Three weeks later, I’m snowshoeing at Cyprus Mountain again. Randy again came with me, and we tackled the trails inside the nordic area of Cypress Mountain. Ever since the last time at the beginning of February, I have been looking forward to going again and eagerly anticipated Feb 24, when I had planned to go [...]

This last weekend we took the Scouts off for our annual winter camp up near Mt. Washington. We walked into our campsite under a crystal clear night sky with more stars than you think could exist. Our path was lit only by headlamps and flashlights. We experienced all types of weather… glorious sunrise, warm [...]

Friends of our offered to babysit on Friday night for us. We gladly took them up on the offer and all we had to do was decide what to do. We visited our local climbing gym, Crag X for a couple of hours. I was given instruction on how to belay and by the time [...]

This weekend I tried my hand at snowshoeing. Maybe it was the great photos from Nels’ last trip or maybe it was that itch I have been feeling everytime I saw my pack hanging on the wall. Regardless of the reason, I jumped at opportunity when Randy called me earlier this week and said he [...]