Today is the 40th Anniversary of Title Nine! Here are some quick facts (from an email I recieved from Miss Maria Stuber!) Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is the federal law that prohibits sex discrimination in education. Title IX says: “No person in the United States shall,…

The other night we went to a Michael Franti and Spearhead concert outdoors (next to the Moose’s Tooth, for those of you who know how awesome their pizza is). Because it was summer solstice in Alaska, the sun pretty much never went down and it was an absolutely beautiful night!…

Seeing as this is Father’s Day, I’d like to start by sharing this photo. My Mom and Dad took me skiing before I could walk, and I would ride in my Dad’s backpack, calling out “mush! go faster!” Thanks to such awesome parents, my earliest memories of cross-country skiing are…

After Bend camp I went straight home and actually got to fully unpack my suitcase since I was home for a full 2 weeks! It was amazing! Seeing my family and getting to reconnect with my friends back from college was really nice. And we GOT A PUPPY! Finally, Quenton…

10. You do something that ranks at least a 5 on your “Things-I-Never-Want-To-Do-List”. For me, this is a 1 to 10 scale, with 1 being washing dishes, and 10 being running into a burning building while eating a live rattlesnake. Mountain biking happens to fall in between those two extremes….

Right now I’m hammering away at the keyboard in the corner of a coffee shop in Bend, Oregon. I just finished my amazing 3rd cup of coffee so I keep typing too fast and making typos and having to backtrack, but the enthusiasm is making up for lost time. Now…