Brighton - January 9, 2010

Today we skied with Anchorage Dan. Anchorage Dan is in Utah to go to school at BYU and pick up "the ladies." Anchorage Dan and Big Mountain Jimmy Cordova are making big backcountry ski plans. Anchorage Dan skies with sound effects. "Whoop Whoop!"

Video of James skiing the runout from Reins Run - after his most extreme and excellent crash.

Video of James skiing out of the Lower Pioneer Trees - much jubilation!


Video of Dan hucking off a cliff in Lake Shots off Milli - "Whoop Whoop!"





Video of Dan skiing out of the Lower Pioneer Trees - whoops!

Video of Dan skiing the runout from Reins Run - check out those barber shop skis!

5 Guys Burgers Date Night - January 6, 2010

We met some friends for dinner at the Bountiful Five Guys. Heard about Five Guys when Obama bought burgers for a group he was with and wondered if they'd live up to the hype. Thought we'd check it out and maybe sometime make it out to the In-N-Out Burger for comparison.

It wasn't very busy, so we had time to check out the menu and look around a bit. The first thing we saw on one side of the door was a huge box of peanuts-in-the-shell with a pile of cups. So while waiting in line you can eat peanuts. On the other side of the door was a stack of boxes - boxes of peanut oil. And the menu above the counter proudly states that their fries are fried in 100% pure peanut oil. All James and I could think was that Carter will never have dinner at this restaurant! I finally remembered that my cell phone has photo capability and snapped this picture of the stack of 50# bags of potatoes that separate the entryway line from the seating.



Overall, I really enjoyed my junior-size cheeseburger, but James said his could have used more A1 sauce. And the french fries were good. We shared a "medium" order and had more french fries than we could eat.

Solitude - January 2, 2010