Mountains - 1, Sok - 1

I began the day driving up from Glorieta towards Taos for a ski day. At 8am, I called the skitaos office and asked how long the drive? '3 hours to the resort from Santa Fe'. This mis-information caused a chain of reactions that led me to skisantafe, 30 minutes away.
skitaos is without question THE ski resort of new mexico, but I want to ski, not drive.

skisantafe completely exceeded expectations. A shortage of blue triangle trails forced my hand on the black diamonds, mostly in the form of spiderweb interwovens amongst towering evergreens. I completely stretched and exhausted myself, which is an enlightening experience.

P.S. - Santa Fe Brewing Co. Nut Brown Ale is fantastic.
P.P.S. - Santa Fe itself is ridiculously overrated, confirming Maggie and my assessment from 2000.

good things begin with Ice

As an Engineer, who runs a company(s), with four (4) kids ar home, there is very little not already planned in my life.
This week will be different.
I have a journal containing a bunch of place names and addresses and phone numbers, but prior to today's lunch at the Frontier (all hale the huevos rancheros), it did not contain an itinerary.
So I am here at Glorieta, having eaten a wonderful meal with Iceman and Shannon and their tagalongs. Ice is generally accepted in the world of all things Kaleo to be that which the rest of us strive to emulate. It is a pleasure to see him (that sounded insincere, but it is not).
Before I set the alarm, I must decide what I am doing tomorrow. Oh, the pressure.

journey man

i have put together my thoughts for the week down in my journal, just to give me some ideas of what to do, if i find myself needing ideas of what to do.
now i just need to remember to bring my journal
i am attempting to leave the cluttering aspects of life behind: no ipod for the plane, no quick read fiction novels, no serious read life-books. working through how exactly to be still, a challenge not often afforded us within this world.
i seek peace, and harmony with God and my self and my life.
i seek vision and voice - both God's and my own.
i attempt to do such with reverence and patience. i may be forever changed next week, or i may just refresh a bit. i don't know exactly when i'll find out on that one.