Happy Snow

Portland got snow all day yesterday such that everything was covered in white when we went to bed and woke up this morning. Ken's boss cancelled his work. I went in late after lattes with Ken at the local coffee shop. Then he shovelled our walk while I took the bus to work. I love snow.

In related news, we went skiing on Saturday! Our first time in Oregon. We went to Mt. Hood Meadows, courtesy of Kyle and Caroline. They got us a gift certificate there as a wedding present, but since there was no snow last year we were unable to use it beforehand.

It was awesome. A buddy of Ken's from frisbee who knew the mountain joined us and gave us an amazing tour. It was great to ski with someone who could keep up and show us around. Ken snowboarded. I skied in the morning; telemarked in the afternoon. The mountain is awesome. The terrain is reminescent of a mini-Jackson Hole. Great mixture of trees and trails. Amazing slope angle. ....The dream slope angle where you can carve your heart out on each turn. While Dan stayed out through lunch (as he decided to eat his lunch on the lift, aka Mr. Kinnunen style), we went inside and put our feet up, lounged and enjoyed someone bringing us our burger and chili (aka Judy Marriott style).

Overall, we had an awesome day. A little over an hour to get home, but then we were in our house... having a drink and thinking about our amazing day.