Skiing (again)

I went with Rich and Sara to Loveland again today.


It was a perfect skiing day. There was light snowfall from the previous night, and despite the holiday, the crowds were relatively small.

Here I am posing in front of a bit of blue sky:


And here is a nice panorama Sara took, with Rich and me on the left:

Skiing

I went skiing yesterday for the first time this season. The weather was perfect: blue skies and temperatures in the 20s.


Here I am in action:


And here is Sara assuming the snowboarder's position:


While we were on the lift, Sara took an interesting picture of contrails.

Pictures from Washington

Mt. Stuart:


A hawk (the brown blur) flying around my parents' front yard ...


... chasing quail (it didn't catch any -- I think the presence of all of us at the window scared it away):


Puget Sound:


Mt. Ranier:


Indian Peaks and home:

Seahawks game

Yesterday, I went with my Mom and Dad, Terri, and Mike to the Seahawks game.


We had great seats: 4th row, 25 yard line!



Here is T.J. Houshmandzadeh on the far sideline right before he made a catch:



And Derrick Ward running along the near sideline:



Unfortunately, it wasn't a very good game -- the Seahawks lost to the lowly Buccaneers!

San Francisco

I just spent a week in San Francisco attending the Fall AGU (American Geophysical Union) conference. I presented a poster Wednesday morning, and spent the rest of the week looking at other peoples' posters and attending their talks.

I didn't do any sightseeing, so I didn't take my camera out very much, but here is a nice (full-size) picture of San Francisco from my flight home:

Brrr!

On my way to work, I took these pictures:





On my way home, it was 2 degrees!

Golf Weekend in Phoenix

I escaped from the single-digit temperatures in Colorado and went to Phoenix last weekend to golf with Brett, his Dad, and his uncle. It was a little on the chilly side, and it rained a little on Monday morning, but we were still able to golf Friday through Monday. I played some of the best golf of my life, too, which helped! We also went to the Cardinals-Vikings game. Unfortunately, I didn't take any pictures.