Halle’s Smooooth Words o’ Wisdom

Yesterday Blake, Eric and I managed a 1/2 day tour on Mt. Hood. Trail breaking was mostly thigh and sometimes waist deep. Trench Warfare. Not the Cascade cement variety. The light, fairly fluffy and all too uncommon variety in these parts. It’s a mindboggling winter in the Pacific Northwest. A hasty pit on a forested north northwest aspect revealed a meter of new snow atop a well formed crust from the clear and frigid weather last week. 

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We just purchased a used vehicle in Missoula, Montana. Incredibly, I was able to drive the new rig home on 1 tank of fuel. That’s right: 1 tank of fuel. Fumes powered me the last 30 miles I’m sure but I still made it. Can you guess the type of rig? Hint: it’s not an overpriced stop-gap hybrid. Another hint: don’t buy them in Portland or Seattle as you’ll pay a 2-3k premium. It’s cheaper to fly to most places in the west and drive them home yourself. First correct guess gets a free 8.5 x 11 print of your choice.   

 The last day of 2007 was a remarkable one for skiing on Mt. Hood. Sub-twenty degree temperatures lingered all day, the sky was clear and the snow light and plentiful.