Wasatch Range Skiing

Winter time and it was snowing in Texas, so we went to Utah instead to see if we could find even more of it. Spent a few days skiing and snowboarding in the Cottonwood Canyons over Salt Lake City.

The Wasatch mountain range has the greatest snow in the world. Light, powdery and skis like butter. No wonder they have such good extreme skiers out here. As sore as I am after a trip like that I can't wait to head back there.

Miller Blows Up

   Andre Miller of the Portland Trail Blazers blows up with 52 points against the Dallas Mavericks. Getting a win in a dramatic overtime game at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. An exciting game that I got to witness thanks to the Associated Press. Dirk Nowitzki and Mavs just could not pull it out in the end. 

Deep Snow Thought

I am taking a little inspiration from my dog after looking at some pictures of him as we skinned up the west side of Wolf Creek pass in Colorado. It was a beautiful sunny day, it had not snowed in about a week. The back country still held a blanket of clean, fresh snow and so we hiked a bit into a winter wonderland.

Kimo does not seem to suffer from the typical high altitude exhaustion that I seem to but after 2 hours of breaking his own trail he seemed pretty winded. He kept looking at me asking when we would turn around. Back at the car, the typically shy dog was not even phased by the snowmobiles staging in the open space. He crawled right into the front seat, ignoring water and his typical treats and was fast asleep.

Seems like he lives by the motto, play as hard as your body will let you, then sleep it off en-route to the next play area. Im just looking for a driver on my next adventure so I don't have to do that part myself.

No Islander

   The Dallas Stars faced off against the New York Islanders on Friday night. Off to a bit of a rocky start and some really silly plays by goalie Marty Turco made it a struggle for the team but with goals from Loui Eriksson, Brad Richards, Toby Peterson and Brenden Morrow gave the team a 4 to 3 win.

Down in Big D

  Starting a new year in Dallas with a Dallas Stars game at American Airlines center. Looked like the hockey team was trying to start on a fresh note too, with Kristofer Barch getting in a fight in the first 5 minutes of the game. 

   Turn out that it didn't change the outcome much as Daniel Sedin put the Vancouver Canucks up by a score of 2 to 1. They got an empty netter to cap the game off at the end of the 3rd period with a final score of 3 to 1. Some heavy hitting thru out the game but the Stars never could catch up.

Mavs win in Grand Fashion

   The Dallas Mavericks took on the Charlotte Bobcats on Saturday night. Started the game out a little slow and trailed late in the 4th quarter. With some stellar shooting by Dirk Nowitzki and a lot of cheering by the Mavs Dancers the team tied it up to take it to overtime. 

  A shot in the last 3 seconds by Dirk finds the hoop and clinches the win for the red hot NBA basketball team. 

  I know it isn't playoff time yet but still really exciting when they pull it out in the last second even if it did take an extra period.

Drilling for Oil

    The Dallas Stars played host to the hated Edmonton Oilers on Saturday afternoon. A scrapper of a game which the Stars took an early lead in but they weren't able to hang on. Edmonton tied it up in the third and eventually won in a shoot out. 

  The team definitely had their chances but just could not come up with the win.

New Snowfall

Chill a drop of water a little too much and it turns into a beautiful crystal, fluttering down from the clouds like little parachutes of fun or horror depending on what is attached to your feet. A pair of skis or a snowboard and you are in for an outrageously good time. Trying to drive on a road or walk on a covered sidewalk and it gets a little dangerous indeed.

The first snow of the season is always a little bit of a surprise. Leaves are still green and hanging on plants, the ones that change color are still hanging on spindly twigs with light dustings of white on top. It brings out the excitement of the season for everyone and creates a finality to the fall just past.

Quick Strike

    Just another hockey game on a really busy sports weekend leaves the NHL game between the Dallas Stars and The Tampa Bay Lightning as the long lost step child in the weekend adventures. The Stars took e a 3 to 1 lead in the 3rd period but almost loose the goose by giving up 2 late period goals.

   Seemed like the team even felt the lack of enthusiasm for the areas most recent sports import. They ended up saving grace with a Wandell goal 2 minutes into the overtime period for the win. Hope they keep that up since they have played way too many overtime games already this season.

The Dallas Cowboys played the Washington Redskins for an NFC East divisional game on Sunday. Turned out the only thing pretty about this one was the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders along the sidelines.

With a final score of 7 to 6 and the Cowboys not getting the winning touchdown till the last 2 minutes there were not a whole lot of things to brag about for either team. Guess all the fans just talked about how impressive the new stadium was and the fact that the sun didn't shine on them during the game.