by Kristina | Sep 27, 2019 | Turns All Year
At some point in my Turns All Year journey, I figured out the secret of the Aug-Sept twofer. You go to Wy’east (Mt. Hood) over Labor Day weekend to ski chair lifts for the last “free” skiing of the year. If you’re lucky, Labor Day falls over...
by Kristina | Sep 20, 2019 | Turns All Year
I have never skied alone – that is, until Turns All Year Month 93! With limited availability and a lack of desire to coordinate with anyone, I scooted up to Mt. Rainier solo. The skiing was a far cry from the best July turns ever last year, but hey, it was...
by Kristina | Sep 13, 2019 | Skiing, Turns All Year
Skiing in June can be a crap shoot, but for Month 92 of Turns All Year I rolled hard eights. Anticipating a light summer in terms of skiing, I got out on the first day of the month, only to ski two more days in June’s first week! Saturday, June 1, 2019 –...
by Kristina | Sep 5, 2019 | Turns All Year
I love birthdays. Costumes. Cake. Creative surprises. What’s not to love? I do what I can to encourage everyone to have a kickass birthday and create memorable birthdays, and of course I plan stupid and ridiculous mountain twofers for my own birthday. Normally...
by Kristina | Aug 6, 2019 | Turns All Year
In an era when we’re always comparing ourselves to others through our addiction to social media, losing sight of your own accomplishments is a natural casualty of scrolling. Take running a marathon for example. Many years ago when I was training for my first...
by Kristina | Jul 15, 2019 | Life
We all know social media was built around shameless self-promotion and adorable baby (and puppy!) photos. But as much as we love to hate on Facebook, it’s also an incredible place to build community and share the highs and lows of life together. Last week my...
by Kristina | Jul 11, 2019 | Advice, Life
We’re swapping the canopy off the truck again because we want the silver one, no the white one, no actually the silver one is better let’s put that back on. I am helping my spouse move this big, heavy, hulking behemoth because all of our really strong friends...
by Kristina | Jun 6, 2019 | Lists
The truth about bailing is that we’re all guilty of it. You are a bailer. I am a bailer. We bail. It’s not a matter of when you will bail, but how. Which begs the question: what type of bailer are you? As defined by Urban Dictionary, bailing is to leave a...
by Kristina | May 23, 2019 | Life, Montana
Hiding under an inverted canoe, a shield of epoxied fiberglass shards, we are almost able to keep our entire bodies out of the torrential rain. We’d been enjoying a leisurely float down the Jefferson when a sudden thunderstorm flooded the languid river, causing our...
by Kristina | May 9, 2019 | Life, Montana
The wood chips are frozen into mini-jagged peaks as angry breath clouds my face in the bitter air. “You think I can’t do it because I’m a GIRL!”, I shout, in my most confident-sounding second-grader voice. A group of older boys is fighting me...
