Roads, Bike Trails, and Dog Trails

Some people build roads for us to drive our cars on..... Some people build bike trails for us to ride our 2 wheel pedal bikes on....... I build dog trails for the dogs to run on in the snow! So yah, it has been snowing here quite a bit. The past two days we have gotten about 24 inches, with another 36 inches supposed to fall before Thursday morning. What are the little weiners supposed to do when the snow is over their heads??? If they can't get around they refuse to go outside, but if they have a trail to run on then they are more than willing to go out and pee and poo and run and chase each other. So, I go out in the back yard and build a maze-like trail for them to chase each other on. The trail's walls are now about 2 feet high, and the trail itself is rather long. It's quite awesome watching them chase each other around the trail!!! First you put on some warm winter boots. Second, you go out with the dogs and just randomly walk around the yard breaking the trail. Third, the dogs follow along behind you and pack the trail down firm. You should take precaution not to let sections of the trail get too close to each other, or the dogs will cheat and jump the bank between the trails... Then whadya know.... Voila! you now have a first class doggie trail!



I was able to get up to Vail on Sunday. I was planning to go up by myself because Natalie had to work on Sunday. I gave Mark, the 7th grade science teacher from work, a call Saturday night and he said sure, he wanted to go along and he would drive. We talked about going to the Beav cause they have free parking, but decided to go for the best powder and the big mountain at Vail. Normally parking is $25.00, but since the garage was full, we were able to park for free on the frontage road. Bottom line on the snowboarding is the snow was Phenomenal! Among the best powder runs I have ever had!!! We hit the backbowls early and were able to get some good powder runs. But because of the cold..... single digits..... with negative windchills.... we decided to get among the trees on the front side of the mountain. Here we really found some good powder stashes to tear up. The cold eventually forced us off the mountain just a little early at about 2:30. Mark dropped me off at the BOOT where Natalie was working, and I had a Miller High Life and a Gypsum Grilled Cheese with Tomato Basil soup to dip it in. The beer could've been a bit better, but for 2 bucks what ya gonna do? An excellent end to an awesome day!