Good Morning!
I am dragging my feet here a bit this morning. I usually or used to get up at 5:00 and now am getting up at 6:00. Coffee is on a timer so it is ready when I get up which is always such a nice treat. I know I use a percolator pot and hard to believe anyone still uses one but I like my coffee to stay hot. Plus, I was fed up with all the plastics in other options. It works and the caffeine is in my blood with no hassle at all.
Yesterday we got out for a ski on the BC (backcountry gear). It was ICY, rutted, with some overflow on the two sloughs we have to across to get out across the tundra. It was a bit windy and cold too but nothing more than normal just not typical April spring skiing. Out at the Hide Away trails there is a good amount of drifting. This is great as it will groom out really nice today and make for some more great skiing. I love this little section of ski trail as it is through the trees, protected from most of the winds, and you feel like you are at a ski touring center.
We use pallets as snow fences that help to collect the blowing snows when we have winds which are more often than not out here on the edge of Norton Sound. Little tricks of the trade for ski grooming in rural Alaska. Photo on the left is us practice ski social distancing! You have to joke and make the best of things out here for sure!
My other favorite thing is conifers with snow on them against a rich blue sky. I remember when I discovered this great combo in my college accounting class at Paul Smith’s College. I remember sitting there in class trying to pay attention but always drifting off to gaze out the window at the combo of blue sky and fresh snow on the branches of green needles. I would be dying to get out of class to head out for a ski. 
Here is why I am dragging my feet a bit this a.m. 0ºF and a wind chill of -9ºF. UGH! I just need to walk over to what I call “The Refugio” the skiroom/waxroom. I work out over there 5 days a week using ERG and the extra-room space for my knee PT, sit-ups, push-ups, and yoga space as our housing has limited floor space. I am so grateful to have The Refugio and to consistently be able to use that space it is just a great thing for me!
SIDE NOTE! I really wish that blogger would allow me to use all the functions on my ipad but it doesn’t dang it all! Anyone have any suggestions? It seems to work far better on Firefox than Chrome interesting.
Enough time to get out the door! Like the Norwegian saying says “The longest mile is to the door!”
