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TRAPPERS LOOP ROAD

For the first time this year I rode my bike to the top of Trapper's Loop. This is a picture of my shadow and the sign at the top just before turning off to Snowbasin. This is a popular, short, but worthwhile ride for those in the area. Most people do this ride when they don't have much time but they still want to sweat a lot. I'm just glad to finally be getting the bike out. I guess this means I am officially done with winter and ready for the spring to come.

Feelin' a little Yurty

Chris and I spent a few days backcountry skiing in Wyoming with Uncle Steve and Aunt Karen and a couple of friends of theirs, Steve and Sean. It was a great group with lots of good snow, great skiing, and beautiful scenery.

Here we are starting out. Check out the size of our packs. Chris and I really have to figure out how to drop some weight.




A contstant task while yurting is to get snow to melt for water.





Check out this view. In the background are the Tetons.

Sunny California here we come!

Congratulations, Chris, on getting a spot in the Kaiser Permanente Fontana California Sports Medicine Fellowship. (a little late)



There is a bit of a story that accompanies the decision to take a hiatus to California. Chris' original plan following residency was to get one more year of training specializing in Sports Medicine. At the time hings were complicated and he decided to stay here and marry me. Good decision in my mind... However, after a couple of years of doing straight family practice Chris realized that his passion for the sports medicine world was still there. We went through the application and interview process and are lucky to be going to Fontana California for a year while Chris makes this great career move. Kaiser Permanente is a much larger version of Intermountain Healthcare and the program Chris will be attending in based out of a Kaiser Permanente hospital.

Where is Fontana, you ask?... Fontana is one hour inland from L.A., Long Beach, and Santa Monica near the San Bernadino area. We are about a half an hour from Big Bear Mountain Ski Resort and just over an hour from Disneyland. (So if anyone is going to Disneyland anytime from June 2010 to June 2011 let me know and we will meet you there. I will even go on the tea cups with your kids).



Some interesting tidbits of Fontana history:
-Some famous people that have lived or are natives of Fontana include Al Capone, who lived in Fontana, and whose house still stands and Bill Faberbakke who does the voice of SpongeBob Square Pants.



-The steel mill scene in Terminator 2 was filmed in an old Fontana steel mill.

-The Hells Angels motorcycle club was founded in Fontana in 1948. The founding charter is known as the Berdoo Charter, in reference to the slang name for San Bernardino County

-Pigmy Love Circus has a song called Drug run to Fontana on the album The Power of Beef.

-The city motto is "City of Action"

- Fontana is home to the World's fastest half marathon course (June 5, 2010 if you're interested).

-Fontana is home to a new NASCAR raceway. Yee haw!




We are very excited for this next move. I have never been outside of Utah so I look forward to getting a taste of another state. Chris will have many opportunities following this specialization and will be able to do more with what he loves.

So...surf's up!

Snowhawk

Dew Tour

This last weekend was the Dew Tour at Snowbasin. Chris and I went up for two of the four days that the events were taking place to get a close up view of some of the best skiiers and snowboarders out there. Chris gave me a new camera with a zoom lens so we tested out our photography skills trying to catch some sick air on the superpipe.






The best thing about this picture it that Chris took it with his iphone. That is some good stuff.

Snowbasin at sunrise

Paige and I have discovered a new playtime activity: skinning up Snowbasin before they open. You are allowed to do this since it is Forest Service land; you only need to be off the mountain before they start the lifts at 9am. However it's not recommended on powder days when they are doing avy control. But, on most days you get to access the creamy corduroy goodness on wide open trails before it gets too crowded and skied out. This past Saturday we went up with Seth Wallace and it was a beautiful morning.





It's a great way to start the day!

Cali

We spent some time with Chris' brother, Joe, his wife, Andrea, and their 4 month old, Stoddard. It was really nice spending the day in the sun at the beach when it was snowing back home. We were there over Halloween so we had round two of the pumpkin carving.