Random Stuff

Today was another great day. The team I am a member of at VoiceBox Technologies was rewarded with a day off to go skiing. So we did. It couldn’t have been a better day for it. Temperature was just below freezing so the snow stayed good, no wind, bright sunshine, spectacular views, and great people.

In this first picture is the top of a blue (intermediate) run. Here you see Roman at the map, Philippe looking at the camera, and Michael taking a picture. This is probably our third run of the day.

Mt Rainier just one hilltop away. This was taken from the top of a double black diamond run. You could also see Mt Adams and Mt Hood from here. The run was exhausting but a lot of fun. I wish I knew my new phone could take such good pictures, I would have taken more.

The Double Black Diamond run, the top of which the picture of Mt Rainier was taken from. I almost took a dive here but save it. I hit a mogul hard enough to push my knees to my chest and knock the wind out of me.

I used to ski a lot as a kid. From 8 years old until I turned 19 or so I was skiing almost every weekend of the winter. Mostly at Red Mountain by Trail, B.C. and at 49 Degrees North by Chewelah, WA. After 19 I had to pay for it myself and then I realized it was expensive, so my I was limited to every once in a while. I haven’t been skiing in at least 6 years.

Still with all of the years I have been skiing, I have only seen a few days like today. They are few and far between.

Today was not only great because of the scenery and weather. I was also there with some great people. It’s not often that you find so many people all in one place who you enjoy working with and spending free time with. Rare indeed.

As a side note, we were from USA, Russia, Japan, China, France, and Norway. This led to quite a few discussions about how things are here, there, and elsewhere.

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