Day 1

After departing Farmington, Maine with a blanket of snow covering the ground, I have arrived in Cooperstown, New York to a similar white surprise. As I type, I'm lying in a bed at the Lake N' Pines motel watching the only sport that is allowed in Cooperstown, baseball. Despite the occasional check on the Sunday Night Football game, I'm pretty tuned into the World Series.
Today was a pretty interesting day, and my love for New England is even stronger now. We drove straight through to Salem, Massachusetts and decided to make a little detour to check out the (in our opinion) most appropriate halloween stop in the world. I'll remember it as the strangest collection of people that I've ever seen, and could imagine, besides possibly Europe. Costumes of all types, shapes, and sizes were featured, an overwhelming setting for a confessed halloween hater. After parking on a sidewalk, meandering lost through a crowd of crazies, and listening to a bad group of college-aged singers, we found the perfect, authentic lunch spot. After a 6.95 dollar plate of filet mignon and some hearty mashed potatoes, we hopped back on the road and dominated the Mass Pike until we reached our destination here in NY State. This was not as easy as it sounds, considering we drove through 2 snowstorms and a distractingly beautiful sunset. So I'm gunna sign off from a ridiculously random spot to put the Hall of Fame of America's Pastime, and attempt to find a spot to mingle with some locals, grab some grub, and watch some sports, 3 of my favorite activities. Plan for tomorrow: check out the HOF from approximately 9-11 then hit the road with our sights set on Cleveland, home of the Rock and Roll hall of fame, Will's destination of choice. So check in with us tomorrow night around this time for another post from another place. I love my life.

100% Epic Adventure

I never really thought I’d start a blog. I thought they were exclusively for those who had lives that others were interested in following or somehow living along with the blogger. But after being inspired by the revolutionary blogs of men like jon-olsson.com, warnernickerson.com, nymansworld.blogspot.com, and danloman.com, I figured I’d give it a shot. I’ll keep it updated with results, photos, videos, and some boring equipment stuff that I just need to put somewhere.

When I woke up this morning, I was prepared for what will probably be the greatest adventure of my life. But I was so happily surprised and gifted with a white blanket outside the window! It definitely reassured me that this is going to be an awesome day. Because, along with my dear friend Wilson Underkuffler, I am beginning a cross-country trip to Colorado for my first training camp of the year. I’m extra excited for this camp because it’s my first camp with my new team (Sugar Bowl Academy) and my new coach (Guenther Birgmann), which I’m hoping will mean a whole new page to my ski career. I feel really good about my equipment, my body, and my mind state after a good New Zealand trip in August and a nice conditioning block here at home. So it’s only fitting that the snow falls on a morning like this one, beginning a journey that actually shrinks in comparison to the grander one over the entire winter.

So I’m going to sign off and head out to breakfast, along with possibly fooling around with the cool features that blogger provides for my brand new page.

FIRST STOP: Cooperstown!