Yeap, some big hills around Winona!

This Weekend the Winona Ski Community hosted CXC for a combined fundraiser for the Winona Ski Trails and our programs.  Saturday included a dinner and a live auction.  Thank you to Ryan and Megan Ping for hosting my family; we had a great time!

Sunday morning Ryan introduced me to some of the best roller-skiing I have ever seen… low traffic, big climbs and great pavement.  We had Gerry and Mike Cichanowski (famous Wenonah canoes), Jeff Stagemeyer, and Bob Heath (google Elliott or Garrett Heath to see some fast run times) came out to join us for a few repeats up Homer Hill.  The workout was a blast and I really enjoyed my time in Winona.  Hopefully I can make it back to ski the trails in the winter.

Another great day of skiing!  Sovereign Lake has awesome conditions and I did skate intervals today.  It felt really good to fly around some corners at race pace.

This pic is from yesterday rigth after I slid a corner on my elbow and backside.  Ouch… I’m missing some skin!

Garrott Kuzzy and I made the trip to Silver Star for some early season skiing.  Conditions are good and we are really enjoying getting our “snow legs” back. I’ll be out here for a few more days and then home for a few weeks before heading to West Yellowstone for the first races of the season.

Check out more pics at www.GarrottKuzzy.com

Posting from Kelowna, BC.  Skiing soon!  Will update.

Captain Hook… “Dad, lets get some candy!”

Tinkerbell… “Can I have candy yet?”

Rufio… “My candy!!  Ru-fi-oooooooooo!!!!”

Wendy… “Oh no, were are Captain Hook and Tinkerbell?”

Rufio in all his glory! (Are those red tights under your pants?!?)

Captain Hook tossing his hat in protest… “I want to play with my trains!”

 Ok… we can play trains.