I love any holiday which involves eating… isn’t that all of them?  Right now I am in the Twin Cities and will be having Thanksgiving at home for the first time in 4 years.  It will be a lot of fun to enjoy Turkey Day with Marybeth and Grant and our families.  It feels a little weird not being at West Yellowstone for the fall ski festival but with the initial lack of snow and grooming out West, the UP of Michigan looked like a lot better option.  From what I have heard the races at Yellowstone will happen… not on the ski trails but up high in the mountains.  It is always hard to miss out on racing but on the flip side of that I have never raced well at Yellowstone.

My plan was to hook up with my team for next weekends races near Salt Lake City but as I was about to book my ticket last nigh my coach called and gave a grim out look for the races in Utah… they have little to no snow and it is not looking like those races will happen.  I’ll be on my toes for the next few weeks trying to get in some racing when I can but the good news is the Twin Cities have 3 options for skiing on man-made snow right now and a 4th option opening soon. 

I’ll be training hard.