a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_T8lplfcx_Ro/S_Kg4eG2LJI/AAAAAAAAAfs/lSKS5pUDkpE/s1600/spring_skiing.bmp”img style=”float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_T8lplfcx_Ro/S_Kg4eG2LJI/AAAAAAAAAfs/lSKS5pUDkpE/s320/spring_skiing.bmp” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472613389223472274″ border=”0″ //aThere was great spring skiing at Sovereign Lake Nordic Center (at Silver Star, or Vernon BC) this past weekend.br /br /Several juniors from MV Nordic, plus Brian Gregg and me and my wife, Margaret, took the trip. Grooming was excellent, and the snow coverage was super. It was prototypical spring conditions, with firm track in the early morning that softened by noon.br /br /As you can see from the pic of Margaret, the vibe was very casual and relaxed. Classic skiing on “rub-skis” (a.k.a. span style=”font-style: italic;”zero skis/span) was terrific in the soft, moist, snow if the late morning.br /br /After 6 weeks off of snow, it was good to get a few days of skiing! I think there will be another opportunity in Bend, OR (Mt Bachelor) in June, too.br /br /br /span style=”color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:130%;” span style=”font-weight: bold;”Summer Stone Grinding/span/spanbr /br /Stone grinding work continues through the summer. Naturally, the pace and schedule are a bit more relaxed. Typically the turn-around in the summer is a couple of weeks instead of the same-week service that Ultratune provides during fall and winter.br /br /
