The weekend began with a visit from Sam who was in Redmond on business. We managed to snag him for some food at Daniel’s Broiler, which incidently has the BEST seafood Happy Hour ever. Better than Rock Salt or Ivars, Daniel’s has much higher quality at half the cost. Crab legs in mustard sauce? Bacon wrapped scallops? Seared Ahi Tuna? No problem, they have em’.
Daniel’s also has a spectacular view:

And a mighty nice candle to entertain us while we waited:

Josh and I went snowboarding on Sunday and it was wicked fun. We got up early, danced the “Long Underwear Jig,” and embarked on the two hour trek to Crystal Mountain. I can’t begin to compare the drive to Cystal versus the drive from Fort Collins to Summit County in Colorado. Our trip was at a leisurely pace, no trecherous conditions, no skidding semis, no four lane highway with twists and turns and tail-gating SUVS, just a lovely drive. Here I am ready to go (I know, I know, it would be much more powerful if I actually had an action shot instead of me sitting on the snow):

Josh waiting in the lift line (just say ‘YES’ to wearing a helmet):

The only scary part was watching a small rock slide happen right in front of us. We noticed on the way up to Crystal that there were several large rocks on the road that evidently had slid from the wall next to the two lane highway. We made a mental note to remember this on our way back home. Of course we forgot until we watched a dozen small rocks and boulders fall on the truck in front of us. The rocks narrowly missed the windshield and the truck ended up running over most them dispersing the mess out into the highway. We pulled over just to make sure the guy in the truck was OK. My heart sank when I saw that he had a little boy in the front seat with him. The boy’s grandfather, Josh, and I stuck our head under the truck to make sure there was no damage. The kid was in his pajamas and asked me, “Did you you get hit by a bow-lder?” I said, “No, we just wanted to make sure you two were OK.” The man thanked us for stopping–hey, we would have wanted someone to do the same had our Honda been pelted by rocks. Of course it was all very exciting once we realized everyone was all right…and how much worse it could have been.