SwedishChef's Journal: Snow

Winter is finally here... we have been cross country skiing for the past two weekends in the mountains and just a few days ago actually went around the farm on skiis (in the dark). I expected this to be harder on my bad knee that it has been... but find that taking a few codeine pain pills enhances the experience considerably. LOL

Washignton State has a system of groomed X/C trails (from which snowmobiles are banned) and the cost for using them is a permit you put in the window of your car. The permit costs $40 per season for as many people as you can cram into your car!!! Compare this with one day lift tickets at Mission Ridge (Wenatchee, WA) which are over $35.

For those of you who live in Arizona: Eat your hearts out!!! (OK.. at least southern AZ.)