Every once in a while our schedules line up so that Erica and I can enjoy more than a couple of continuous hours together; so when it turned out that we both had Monday free, we did our best to maximize it. She met me in Jackson on Sunday evening after I wrapped up an avalanche course, and after grabbing a bite for dinner we went to see the latest release from that master of romantic comedy, Quentin Tarantino.
Actually neither romantic nor overly comedic, Django Unchained was heart-wrenching, gut-wrenching, and excellent. It was also really long. By the time it let out at 11pm, I was just about full-pumpkin.
I've somehow lost the ability to sleep in, but waking up alarm-free around 7 on Monday felt pretty good. Coffee and tea, big oatmeal-and-walnuts gluten-free dairy-free pancake breakfast for the two of us, big kibble breakfast for Rue, and we were out the door for a family backcountry ski outing.
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| Like just about any dog, Rue loves winter and powder snow. As do we. |
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Whoa, here comes the Ruester!
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She's learning to do her own skiing off the skintrack.
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Our vet has declared that Rue is too young to porpoise along with us while we make powder turns (gotta let those joints finish developing,) so we've come up with an alternative...
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Ears flapping and tail wagging.
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Look Mom! We're skiing powder!
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This was also Erica's inaugural day on alpine touring ski gear. As expected, she loved it and is scheming ways for us to get her a new setup for BC touring. So much easier on her back!
And our new coating of powder was pretty freaking unbelievable.
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Looking pretty good! Damn, this is fun.
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As with all good things, it had to come to an end. But 20 straight hours together was pretty nice.
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