Sawmilling

The Wood-Mizer Lumber Mill Model LT40

Venice

From the archives. . . I apparently have around 40,000 photos on this computer.

Short Descent into Winter

Sure was nice today. . .

Baldy

Snow up there now. . .

Skiing

I never managed to post these. Marshall and I went skiing in the north Bridgers last Wednesday on my birthday. We both work at the university where apparently it's ok to just not show up all day if you don't want to. It was a really nice day and the skiing was surprisingly good. We skied "the Great One" which is a north facing and very well shaded chute that is well known around here because it will hold snow well into summer. Or, in our case, will hold snow that fell early in the fall.


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Sign Creek

Rode the Sign Creek trail outside of Sula,MT with Chad on Sunday. It was a long and fun loop in some really remote country.



We saw Moose and Elk, rode through snow for a while and had a great time. I rode a Ventana El Rey that Chad let me try out. It has wheels that are 29" in diameter, 3" larger then a standard 26" mountain bike wheel.

bigger wheels decrease the contact angle with obstacles, which in turn decreases the amount of forward momentum the rider loses while rolling over said obstacles. Or so they say. After around 5 hours of rolling around on it I agree. You can roll over rocks that are around 2" tall without slowing down much at all. The bike handles really well and I instantly felt comfortable riding it. At first it didn't feel as good as my current bike at high speeds, but was just as capable once I got used to it. MORE PICTURES



That's Trapper Peak

Cider Party

 

 

Made a little bit of cider from a lot of apples. It's tasty, I think I'll go get myself a glass right now. . .

Night sailing

From Flathead lake on labor day weekend. 30 second exposure. That's me on the side.

Mirrors

A sculpture outside of what was Jesse's office at UCONN.

New bike parts

I signed up for/got talked into an odd job that pays $80. I then spent lots of time trying to re-learn enough thermodynamics so that I could sound like I knew what I was talking about.








Before I even got the money in the bank I spent it on a snazzy new Shimano Shadow XT rear dérailleur. It's cool because it doesn't stick out off the side of the bike and therefore won't snag on sticks and rocks and rip off. Plus it's been redesigned to look like an evil robot. The good folks at Chalet Sports even cut me a deal at $75 instead of the retail price which is $109. Barring disaster, it should last at least 3 years.

Nitro

Quite possibly the worlds hungriest dog. No snow yet, although it's a winter storm watch pretty soon.

Last October 17th

And the skiing was good by the end of the month. . . and then it got bad again for 3 months. I wonder what this year will be? There are some competing theories. . .

EDIT: The forecast for the weekend is bad as usual.