The Last Warm Days...

The last several days in Portland Oregon have been pretty warm and its bumming me out. Just after we had that big snow storm up on Mt. Hood dumping "more snow than adverage" for the year it all starts melting away. The good news is Timberline is re-opening the Palmer snowfield for fall skiing. So Im gonna go up there this weekend and practice avoiding hidden rocks. :)

In other news the construction outside my window is still going strong. I have lived here for over 4 years now and have always really enjoyed the view of downtown and sw Portland. That is until earlier this year some jerks decided to build a 10 story building outside my front window. The noise won't stop and the project is projected to take over a year to complete. Forget about sleeping in. They start banging on things the moment the sun comes up. Recording anything with mics in the studio is impossible.

The good news is that this I believe is the last floor. So after they put the roof on that floor we should still have a decent view of the city. I might as well also get used to people looking into my living room as well. I'll have to put a sign in the window that says "I am watching you"! I think if we sit low enough on our couch we might not see the building, but even now I can see the top floor and there is still no roof. Oh well what can you do anyway. I'll stop complaining.

I still love my home, and I still have a good view of Mt. Hood. Maybe soon they will move that giant crane. (Click on any of these pictures to see the full size image.) All in all it would be really hard to find a nicer place to live. Marni and I would like to move into a house. More room would be nice. But I really wanna wait for the right place. I hate moving. But with all this construction its looking more inviting every day.
-Case...

Intro...

Ok, So here I am. Gonna start a blog so family and friends can keep up. See how it goes. This may be easier than writing individual letters!

If you know anything about me you probably know I'm big into snowboarding. So thats why this first post has a photo of Mt. Hood. It was taken 5/13/07 just after the season ended for Mt. Hood Meadows. Marni and I decided to start going to the Timberline ski area for some summer snowboarding. Its higher up on the Mt. than Meadows. We had a great summer up there and I was able to improve my snowboarding skills. The snow since melted, and the last time I was able to go was Aug. 31st but recently it started snowing again. I am hoping by the end of this month we will get some "turns" in on the slopes. Its hard not to be excited about such things. I know that I am not alone. Everyone up there feels the same way. That is why they are up there in the first place. Getting up at un-godly hours and treading through freezing temps says a lot about how you feel about the sport. Your into it, or your not.

So now with the 07/08 snowboarding season starting both Marni and I will get to try out our new skills in fresh snow. I'm wondering how crazy it will be up there the first opening month at Mt. Hood Meadows. I haven't had the chance to go a full season yet. I have to say I have really enjoyed summer snowboarding. Its a bit wet, but with the big blue skies and half empty slopes its well worth having to change your shorts.

Thats me going off one of the last good jumps of the summer left up at Timberline (8/31/07). Its a real drag having to hike back up the hill every time you hit a jump like that. There was no snow trail back to the lift. To get back you had to hike over moon like hills just to make it back to the main ski route. You don't get that sorta work out at a gym. I expect we will be whipped into really good shape by this time next year. That or I will die trying.

So now with our season passes in our hands we wait for a few feet of snow and almost a whole year of snowboarding. In the meantime I continue to work on my other passion (Bound in Oblivion) You will find a link to the site in the upper right side of this screen. -Case...