Week Forty-Six Photo a Day 2010

Week 46: November 12 — November 18, 2010.

Just back from Hawaii enjoying San Diego while getting ready for our next adventure. Click on the image below to enlarge.Paper and elements from Mel Hains' Lightbulb Moments “A Little Lilac.”

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Week Eleven Photo A Day 2010

Here is Week Eleven of my 2010 Photo A Day project. Spent the week getting ready for a six plus week road trip of skiing. Mentally it was hard packing winter clothes and sweating while wearing shorts and flip flops. Are we nuts? I don’t think so. Click on image below to enlarge.Paper from Shel Belle Scraps "Hey Mr. Groundhog." I can't figure out where the character on the layout came from, just that it was labeled "Tabitha."

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Week Forty-Five Photo A Day

Here is WEEK 45 of our "Photo a Day" project. The last three days at Cancun were filled with rain from the impending Hurricane Ida. We lucked out and were able to get a lot of sight seeing in between the storms. The rest of the week was spent getting ready for Hawaii.I took a couple thousand photos in Cancun. I've uploaded about 150 of the best of the best. You can view the collection on my web site and at facebook.

Paper & Elements from Marti Scraps' "Forever."

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Week Forty-Four Photo A Day

Here is WEEK 44 of our "Photo a Day" project. We had an amazing time in Cancun. Stayed four days at the GR Solaris before moving to the Royal Islander for a week. We visited only three of the ruins— Chichén Itzá, Cobá, Tulum. Hooked up with friend Laura in Cozumel for a scooter tour of the island. We snorkeled, relaxed and played in the sun. Can't wait to go back.
I took a couple thousand photos. I've uploaded about 200 of the best of the best. You can view the collection on my web site and at facebook.

Paper & Elements from piggyscraps' "lillypond."

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Week Forty-Three Photo A Day

Here is WEEK 43 of our "Photo a Day" project. This week saw the end of the water ski season for us and the beginning of our first trip to Cancun, Mexico. We had a near perfect close to the season. Weather was awesome, sunsets and sunrises were spectacular, the river was not crowded (except for our boats), and the people jelled. More water ski photos can be found here.Paper and elements from Design by Latham's "Tiny Boy." Layout based on Template 95 from Lindsay Jane Digital Scrapbook Designs.

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Week Forty-Two Photo A Day

Here is WEEK 42 of our "Photo a Day" project. We didn't spend much time at home this week. We headed to LA on Wednesday for Catherine's play date with Patricia. Thursday we visited a good friend and had Gene's ski boot worked on. Gene went to the races Friday morning at 5 AM while Catherine slept in and left later in the day. The stop at Lake Pyramid is worth another visit. The best of the weekend was the sunsets. Photos of the sunsets can be found HERE while photos from the races are HERE. Both are on facebook. You don't have to be a "friend to view.Paper from one of DSO Color Challenge's." Layout based on template from Studio Flergs."

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Week Forty-One Photo A Day

Here is WEEK 41 of our "Photo a Day" project. This weekend was all about water skiing. The RV is finally repaired and the boat wake is back as the rams were swapped out. Another great river weekend. The weather was perfect and the crowds stayed home. All but our good friends. More water ski photos can be found here.Elements from Designs from Glenda’s “Afternoon Delight.”

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Week Forty: Photo A Day

Here is WEEK 40 of our "Photo a Day" project. This week was mostly about the Wine Maker Dinner for The Heuga Center for MS. We raised over $2,200. Thanks to everyone for their generous donations. The Dinner was outstanding. Photos, wines, food can be found here.

This week was also about hooking up. We got together with my nephew who is a guitar specialist for Little Feat. We met up with him at the Belly Up and watched the performance. Wednesday I connected with Sue from High School. I haven't seen her since graduation. It was really fun catching out. Our lives went in such difference directions but basically we are the same. Paper and elements from Scrappy Luv Designs “Earthy Grace.”

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Week Thirty-Nine: Photo A Day 2009

Here is WEEK 39 of our "Photo a Day" project. Another incredible long weekend on the Colorado River. Trudy and Simone joined us early on Friday for some good ski runs. RV is still being worked on and they still don't have the part for my boat.

A first for a river weekend. No wind. Absolutely NONE. Not even a whisper. How do we know? The awning on the RV stayed out all weekend, and trust me when I say that if someone sneezes, the RV awning comes in.

The weekend was perfect in other ways. Great friends. Warm days and cool nights. Light boat traffic. Sheriff on the river ticketing more stupid people on wave runners and boats. Brownies. Beautiful sunsets. Bacardi Big Apple rum for happy hour. Great friends. BBQ chicken and pork loin. Garbage omelets for breakfast. More brownies. More photos at the River Rat's Photo Gallery. Paper and elements from Lee Ann’s “Misty Eyed.”

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Week Thirty-Seven: Photo A Day 2009

Here is WEEK 37 of our "Photo a Day" project. Another water ski trip to the river. Saturday at the river was wonderful. Wow, what a difference a week makes. Now that the kids are back in school, the boat traffic was significantly less. This was the Griffin’s last trip of the season. Laura has a new wake board.

We had happy hour at the river's edge and then dined there as the sun set. It was really nice, then it turned hot, then it got a bit windy, and then it was really blowing. While the wind calmed a bit, it never went away. Sunday we went up river looking for better water and found none. The return trip to camp was pretty wet. We found the best water for wake boarding down river.

Now we are getting ready for Gene's 45th Birthday Party. Yes, he is getting younger.Elements from Dream Big Digi Scrapping “One Day I'll Fly Away.”

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Week Thirty-Four: Photo A Day 2009

Here is WEEK 34 of our "Photo a Day" project. Another long weekend at the River Water skiing. The weekend started out VERY Hot. It was still 113°F when we returned from dinner on Friday at the Naked Pirate Bar & Grill at 9 PM. But the rains came overnight and brought cooler weather. It cleared by Saturday morning and most of us got in two runs before the rains came again. It rained for 3 hours so everyone huddled in our RV to watch old Rat's videos and partake of lunch. After which we resumed skiing and boarding.

Sunday was beautiful and the first run of the day had all of us on glass. As we broke camp the clouds came and we hit rain, thunder, lightening, and wind on the way home.

My boat and Gene's RV hadn't been fixed in spite of the fact that they have been in the shop for the past two weeks. The RV fixes are cosmetic so we were able to use it. The boat was not usable for skiing so our friend Paul lent us his boat. Hopefully, both will be fixed by our next trip in three weeks.

More photos available at Radar River Rat's Photo Gallery.Paper and elements from Linda Walton's “Oopsie Daisies.”

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Week Twenty-Eight: Photo A Day 2009

Here is WEEK 28 of our "Photo a Day" project. The river is finally heating up with Sunday temps up to 108°F in Needles. The nights still cooled. Skiing was awesome and the sunsets were spectacular and the memories where never ending. Check out the Photo Gallery of this river trip at Radar River Rats.Elements from Nicole’s Digi-Designs by Nicole “Beach House”.

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Week Twenty-Seven: Photo A Day 2009

Here is WEEK 27 of our "Photo a Day" project. We had a wonderful week. Caught the Del Mar Fair before it closed and spent the 4th of July at the beach. The focus this week was on our deck. Gene finally bit the bullet and spent a whole day stripping the deck. Next day he painted the iron on the benches. Now he knows what stain he will use so hopefully the deck will be done next week.Paper and elements from Deanna Jones’ Flower Scraps “Those Summer Nights”.
Modified Template 079 from Lindsay Jane's Digital Scrapbook Designs.

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Week Twenty-Five: Photo A Day 2009

Here is WEEK 25 of our "Photo a Day" project. Finally we have started water skiing. Yeah! I always worry that I won't be able to get up on my ski but not a problem and I wasn't even very sore. Then I wake boarded since the water was so rough. Check out the Photo Gallery of this river trip at Radar River Rats.
Gene and I got to the river on Thursday night. Since we hadn't seen boat or RV in 7 months, we figured there might be a few problems. The batteries in the RV were dead and even 4 hours of trying to jump start the motor didn’t work. We finally gave up at 11 PM and got a hotel room.

We were up early to get new batteries and the RV started right up. Since we took the boat battery home, there was no problem there. Just about everyone arrived at the river before dinner on Friday. We took the boats to Topac for dinner.

The wind picked up overnight and never really abated for the whole week-end. The skiing may not have been the best but we had a very relaxing and fun time. The river was crowded since the kids were finally free of school. The teens enjoyed water fights and hanging out on the rafts. The men celebrated Father’s Day with their sons and friends.

Paper and elements from Deanna Jones’ Flower Scraps and Nicole’s Digi-Designs by Nicole “Beach House”.

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Big White Photo Gallery

Just finished up the Big White photo gallery — Week THREE & FOUR of our mega ski trip. We took lots of photos and had a really great time. The skiing ranged from slush to powder to packed powder to hard pack to powder on hard pack. We had snow and sunshine with temperatures around 32°F. We skied, snowmobiled and tubed. We had soak time, followed by Happy Hours, followed by dinners in our condo. We did dine at our favorite restaurant, Kettle Valley, and experienced the unique gun barrel coffee and chocolate at Snow Shoes. It was an amazing week. Catherine and Gene hung around for another week with Shirley. The season ended with the usual Dummies Downhill. We are another great Big White trip coming up for 2010. We plan to cruise for LA to Vancouver days before the start of the Olympics. We will then bus to Big White for 5 days of skiing while enjoying the Olympics on the Big Screen. Since we will be in Canada we will definitely catch the Olympic fever. Prices will be announced soon but you can get a sneak peak at Big White Olympic Fever.

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Keystone Photo Gallery

Just finished up the Keystone photo gallery — Week TWO of our mega ski trip. We left for Keystone in snow. There were some amazing views along the way. We stopped by a number of ski areas along the way — Grand Targhee, Jackson Hole, Howelson Hill and Steamboat. It was really COLD by the time we got to Keystone. It snowed most days and we had some fantastic powder skiing. We left Keystone in a snow storm and arrived in Big White around midnight on Sunday. Spring skiing around here is fun.Later.

Big Sky Photo Gallery

Just finished up the Big Sky photo gallery — week one of our mega ski trip. We left for Big Sky in rain and then later snow. There were some amazing views along the way. It snowed once we got to Big Sky where we experienced some snow days and some blue days and lots of fresh, deep powder. We were captivated by Lone Mountain which towers over the three ski resorts that share the peak — Big Sky, Moonlight Basin, and Yellowstone Club. As usual, it was a wonderful trip and we can't wait to return again next year.Later.

Kootenay Ski Safari Photo Gallery

I just finished up the photo gallery for our recent Kootenay Ski Safari along the "Powder Highway." Eight of us went for eight days. We all met up in Salt Lake City where we boarded Delta's Sky West to Cranbrook, Canada. We rented two vans and headed for our first stop in Golden.Kicking Horse—
The first day we had a bit of snowfall but it cleared up in the afternoon. The skiing was an adventure. The runs are so unbelievably long. Monday it snowed and visibility was pretty low on top. The best meal we had was contemporary Canadian Cuisine at the Kicking Horse Bar and Grill.

Panorama—
We left Golden early in the morning and drove through rain and snow to Panorama. But by the time we had our lift tickets, the skies were beginning to clear. Panorama had less than an inch of new snow but there was powder still to be had. We met for lunch at the Picnic Deli and had the best ever Ruben sandwich which we all ordered.

Kimberley—
We drove from skiing in Panorama to Kimberley through rain, sleet, snow and cows for a two night stay at the Trickle Creek Lodge in two bedroom condos. We ate both nights as Kelsey's which had some very good food. It was here that we discovered the "free" birthday treat. Since Elissa can not resist dessert, hers was the first "birthday" we celebrated. The skiing was a mixed bag. I took the day off to work. JoAnn and Arnie learned that the groomed runs were pretty icy in the morning. Everyone else discovered deep caches of fresh untracked powder in the trees at the top.

Fernie—
Looks like we saved he best for last. The skiing was unbelievable here. The ski gods granted up more than 18 cm of fresh dry powder giving us three incredible powder days. And one of those day we were treated to gorgeous blue skies. The food in Fernie was incredible. We loved Slopeside for lunch, but our best meal was at the Lizard Creek Lodge. We stayed at the Wolf's Den Lodge, just a few steps from the slopes.

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Week Seven: Photo a Day 2009

We had a great week, what with Valentine's day and then heading up to Alaska for some awesome skiing. We arrived late Monday night pretty much on time in spite of Alaska Airlines notoriously bad on-time record. Tuesday, we were upgraded to a junior suite. Sweet! Gene skied Tuesday in a snow storm and through fog. Wednesday was clear and beautiful and we wore ourselves out. Thursday it was snowing but the visibility wasn't too bad. We've been having a great time. Love that the lifts don't open until 10:30 am and then close at 5:30 pm. Be sure to check out our Alyeska Photo Gallery.

While at Alyeska in Girdwood, we were introduced to a great local Cajun restaurant— Double Musky Inn. The owner, Justin Persons, showed us his very impressive wine cellar. If you ever get anywhere near Anchorage, you must eat at this restaurant. Layout paper and elements from Amber LaBau’s Stolen Moments “Someone To Love.”

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Bike Ride at Point Loma

Another beautiful day in San Diego. Perfect for a bike ride. Temperatures in the high 70s with clear beautiful skies. We couldn't resist. So we rode to the Point Loma Lighthouse in Cabrillo National Monument. My "Photo of the Day" is a panorama of the San Diego Harbor that I stitched together. More photos can be found at my Photo Gallery.
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