I'm back home after a crazy week and a half. Ted and I did well in Pennsylvania two weekends ago, bringing back 2 first place finishes and a third place finish. Even though the weather was a bit sketchy, the trip went very smoothly. We had a lot of fun hanging out with people we've competed with for 5 years.


I made it back to Boulder on Monday, and then took off for Winter Park on Tuesday morning. The snow was great, and the trip was a blast overall. I tried to remind myself several times how lucky I am. Six solid days of snowboarding behind me, I'm ready for some time back at work.


I'm pretty sore, but escaped unscathed otherwise. A few people who were up with us weren't so lucky, there are at least a few pulled muscles, many bruises, and one incident that required stitches. We did see a pair of moose that hung around our condo for a few days.




It's good to be back home with Kristen and the cats. I'm looking forward to getting back into a normal routine. Kristen and I signed up for a spring running class. The weather has been a bit springlike as of late, so we're in a running mood.

We had a slow weekend. Friday we went out with some friends to dinner and bowling. It turned into a surprisingly late night with a few too many beers at the bowling alley.

Saturday and Sunday were laid back. I worked a bit on the bots for the upcoming weekend's competition in Philadelphia. Kristen did a bunch of homework, and the cats used up the rest of the spare time getting pet. Here's a picture of the smaller 12 pound bot that I'll be fielding being worked on:



This week at work is going to be rough. I have a lot of stuff to take care of before I leave for Philly, both at home and at work.

I may not post for a bit, after I get back from the bot trip I'm heading to the mountains for all of next week. I'm looking forward to it!

I had another weekend of Bots and Boarding. Saturday morning Kristen and I got up really early (5 am) to head down to Denver to catch the Ski Train to Winter Park. Her new company was having a company outing, and we decided to take advantage of the cheap fares and lift tickets.

The ride up was beautiful. It was pretty cool heading up into the mountains on the train and taking in the scenery. We went through 27 tunnels, the longest being Moffat tunnel being 6.2 miles long.




Once we got up to the slopes we discovered it was a less than ideal day. The wind was really howling, and the temperature was in the teens. We struggled through it for the most part, but gave up in the afternoon.



Sunday I headed back down to Ted's for some more bot building. We put the finishing touches on the 30 pound robot, and tested it out on an old computer case. It's nice being done a few weeks before the event.



Today the weather finally started to warm up, and a lot of the snow is starting to melt. We still have drifts and piles near our place that are 10 feet tall. Hopefully a few days of 50's and 60's will remove a lot of this snow that's been around for 6 weeks.