Success!! After months of searching, we finally found a place in Seattle, a triplex apartment in the Ballard area. We drove up last Thursday, took a look at the place (along with a few others), signed the lease in the afternoon, and drove back to Roseburg that night! Downstairs it has a large living room, kitchen, laundry, and 1/2 bath. Upstairs, it has 2 bedrooms, each with its own bathroom, perfect for visitors, hint hint… Anyway, now I can move from arduous apartment searching to the equally daunting task of posting 4 months worth of photos. Here goes…

Mid April, we decided to make another attempt at skiing Mt Bachelor. This time, we rented a small cabin so our friends Angie and Ryan could bunk with us. We got there Thursday night and decided to go skiing Friday to avoid the weekend rush. Well, Mt Bachelor must have felt bad after its treatment of us the time before, because when we arrived at the resort, we were amazed to find that it was "Ski Free Day." Usually, you would donate 3 cans of food to ski, but we just donated $5 each, a savings of about $50 a person!!


With over 50% of the trails advanced intermediate to expert, we had our choice of sweet runs. I pose before bombing one of my favorite trails, Osprey, on the Northwest side of the mountain. (Background- Sisters on left and Broken Top on right)


As usual, Chris cajoled me into skiing on a very scary trial (I was always taught to avoid things labeled "Caution"). Starting at Bachelor's peak (9,065 ft), The Cirque bowl contained 4 precipitous double black diamond trails. (Distant Background- Mt Washington b/w Sisters and B Top, Mt Jefferson to the right of B Top)


I skied to the bottom first so I could capture Chris, on the left, speeding down the steep slope. We both made it out alive (and with our skies this time!)