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I guess if you've been here long enough, none of this is that big of a deal, but being born and bred on the east coast, I'm still highly entertained by living out in the country with 10,000 ft. peaks in the backyard.

First is this clip from "The Biggest Little Show in the World", that's right, the Sisters Rodeo. It's right up the road from our house -- literally. When the kids are older we'll ride our bikes there. We were there on this day, but left early to get Luke home for his afternoon nap, so we missed seeing this fine piece of entertainment live.

And then today there was a bear cub in a tree in the park in Sisters. I don't know if I'll ever get used to it, but I sure do enjoy life in the wild west!

Summer TV viewing

next time you're in Seattle, think about the fact that people may be getting rad beneath you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhFMfiUHUkg&feature=fvw

sick
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEpBWEBCJFo&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13jSiAfRaC8&NR=1

and pee your pants fun
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5ra9k_bmx-red-bull-dirt-pipe-08-goodspeed_sport
http://video.mpora.com/watch/RehVYzkN4/

and more pee your pants fun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL-spfCpCGA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3qna9yQYWs&feature=channel

ok I'll stop after this one
http://www.youtube.com/user/redbull#p/u/8/TiSW4Ai88J0

or not

Balance
http://www.youtube.com/user/redbull#p/u/115/tF24bj8keYI
http://www.youtube.com/user/redbull#p/u/120/_4onM3mJs5w

He's been talking about racing a lot, in his words "because I want a trophy!"  We had a storm blowing in so it was a pretty windy day (as you can hear in the video), but we had a great time regardless -- you can hear only a few of his squeals of glee in the video.  We only made it all the way around the track once without Daddy's help, so we definitely need some more practice, but if day one at the track is any indication, I think you'll see me at the BMX races again!

Oh and did I mention this was only his third time on the bike without training wheels?!  We may have a little ripper on our hands!

Nice and warm in town, snowy at the mountain.  Can't wait to get Skyler out there with me!

The video really doesn’t show how good he is… after this we grabbed some lunch and then rode the chairlift for the first time!  This is only his second day, his progression is amazing.

Also big props to Mt. Bachelor for running a beginner lift for free.  It’s a great way to get people into the sport which can be so expensive at the start.  We can go up as a family and goof around and learn without dropping all kinds of cash.

Can’t wait to get up there again this year!  Thanks for the video DK!

It was dumping the whole time, pow was good, airtime was had.  It was day 5 of the season for me, but the first day riding chairlifts… that was nice

DK, Jeff and I spent the night at Demaris Lake and then DK and I went for the summit in the morning.  It was nice to knock off another one of the Sisters and it was a super fun scramble up the southeast ridge with my buddy DK.  I have a bunch of photos I should post, but DK just sent me this one he took with the timer on his camera at the summit.  It cracks me up so I thought I’d post it.

Now we just need to knock off the ugly North Sister…

http://thirtytwo.com/blog/2009/09/24/hot-dawgs-handrails-2009-video/

Some of those bails into and over the hay look pretty gnarly!

http://www.clevelandleader.com/node/3467
A conspiracy by the beer industry or truth?  I'm banking on truth!

On Mothers Day, May 10th 2009, Team Dagger's Christie Glissmeyer set a new women’s world waterfall record by running 82-foot Metlako Falls on Oregon's Eagle Creek.

-Paddling Life

Radness.  Read the article on Paddling Life here.

I was about 90% sure we had seen the last powder of the season, but it looks like we'll have at least one more day!  Unbelievably the forecast for Mt. Bachelor is calling for 5 to 9 inches tonight and 3 to 7 inches tomorrow.  We'll see if it actually pans out.

7-day forecast for Mt. Bachelor, OR

Hilarious, but I feel like it’s an important lesson our generation is finally learning.