I find myself in the proverbial rut. But what a beautiful rut it is.

This weekend will be my 5th trip to the mountain in a row! I'm going skiing with Mike on Friday (free lift ticket at SkiBowl if you bring 4 cans of food), followed by camping somewhere around the mountain on Friday night, and then climbing the Palmer Glacier on Saturday with a ski return to the lodge.

Last weekend was incredible. Eric and I attempted to build an igloo, but after realizing the ceiling would be about 12 feet high by the time we were finished, we decided to sleep in the pre-existing 3-sided wood shelter instead. The air temperature got pretty chilly at night, but we both stayed warm with our nice assortment of gear & apparel. Just because these short trips don't require the extensive planning that they used to, it doesn't make them any less memorable.