YES!

The best ski day ever...so far...and it is only the first of 5 ski days ahead.  When you look at it that way, we have no where to go but down.  Maybe I shouldn't have started this way.  How about this.  It was a great ski day.  Sunny, no long lift lines, great snow, very little wind, hundred dollar bills were falling from the sky, and Miki and I shared a Snickers Bar at a picnic table mid afternoon, because we didn't want to stop for lunch.  There, that sounds better, but maybe too good to be true, or at least the part about the lift lines.  Great day!

               Where's Miki?  There she is.                                     

Miki and a stranger strike a bright sunny pose. 

As this day winds down, at home you are winding up for another snowstorm tonight.  Since we are not there in person, we are there in spirit...a humorous spirit...enjoy the snow.

     Q: What do you get from sitting on the snow too long? 
     A: Polaroids! 

     Q: What do you call ten Arctic hares hopping backwards through the snow together? 
     A: A receding hare line. 

And finally:
The Indians asked their Chief in Autumn if the Winter was going to be cold or not. 

Not really knowing an answer, the chief replies that the Winter was going to be cold with lots of snow and that the members of the village were to collect wood to be prepared. 

Being a good leader, he then went and called the National Weather Service and asked, "Is this winter to be cold?" 

The man on the phone responded, "This Winter is going to be quite cold indeed." 

So the Chief went back to speed up his people to collect even more wood to be prepared.  A week later he called the National Weather Service again, "Is it going to be a very cold winter?" 

"Yes", the man replied, "it's going to be a very cold Winter." 

So the Chief goes back to his people and orders them to go and find every scrap of wood they can find.  Two weeks later he calls the National Weather Service again:  "Are you absolutely sure that the Winter is going to be very cold?" 

"Absolutely," the man replies, "the Indians are collecting wood like crazy!" 



My Zen from the Road:  Take time to feel the sun on your face.