div style=”text-align: left;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family:arial;”I left Hayward on November 12th and will return, at the earliest, over two months later on January 25th. The travel plans include: /span/divdiv style=”text-align: left;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family:arial;”br //span/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family:arial;”West Yellowstone, MT/span/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family:arial;”Bozeman, MT/span/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family:arial;”Silver Star, BC, Canada/span/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family:arial;”Methow Valley, WA/span/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family:arial;”Anchorage, AK/span/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family:arial;”Methow Valley, WA/span/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family:arial;”Minneapolis, MN/span/divdiv style=”text-align: left;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family:arial;”br //span/divdiv style=”text-align: left;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family:arial;”I do get a chance to go ‘home’ to Washington for Christmas, so it really isn’t two months on the road./span/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family:arial;”br //span/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family:arial;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; “/span/spanspan class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family:arial;”a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/SwoNUlRqE2I/AAAAAAAAAkE/xAVNbP5EVC8/s1600/Yellowstone+019.jpg”img style=”cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/SwoNUlRqE2I/AAAAAAAAAkE/xAVNbP5EVC8/s400/Yellowstone+019.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407148949866419042″ //a/span/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family:arial;”I packed only have 5 shirts, but the 12 pairs of skis keep my bags full./span/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family:arial;”br //span/divdiv style=”text-align: left;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family:arial;”I am in West Yellowstone, MT right now for the Yellowstone Ski Festival. ‘West’ is know for dependable early season snow and over 3,000 skiers take over the town to celebrate skiing, snow and the start of winter./span/divdiv style=”text-align: left;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family:arial;”br //span/divdiv style=”text-align: left;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family:arial;”‘West’ is also like Christmas for many ‘pro’ skiers with the arrival of new skis, boots, poles and the latest colors and styles for hats, gloves, jackets, pants, and tights. /span/divdiv style=”text-align: left;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family:arial;”br //span/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family:arial;”a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/SwoNUlRqE2I/AAAAAAAAAkE/xAVNbP5EVC8/s1600/Yellowstone+019.jpg”/a/spanspan class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family:arial;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=” ;font-family:Georgia, serif;”img src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/SwoOVTMvLxI/AAAAAAAAAkU/Oxn6xWLuSos/s400/Yellowstone+017.jpg” style=”cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407150061705441042″ //span/span/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”Enjoying Blue Skies and Fresh Snow in our new Vertical Limit Gear/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”br //divdiv style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=” ;font-family:arial;”img src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/SwoNVLG10UI/AAAAAAAAAkM/PvJ00b-UQL8/s400/Yellowstone+020.jpg” style=”cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407148960021598530″ //span/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family:arial;”Filling up the tub for a little ice bath after a hard week of training./span/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family:arial;”br //span/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family:arial;”The first race of the season is Wednesday./span/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/SwoNUlRqE2I/AAAAAAAAAkE/xAVNbP5EVC8/s1600/Yellowstone+019.jpg”/a/divdiv class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8083254037538554650-1559836905525697832?l=in-the-arena-brian.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div
