe. Saturday afternoon we threw on the snow shoes and walked to our friends the Moser's house and then proceeded to the local park for some sledding.

Brent made an awesome launch pad for the sleds. All the other kids at the park wanted to try it out and when Madison and Shayna went back the next day they barely got a turn on it because it was so busy.

We took Chili-dog along with us to the park and he had a ball. He chased the kids around, caught snowballs, and ate some snow with Madison. He absolutely loves snow and cries to go outside constantly!

Everyone used Jeff's childhood sled as a snowboard off the jump it was pretty cool to watch.

After a minor injury (Madison hit her shin) we headed home to have some tea, warm up, and watch a movie. It was a great day spent with some great friends enjoying the snow.

Oh Baby it's Cold Outside

I have been having a tough time getting back into the swing of things with my riding. When I was injured I was in great shape but 7 weeks of not riding and the holidays have pretty much ruined that. I am doing OK, but it is tough. The first week was the worst. I was in tears almost every day on my way back to work from the ride. It was so hard physically and maybe even harder mentally.

The weather has not been very cooperative either. In fact just yesterday, it was a whopping 16 degrees outside and snowing when we went on the ride. It was fun though, I love to ride in the show especially the first day it snows where there is all the fresh powder. On our way back to our respective offices, we spotted a guy in the middle of the road crouching down to take our picture. Turns out he is from the local newspaper and took down our names. We might be in the paper!

I think when it comes to anything that I do, I am my own worst enemy. I am just too hard on myself. I guess if I wasn't I would not be where or who I am today so it is not all bad.

I have decided that I will just take this recovery period one ride at a time.

Dogs Love Snow

This past weekend we had our first snowfall of the season. We think we got about 4 inches down here in the valley. Our Chili Dog loves the snow he gets so excited when he goes out for the first time and just does circles around the yard. He is a mut so we are not sure what breed he is but he has some sort of snow dog in him by the looks of his tail.

We are hopeful for a white Christmas but not holding our breath.