2008: A Year in Photos
January 6th, 2009
It’s been a CRAZY fun year, enjoy the photos!
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Blizzard of 2008
December 22nd, 2008
We just experienced over 14 days of straight snowfall. Some days we’d get a dusting while others would bring a foot or more…this all prior to the official blizzard even happening. At last count, which we kept by watching how many cables on our front deck railing disappeared, only three remain, which translates to roughly 4 feet!
The snow covered wasteland of our home
April's RAV-4
Last Saturday we had a small ‘Blizzard Party’ with a handful of friends. We did a little yard kayaking, snow surfing, Cooper throwing and I even towed Abe around on his snowboard behind the truck. A good time was had by all. Well, perhaps all except for Cooper.
Air Cooper! Click the image to watch the video!
We woke early the next morning, early enough to grab first chair at Mt Hood Meadows. We were very excited as Interstate 84 had been shut down, basically cutting off the flow of Portland traffic to the mountain. Dreams of waist deep powder motivated us out of bed, as did the promise of a bacon, egg and cheese sandwich from Erin who lost a recent bet. To our dismay the mountain received about .25″ of freezing rain overnight creating a thin layer of ice on top of the all the beautiful powder! Every turn was instant pain.
First row of cars at the HRM Lot!
What goes better with first row in the lot? How about first chair!
April and Jim making the best out of what should of been a great day
We left the mountain after about 4 runs to the warmth and comfort of a cozy sofa and another Flyers win! We haven’t missed a Flyers game yet this season. Long live Direct TV’s NHL Center Ice Package! GO FLYERS!!!
Flyers 7, Washington 1
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BMW F800GS
December 10th, 2008
I recently purchased a BMW F800GS adventure cycle. This is my first real motorcycle and so far it’s been nothing but fun. Today after work I met up with my friend Gary who just purchased a 2006 Kawasaki KLR who wanted to take it out for its maiden voyage. We opted for Post Canyon because daylight is fleeting this time of year and we both were looking forward to climbing up to 2 Chair where we normally start our downhill mountain bike rides.
My new 2009 800GS with freshly mounted guards from ADV Spec!
Last night I installed crash bars, skid plate and hand guards all from Adventure-Spec. Everything bolted on very easily and the quality is top notch. Accessories for this bike are already back ordered, taking more than a month for delivery for almost anything. This past weekend I took the cycle into the dealer to have the break-in updates done. While there I also had them install a set of TKC-80 tires which are MUCH better in the dirt than the Battlewings that came stock.
A large storm is moving into the Cascade Range this Friday with frigid temperatures and lots of snow, it will be our first real winter storm of the season…it’s about time! The weather tonight was very still and mild, a perfect night to braap around Post Canyon!
Mount Hood in the distance waiting for a new blanket of snow!
Profile shot with Gary's KLR in the background.
Sorry for the image quality, I took all the photos in this post using an iPhone.
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Springfish Is Now Wireless!
August 29th, 2008
Updating this silly blog is now available via cell. Look for more spelling errors and jackassery!
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Top 50 Places to Live + Play
August 28th, 2008
As Ranked by National Geographic Adventurer!
Hood River ranks in at #5. The little town that could! Read the whole article here and save a few trees.
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Nike Golf Brainstormin’
August 13th, 2008
The Summit team spent some time last night playing 9 holes at the local links. We’re preparing for a full Nike Golf (.com) redesign and figured it would be great to get the team out to “play around”.
Click here to see a little video of “Team Dipshit” doing our best impression of a TJ Hooker burnout!
Baby Shaq and I get loose with the cart. Photo courtesy of Amos Lanka
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The Brown Corporation
August 12th, 2008
This might be the best website ever made…then again it might not. Definitely check out the “Us” page for a great story on how The Brown Corporation came to be. Do you smell that? Check it out!
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