One true highlight of our trip was meeting and skiing with Mattias Fredriksson. For those of you who don't know of Mattias, he is a world class ski and outdoor photographer, a super nice guy, and a wicked skier. Open any ski magazine and you will find the pages filled with photos and stories from Mattias . We spend a whole day with him and he took many photos. Here are a couple he sent us after our day. I will treasure them forever. Driggs Idaho is one hot spot of a recreation area. What a mistake to wait so long in my life to go there. If you like the outdoors, this is the place for you. The town is cool and the skiing is an ELEVEN! I think we will become regulars. Thank you Paul Diegel for being such a great host and showing us the "goods". Next we headed to the desert - Phoenix, Sedona, Moab. All cool. All great mountain biking, Then onto Bentonville, Arkansas to find out what all the hubbub is about with regards to mountain biking. It is hard to describe, bu
We had the good fortune to coordinate time with two of our brothers! First my brother Mike at Roger's Pass. Mike before we tortured him on the uphill My brother Mike has been a long time skier. Ever since he was a little kid, he chased snow. He skied every chance he got and he is good! A natural athlete with tremendous grit, Mike can do anything. This year he decided to give back country skiing a go. Normally one would progress along a path of trying this out on a small scale - maybe rent gear, maybe make sure you know how everything works, maybe start out on a small hill, and so on. Not Mike. He agreed to a couple days in Roger's Pass with Greg and I as a "first time out". One might call us irresponsible for taking him there. Anyone else, we would have said no. But Mike.....we knew he could do it. And so, one cold February morning, Mike donned the back country ski gear that he rented the day before, and we headed to the mountains of Roger's Pass. Snow wa