Getting the Team Back Together: Moonlight Ski

Last year in March a group went up to view the Pan-STARRS comet from the top of Patsy Marley. We caught a glimpse of the comet just as it set below the horizon in a notch outline by Mount Superior. It was a really special experience, and skiing down in the dark was great fun. It inspired us to spend more time this winter night skiing. a

Shooting long exposures at night will get better with a little more experience........

December 16th 2013. "The team gets back together". It was our first outing, an incredible night without a cloud in the sky and mild temperatures. We hiked past the mining structures into upper Cardiff Fork and skied Cardiac. No lights were needed, only the full moon. For our second lap we topped out on the ridge separating Cardiff and Mineral. We studied the Room of Doom in the moonlight, and the rivers of fog that were advancing over the valley.

A picture from Tuesday December 10. First tour of the season! Snow was quite good.

Sunday Funday: Antelope Island

White Rock Bay on the west side of the island. Stansbury Mtn's in the background. The trail starts here.

Home: MTs awesome 5 bike + 5 person tout terrain transporter (TTT)

Blue Skies and Fresh Air

Terry and Lauren

Resting, lungs burning after cleaning the hill up to the elephant head turnoff. 

 Beautiful cliff side views with the Stansbury's in the background. Is this Utah?

(Above): Tyler returning from the Elephant Head (Lower): Dani superstylin in her red jacket and purple helmet

Say goodbye to biking season. Bring on the snow!

The Life of Periwinkle

In Memory of Periwinkle
June 2013 - November 2013

Left: Periwinkle as a chick.

Periwinkle as a rooster, so we shortened his name to Peri. It is difficult to sex chicks so sometimes you end up with a rooster.

Peri was a very gentle and mellow fellow. In fact, he never really displayed any rooster tendencies like crowing or being overly aggressive. Nonetheless, we decided that Peri had to go. It is illegal to keep roosters in the city and sooner or later he would begin to crow and make unhappy neighbors.

We decided the best way to truly honor Peri was to eat him.

So we had a dinner party in his honor.  No expense was spared. Fresh herbs. The finest wines. Garden fresh vegetables. We even referenced a Julia Childs cookbook.

Cal mincing garlic. Cal was the man behind the scenes. He was responsible for all aspects of bringing Peri from the yard to the table, even those not pictured in this blog.

J and Dani checking Peri's temperature.

Bon Apetit.

Eating your own rooster is a unique food experience in the current era of grocery stores and processed food. Most of our parents have probably had the experience of raising their own food from farm to table, but for our generation it is a novelty.