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Rainbows Always Mean Good Fortune…right?!?!

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I was totally like the double rainbow dude when we saw this epic brilliant arching prism on the way to the mountain


Yea…  I was seriously lunchin out to this amazing rainbow. Sometimes I believe in symbolic phenomena and sometimes I think it is hog-wash hocus pocus. That day I was a believer. 


It’s entirely up to me whether I find symbolic meaning in something or not. Due to the subjective nature of ‘signs from the universe’ everyone will take them to mean something different. I chose to think that this rainbow meant that our mountain ski and snowboard trip was going to be epic and the beginning of great fortune


And my hypothesis proved correct. We had an amazing time at Mammoth. The trip has brought my brother and I closer together. We had time to plot and scheme on potential future projects. I may have broken some ribs…  but hey… a few broken ribs is minor compared to extraordinary emotional and psychic groundwork. Blessings to you

Cabin is buried in snow at Mammoth

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Great week for snowboarding and skiing at Mammoth. Over 500 inches of snow with all the powder your precious little heart could want. We really were very fortunate to arrive at this time.  This mountain is truly epic. I’m just trying to have fun and not dash my brains out against one these gigantic pine trees I am weaving in and out of.  The immense mountain is littered with red and white fir trees and maybe a few quaking aspens.

After a long hard day of riding I enjoy a little therapy to my taxed body.  In the evening I have the great fortune of access to an outdoor jacuzzi next to piles of snow.  so I alternate laying in the snow and easing into the hot tub.  Click here to see my post about this form of cold therapy/climate conditioning.

snowboarding this week in Mammoth

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pumped up to go snowboarding for the first time on the left coast.  headed to Mammoth for a week long birthday celebration for my brother.  Although I have skateboarded aggressively throughout my life I have haven’t been snowboarding since high school.  Those trips were all on the east coast.  The land of ice and artificial snow.  So, needless to say I am curious about the powder I will enjoy this week.

Mammoth reports 36 inches fell on the mountain this last weekend and it is not letting up until Wednesday.  Glad I got experience chaining up an 18-wheeler last month.  My little Scion xB never imagined it would have chains on its tiny wheels, but the front wheel drive should handle pretty well.