Steve Tilford

Packed up this morning and am now driving the 450 miles up to Cable to cross country ski for a while. There is tons of snow up in Cable , so that isn’t a problem. The problem is the temperatures. It is going to be okay through Saturday, then get super cold, like high temperatures nearly double digits below zero. That isn’t conducive for skiing. Guess we’ll be doing some snow shoe-ing. That is a pretty great work out in deep snow.

Bill, Keith and Catherine are headed up from Topeka, so we’ll meet up with them tonight.

I might of over did it yesterday playing Frisbee. Trudi’s nephew, Parker and I played in the street for a long time. My shoulder was telling me to stop, but I didn’t listen. Might be a bad trade-off for skiing all day.

That is exactly what is on the agenda for this weekend. Saturday is the double Birkie ski. That is big group ski of about 90 K. Since Telemark is closed, I’m not sure what the 1/2 way lunch stop is going to be. It usually takes 6-7 hours, so it’s a long day on your feet.

Okay, just a mobile update. Better get back to driving.

Brrrrrrr……..

Nice, behind the back, form, huh?

Bromont’s position.

We made it up to Cable late yesterday afternoon. This is Bromont’s favorite place on the planet, so he did his normal hour loop, checking out all his places. We put on some snow shoes and did an hour out in the woods. There is a ton of snow here, over 3 feet, so all the winter options are on. Dennis has been doing some pretty serious loops out there, so it wasn’t too strenuous.

Then we headed over to Cable to the Rivers Eatery. I could eat there ever night here. It is the local gathering spot, so you never know who you’re gonna run into. Garrott Kuzzy was there because his sister was getting married. Kuzzy was on the 2010 Olympic team for nordic skiing. I haven’t seen him for a while, so it was nice. Plus, of course, Mick and Beth, the propriators of the establishment, is the real reason to go there. We never get out of there until they have already been “closed” for at least 3 hours.

Bill, Keith and Catherine showed up before 10. Mick opened another bottle of wine and it just kept going. We got out of there before midnight and while the new imports from Kansas unloaded, I took a long hot tub. I’m going to be spending a fair amount of time in that this trip. My plan here is to do as many different physical exercises and motions that I can, to try to get myself back into some sort of balance. I’m so out of balance that it is going to have to work.

Tomorrow is the long ski. It is not going to be 90 kms. It’s probably only going to be close to 80. It starts at 8 am at the Fish Hatchery, near Hayward. Everyone is invited. I guess it is going from Fish Hatchery, up to the North End warming hut. Supposedly there is going to be some food at the warming hut, supplied by The Brick House, but I wouldn’t bank on that.

Okay, Dennis is making pancakes, so I’d better get in the queue.