Friday KK and I went to Universal Cafe and had a nice dinner and then met up with some friends in the old town. The next morning we met up with Paul and did a little training for the Escalade. We ran about 8+KM and then headed to the marche for a little B-fast. After some errands (I did a good job with the French) we decided it would be a good day to go to Chamonix to look for some new boots especially for KK.
As we headed up the A40 to Cham the weather was looking ripe for snow...cold, rainy, dark. As we headed up the access road towards the town the rain drops turned to SNOW!! Wooohooo! Nothing hard but the first sighting this year (if you don't count our sick storm in September..see previous posts) Before I left I used the mag-nation to find the best places to get boots in Cham. Footworks came highly reccomended so we head the the Midi tram and found the promise-land of boot fitting
We arrived at Footworks and met Seb. He told us that he had time (lucky because this place is appointment only in the winter) So with my boots being only few years old I thought it was time to hook up KK. Seb told us that it would take about 2 hours for the proper fitting and it did....step one..find the right boot:
...with little munchkin having such tiny feet it was the Dalbello that was the boot of choice. I was stoked because I knew how sick of a boot this was. Now the footbeds:
Everything is custom at Footworks even the liners that were heat molded. About 2 hours later the finished super-KK-customer-pro-model! (and yes I am very, very, jealous):
After the fitting we did a little walking around town...it was still snowing and it is just unbelievable that we live 45 minutes from this place: (and yes these are NOT photoshopped..real color):
We got home at around 7ish and decided for a chill night in. Had a little wine and food, played Cribbage, and had a nice night.
Sunday rolled around and we decided that we would invite the boys over for some brunch. The PM before we decided that quiche was on the menu. After waking up at around 8ish I headed into the kitchen for some masterful chef action. I have to admit this was not the best effort but above average. Brunch consisted of homemade individual leek quiches, petite salad with blue cheese and tomatoes, salami, homemade paprika potatoes, cafe, Momosas, and toast. Paul, Diana, and Pedro showed up ontime, thanks Pedro, and we enjoyed a nice brunch with friends. I forgot to get the camera out but here is the prep:
After brunch our plans were still TBD but after some discussion we headed up the Jura. I thought we may take a little hike/slide/something in the fresh snow that had landed over the past 2 days. I also took my skis just incase there was a little jibbing to be had. It was very foggy in town so we could not see what was going on with the weather on the Jura. Once we arrived it was extremely foggy and very wet snow. Considering there was no vis and pretty windy it was time to go jibbing. I found a little rock and enough space to get some speed. After 5 minutes of prep it was on....getting ready:
Stretching;
First attempt:
...not bad..I was having a tough time getting speed but I did about 7 runs in...this is one of the better ones:
..camera girl:
It was a chill afternoon activity. We jetted back into town, hooked up with some cookie ingidents, and are now baking. Another great weekend in CH of just goofing off. I look forward to the snow and more memories with KK this "hiver". G
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