Mount Baker, Washington, United States of America

homeschool unveiling at legendary mt. baker banked slalom

baker table


i have to start with just some plain old images of the mt. baker area. they speak for themselves.

danny's homeschool banner at the top of the slalom, sanwhiched nicely between bonfire and anon


i can't take credit for this one. danny spotted it on the outhouse at the top of the course. i don't get it. at all. but it's funny.


after janus' first day run, beer garden





now, onto our cabin. don't get me wrong, this place was nice. 3 bedrooms, hot tub, kick ass "entertainment center" complete with rockin' keyboard and marginally functional 17" tube television, etc. however, the interior design in this place was clearly done by an indifferent miser who has to be nothing short of legally blind. this particular "piece" is a completed puzzle, shellacked and affixed with push pins. notice how this "work" is highlighted (although off-center) by the sconce. i think this lighting convention really highlights the intricate seams of the puzzle nicely. best part - this wasn't the only puzzle used as art in the house. the reading material was masterful as well, highlighted by the piece de resistance, garfield's ninth book (or something).


the ladies at the candy coded show in town


danny and jen posing with the peacock


at the salmon bake at the end of day 2. i just like this shot for some reason.


janus going for full typical pinhead blog fame and fortune. mission accomplished!


this was not taken in front of a poster board.

AZtotheNVtotheOR

chris and i drove from phoenix to portland the last week in december

oz had a run in with some aggressive vegetation on our hike in phoenix, jumping cactus


view from the top of the hike


storm over the superstitions


arizona commons doesn't mean anything to anyone that didn't go to u of a. but if you did, you know. 111


i've got a undeniable talent for using the natural lighting to a disadvantage


pretty sure if i were retarded-filthy rich, i could handle a vacation home here, sedona


see?


chris and oz hiking in sedona


lost the beard in flagstaff....kept the sweet 'stache and shit-eating grin for an extra 47 seconds


shot from the car, gorgeous mountains located precisely in the middle of nowhere


keno in the middle of nowhere


yup, a little bit of heaven...


thank god we didn't break down and actually have to stay here....two words, cree pee

Arctic Blast

so, yeah, it's been snowy in portland. some video footy from myself and he who shall remain nameless snowboarding 32nd and freemont. good times.

Total Slacker

so, i really have been busy. since my last post, i've travelled to hong kong, taiwan and austria, each for work. below are pics from those trips...

hong kong/tainan

view from my hong kong hotel room, kowloon


interesting sineage in my room

drinks on hong kong harbor

same view about an hour later

chinese propaganda statue in the hotel

random street scene, kowloon

this is the only shot from tainan that was worth posting....so glad i didn't have to drop a deuce

austria

we spent half a day in salzburg

i wish i had bought this shirt

castle on the hill above the town

sculpture of dude that we dubbed barack obama standing on a giant gold globe

view from the hill

guard tower with castle in the background


off to kaprun, the view from my hotel room

jetlag got me up early, so i went out to take a few pics

town church in the early morning

same church

castle just outside kaprun

not much snow on the mountain, but still scenic

kooky swiss

self portrait on the t-bar, that's it

mounting the middle sister (almost)

the intent was to reach the summit of the middle sister. not everyone made it.

starting point

daniel and sydney at the first creek crossing. next time i'll have packs for my dogs too.

look at my face, way too much crap in my bag. turns out my old boots weren't going to do me any favors either. i'm home and the boots are in the trash

lobo

view on the way up, broken top

about halfway up to the camping spot, dogs already finding shade, my feet already hurting

not a bad place to make camp

all set up and ready for the canadian whiskey

dusk at the camp

illegal (but very careful and safe) campfire, but the dogs were wet and it was damn cold

dawn

middle sister peak at sunrise

here's why i couldn't summit. it was hard enough just getting back down

south sister

north sister

zola back down at the lower creak crossing