Summer Wrap Up

Wow, I have achieved new levels of suckage when it comes to keeping up with this blog thing. The summer here in Jackson Hole has flown by too fast! Let's see, first the negative: my ipod crashed, my beloved camera was stolen, my car bit the dust (permanently), my phone is held together with duct tape, and I lost my wallet with my credit cards and ID. If I didn't think kharma was a load of crap, I'd be seriously reconsidering my most recent move out West :-)

But those are all insignificant details in the grand scheme of things!! The positives? My brother and I rocketing down a narrow strip of single track on mountain bikes with the Teton Range as a backdrop. A 4th of July hike to the Darby Wind Cave where we almost froze our feet off. An 18+ mile hike up to the Alaska Bowl and snow fields. Climbing the Grand (13,700 ft) with Scott, Kaity and some new friends. Kaity's birthday float trip that started out well enough but turned into a frenzied flee from massive swarms of mosquitos. All the random days of climbing, hiking, laughing/standing around our kitchen because there wasn't a stick of furniture in the place...

I won't even get started on how perfect the annual Baird family camping trip was!!

And so I'm just checking in again to say how grateful I am...for all of it, the good, the bad, the random. And after scoring some sweet deals of snowboarding gear this past weekend and snow falling on the higher peaks already, my thoughts turn to what may be the most epic winter I've ever experienced.

I hope each of you are doing well and finding the good stuff in the daily grind.