There are 8 weeks until opening day, so I wanna knock off 8 missions. I’ll ski opening day, then I don’t want to ski until August when the snow is actually good – hahahahaha. First mission was the Brissy to … Continue reading
Brissy to Gladstone
A couple of weeks ago I was invited to crew on ‘Akimbo’, a 30 foot trimaran, in the Brissy to Gladstone Yacht Race (308 nautical miles). The last time I was on a proper boat was 8yrs ago and my … Continue reading
Doris’s of the Winter
I haven’t published a ‘Doris’s of the Winter’ blog post in years…. Too many, post and potential, Doris’s read this blog….. So I’m going with an ‘End of the Winter’ post of all the folks who have made this bad snow … Continue reading
Ice Racing
I had heard of some ice racing and today I finally got it organised. How it works…. take your 4WD down to the local frozen lake, don’t go near the ice fishermen and race mano-el-mano. Eric took his Pathfinder and … Continue reading
Winemakers, Marines and Computer Nerds
After a fantastic couple of weeks with with the crazy Canberrians (Fi and Josh) I had an entire day to myself (and Little Spoon of course). We spent our day off with Jarisse and the abused horses of Colorado…. After the day off … Continue reading
Fi and Josh Toshioki
Fi and Josh flew out yesterday and I don’t think I’ve ever seen some non-slope-eyed folks take soooo many photos. They were a hoot. In the old days I was the one off to bed early at Whistler and Perisher while … Continue reading
Schleepy Time
The pre ’11pm bed time’ thing continues at the Chateau Grindlay now that Fi and Josh are here. The troops are rising early and today was my first non-skiing day in 3 weeks (I awoke at 6am to check the Steamboat … Continue reading
Fi and Josh
January was a big one, I had 27 of 31 days on the snow which has to be a PB. Feb kicked off yesterday with a change over of guests, Chris and Lisa flew out and Fi and Josh flew … Continue reading
Weekend Skiing
Today (Saturday) was as busy as it has been all season (there are 5,000 military folks in town for the weekend – you’d never guess we had 2 wars in progress). The last 3yrs I have volunteered as a sit-ski pilot but this … Continue reading
Chris and Lisa and Gordon
Chris and Lisa are in town and it is time to payback all that Karma from my Aussie trip. ‘Post Schnapps’ up in the back country. Another pic from that day. You can watch all the shenanigans in the movie I … Continue reading
Cole’s Trip
Cole is always a great host in San Fran and it was great to have him out for a week in CO. Here are some of the best pics I have of Cole skiing. If he was a knuckle dragger, … Continue reading
Threesome
If only this was a ‘Doris’s of 2009’ post….. However, today’s threesome was downhill skiing, x-country skiing and snowmobiling. Later in the season I’d like to try the fivesome…. downhill skiing, x-country skiing, snowmobiling, kite skiing and ice hockey in … Continue reading