First Turns

Notice that coldness in the air? That chill that bites the cheeks. The numbness that starts in your fingers..
Winter is pushing Fall through as fast as she can.
Warren Miller tickets... check
Looking at new gear almost every day... check
Hiking till I can find even a 500 ft run...coming
The subie's gassed, the pack is (over)packed, time for breakfast and hiking.

P.s. While I'm no turns all year type*(yet). I am carrying on my new tradition of snow every month. Last month was Jule's and I wintry(30's, snow/sleet/rain/fog) hike at Sunrise.
Today, well I'll leave the decision to Ryan, Either Baker area or Camp Muir.
* Turns all year are fanatical skiers and boarders that make a goal to ride every month. No matter how much hiking or how bad the snow. Some guys are over 180 months. They post at turns-all-year.com and maintain some of the best NW Mountain weather links compiled.

First post

So after talking with the wife we agreed to start this blog. I figured it would chronicle our constantly moving nature(snowboard instructor, skier with cohones, 1/2 marathoner, globe trotter, endless talkers), and our adventures and mis-adventures as we participate in things that define us. I envisioned this would be mostly my views with some of Julies great insight, but wouldn't venture into too much of cliche blog material of emotions, but rather capture the moments and a subtle notes of how we feel about them. We agreed this record would be cool for ourselves, our distant friends when we make the move, and maybe our future kids.
So todays note is that I'm ~39 years away from federal retirement, which based on a tight schedule (Julie calls it ghetto), we could have great-grand-children. That's freaking crazy. On that note... We're less than 6 months away from temporary retirement.