In addition, (yes, that’s right, more than one accomplishment here today), I completed 21 miles of cross country skiing in two days. Does it rain at 8,000 feet in the middle of February? It can, and it did, on Saturday during my 11.5 mile ski to Glacier Point in Yosemite. It did snow overnight and I got what I wished for. How do I choose which pictures to represent this experience?

In some strange wonder of nature, this scene was only visible for about 45 minutes. Afterwards, it was completely clouded over. All that could be seen was gray without even a hint of the mountains. I was hoping for a money shot like this or better, but the weather wouldn’t allow it. Maybe next time? For now, it’s back to nursing the sore muscles in the arches of my feet and my gluteus maximus.