New Years Day
We woke up in San Diego at the Schneider's condo. After getting up to see them off and getting ourselves cleaned up, we headed off to the airport to return to Montana. Two things were notable about our trip. First, I was amazed at how comforted I was when I saw the mountains in Salt Lake City. It seems as though I've come accustomed to their power and grace. Secondly, upon arriving at our house in Missoula we decided that the only sensible dinner was pizza from Papa Johns. But our long-standing rule about pizza is that we have to go get it ourselves (it is a few blocks away). Plus, we didn't want to wait for delivery because we were so hungry. However, driving the car was not as simple as turning it on and pulling out of the driveway. While we had been gone, the plows had built a big mound of snow at the end of the driveway! And since we drive an Oldsmobile, we couldn't just climb over the snow in the car...we had to dig! (See Pics.)
Banff
Justin arrived in Missoula on the third and we took him to the Depot for a quick and tasty dinner. (We had tried to go to Biga Pizza but they were closed for the holiday season.) It was fun to have Justin to show around because he was our first frient to visit our new digs in Montana! But his visit was short because we had bigger better plans than to stay in Zoo Town...we were headed to Banff to ski.
We spent a week in Banff National Park skiing with Justin, Jim, Jen and Honey. It was beautiful and I look forward to going back.
Classes Began January 26. I am teaching two sections of introductory algebra.
Media
Books
The Samurai's Garden by Gail Tsukiyama
Music
Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs will take me to the roads in Banff National Park with Jim and Justin.
Web
http://www.oneeyedparrot.org/obama.html
