Sunday, November 4, 2018

Skiing with Edgar Allan Poe


Well, maybe we didn't actually ski "with" Poe, but we skied and went to an Edgar Allan Poe play on the same day - so this blog covers both.


First, Landon and I spent the morning at Government Peak X-country skiing.

He's doing pretty well, both classic and skate skiing, as you can see in this video. He's skiing with his high school ski team, so he'll have a chance to get some good instruction and improve his skiing skills.

He's a lot quicker than his old man already, that's for sure.


Grayson and I went skiing yesterday while Landon was at ski practice. Grayson missed it today, since he was busy with robotics.

As you can see in this video, even Grayson is quicker than me now on skiis (and falls a lot less!).




We pass the Little Su River on our way out to ski.

This video shows how much water is still flowing this time of year.


The cabins near the mine at Hatcher Pass. We picked up Landon from his ski team practice here Friday. This is where the show "Mythbusters" did their episode on cabin fever years ago.


At the beginning of that episode, they say "We're here in the middle of nowhere, a placed called Hatcher Pass Alaska". We don't live too far away, so I guess we must live near 'the middle of nowhere'!


Post skiing re-fuel.


Grayson's off-season soccer goalie training is held in the sport center next to one of our hockey rinks, so while he learns to be a better goalie, I watch the Zamboni do its thing.


Landon's breakfast burritos are so big, they're not really burritos. Just a handful of everything he can possibly fit on a tortilla.


Landon got his driver's license. Look out, he's a legal driver now.


I guess they want in?


The audience having the chance to meet the performers after the play. The play was "Nightfall with Edgar Allan Poe". A script of four of his works, The Raven, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Pit and the Pendulum, and The Tell-Tale Heart. We always enjoy supporting our small town theater. This was the same theater where Grayson played the role of Romeo earlier this Summer.

1 comment:

  1. Great! Thanks for sharing and congratulations to Landon!

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