The first period of racing is complete for me and I drove down with my family for two weeks of training at my other ‘home’ in the Methow Valley. Driving up the valley, snow conditions were pretty sad and thin. Thankfully fresh snow fell overnight and although coverage is thin skiing has been great.div divdiv style=”text-align: center;”a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/Sy8XGSJ5XAI/AAAAAAAAAlw/Gi8M2cSe4QY/s1600-h/IMG_4450.JPG”img src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/Sy8XGSJ5XAI/AAAAAAAAAlw/Gi8M2cSe4QY/s400/IMG_4450.JPG” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417574273469996034″ style=”cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; ” //a/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”Caitlin and Hons waxing up the boards/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”br //divdiv style=”text-align: left;”One of my favortie things about visiting home is skiing and catching up with friends. Caitlin decided to stay in the Pacific Northwest between Silver Star and US Nationals and has been an excellent training partner. I have also really enjoyed skiing with my good friend and climbing partner, Hons./divdiv style=”text-align: left;”br //divdiv style=”text-align: center;”a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/Sy8XGSJ5XAI/AAAAAAAAAlw/Gi8M2cSe4QY/s1600-h/IMG_4450.JPG”/aa onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/Sy8XG3X8DdI/AAAAAAAAAl4/jXl9VpKc5f8/s1600-h/IMG_4451.JPG”img src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/Sy8XG3X8DdI/AAAAAAAAAl4/jXl9VpKc5f8/s400/IMG_4451.JPG” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417574283461004754″ style=”cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; ” //a/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”Fresh Tracks/divdiva onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/Sy8XG3X8DdI/AAAAAAAAAl4/jXl9VpKc5f8/s1600-h/IMG_4451.JPG”/abr /div style=”text-align: center;”a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/Sy8XHgjHmaI/AAAAAAAAAmI/TS8Q-iYBKMo/s1600-h/IMG_4459.JPG”img style=”cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/Sy8XHgjHmaI/AAAAAAAAAmI/TS8Q-iYBKMo/s400/IMG_4459.JPG” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417574294513752482″ //a/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”We even saw a Reindeer out on the trail (my brother)/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”br //divdiv style=”text-align: left;”The
