Food!

So I have been cooking up a storm...and taking pics.....here are some of the dinners of late:
Ham and Cabbage...a classic!

Paprika Sole with Shrimp and homemade potatoes and salsa:

Ham wrapped Asparagus, grilled spicy chicken, tomato relish and wild rice:

Yummy!

Another down weekend...but that is cool...we love CH!

So the temps rose again to almost 18C here in GE this past weekend, but that was OK we had a plan. Off to Lausanne and Bern for a nice weekend of friend, fun, and crazy guys on ice skates.

Friday night we headed up to Lausanne for a KK and GG pre-wedding dinner with the L-crew (Tam, Tom AKA: TNT, Jen and Jay) Jen had wanted to go out to a nice dinner for a pre-wedding celebration and this weekend was the perfect one. We headed up Friday night and had a great dinner at a fusion restaurant in Lausanne.

The next AM we woke up and KK and I headed to ring shop in Bern.


No luck on the rind but a few options to confuse KK ;-)

That night the crew surprised KK with a pre-B-Day dinner (thanks Jen) and after we headed out to the Red Bull Crashed event.




Saturday night we rolled home and got ready for a relaxing Sunday.

Sunday came around and delivered a sunny and warm day. We got up at the crack of 10 and headed for a nice 2 hour bike ride around GE. After a quick stop at the Marche in Croix du Rozon we got back and had a very, very, nice B-fast on the deck.

Overall a great weekend we will remember as the start of Spring....but I know more snow is to come :-)

Much love to our family and friends as always..thanks for the great support that lets us enjoy the lives we do..GG

4 in 2 and 3 for 3..the POW RETURNS!

So after a week of no snow it returned with a vengeance. The lower Valais and Bernese Oberland got hit with up to 3 feet for fresh pow. On Friday J, Alex, Al, and me headed to Champex Lac to catch the back end of the storm cycle...and it was on!

The ride there:

Germans do love cheese and bread for b-fast:

..and powder!



...capacity crowd on hand!


After scralping Champex it was time to head to Vichere which is on the same ticket about 30 minutes up the road. So we jumped in the car to find this :-)




The day was perfect until about 4:30 when we heard that there was an avalanche blocking the road to Lausanne. :-(

So we were stuck..so we waited and waited and waited..dig, dig, dig.....4+ hours later we escaped to meet KK and Jen in Lausanne.

That night I took a shower, drank a beer, and cuddled into bed with KK and J+Js praying the snow would be great again.

The next AM the storm had clear and it was off to Leysin with the full crew of Al, Tam, Tom, KK, and J. KK was all hyped up for mad pow.....so we had to find the goods...first run backside delivered for her:


..and Al too!

J??? Yup!


WOOOHOOO!!!

After 3 laps down the backside it was decision time and KK call G3. G3 was closed all morning and it looked like the clouds had lifted to deliver. After a 30 minute rip over to G3 it was on again....and when I mean on..I mean EPIC SNOW!!!!
KK:





Tom:



J:


G:

Unbelievable...over the head, face shots, WOOOHOOO!!! Top 3 days of a great 08/09.
That night I headed to Bern to meet up with Paul, Pedro, and Rob and KK stayed with the Lausanne crew.
Sunday was a repeat, but a little more tracked. I got to G3 around 12 and was able to make a few laps with Tam, Tom, and KK.

As I always say...more to come...but it will be tough to top this one!