12-22-2017, 07:41 PM
You got my heart to pounding Tom.
Just took a look at the MKWC site.
They say the road is still closed.
But, I think they're lying to me.
I hope.
Winds look to be forecast as more moderate tomorrow and sweet on Sunday.
I'm thinking of taking off early tomorrow to go up and scout the area, maybe even lay some tracks.
Definitely on Sunday also, if everything looks OK.
I'm hoping that I'll be a physical wreck by Monday if everything goes well.
I found my old sun block stick while digging around today.
I used to use it for long multi-day glacier and icefield trips at altitude.
After a few days on the glaciers, my face would look like old shoe leather.
But, I'd never burn.
I always thought it was an SPF 15.
It's only an SPF 5.
I've always been very resistant to sunburn.
I guess, I'm even more resistant than I thought.
I'll check the MKWC site and call the road hotline in the morning.
No matter what they say, I'll probably take a run up there anyway, just to see what I can see.
It would be outrageous if I could get first track in the area I'm liking to try.
I had given up on that many years ago.
It was so much easier to let the younger guys go in first and break trail.
They would get first tracks, and earned the rights to them.
I'm beginning to get excited.
I may have trouble getting to sleep tonight.
My brother's grandson and a friend of his disappeared a few weeks ago during an early season back country snow boarding trip on Mt. Baker down in Washington.
Little doubt they won't be found before spring.
I mentioned a ways back about giving a link to my online photo album.
I began to search out more ski photos, found a few but didn't find the ones I was looking for.
So, I've given up on it again for an while.
Most of what is in the gallery are paddling photos with a few from ski trips.
I'm taking a break from working with it again.
I still have a multitude of photos to get organized and put up.
It is a work in progress still in its very early stages:
http://www.mrcorrell.com/
I'm getting tired.
My mind and thought are wandering around aimlessly, partly due to excitement, partly due to fatigue.
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Was a Democrat until gun control became a knee jerk, then a Republican until the crazies took over, back to being a nonpartisan again.
This time, I can no longer participate in the primary.
Was a Democrat until gun control became a knee jerk, then a Republican until the crazies took over, back to being a nonpartisan again.
This time, I can no longer participate in the primary.