Football Epilogue

My daughter and her aunt on the bunny lift at Bridger Bowl just outside of Bozeman, MT.  Okay, maybe not. My kids are excited at the prospect of the first snowfall. Now that it has passed, maybe they'll be ready for the first real snowfall, which hopefully will not show up until the Thanksgiving-ish timeframe.  The last few winters have been rather mild. I am on the fence about liking and hoping that mild winters will continue. I do enjoy the reduced number of alternative workouts involving shoveling, the treacherous driving, the increased heating bills and the mouse invasion. In contrast, I do enjoy some of the activities a snowy winter has to offer. Getting the kids up on skis these last couple of years has been tremendous fun. I'm hoping to bring them someplace a little bigger than the local Hyland Ski area  or  Buck Hill . In the coming years these places will be great as I envision being able to drop the kids off, maybe ski a couple of hours and enjoy the ...

It has been a couple weeks since my last entry. It was not entirely deliberate, but was the result of some deadlines and work and life stresses that sapped me of the energy to contribute to FE . I had a nasty cold/flu-type thing, a big proposal due, hosted a birthday party for my daughter and on top of that, tried to keep my sanity. By the last couple of nights I became worried that my sleep schedule was scarred. I knew all of it was coming. Despite some money concerns I decided that an escape would be in order. Opportunity had presented itself in the form of my girlfriend wondering if I could go with her to ski in Sun Valley, Idaho and partially crash her girlfriend's trip with her ski club. I can only say it would have been excellent to crash her full trip and stay the whole week. Sun Valley and the town at its base, Ketchum, were amazing. We arrived Saturday mid-morning and wandered the town waiting for our room to be ready. It's a small town with some of the friend...