Bright n early. Look at the snow we have to play with here! Best year yet for snow hands down. Woulda been nice to ride it but it'll be there next time.

Thanks to Rico (newer PKFer) for snapping the pic.

(Open in a new window to see bigger - Clubhouse in the back is where we actually spent the day, warm by the fire watching the 8m FSers rip it up.)

i was up late late last night..Spencer had a fever couldn't sleep so wife brought him into our bed. no sleep possible with my fidgety little guy in bed so I hit the couch around 3-4-ish. I was awaken a couple-ish of hours later by the venting caps of the house slamming hard open/close. About as hard as I've ever heard.
i figured there's no way it's 16-20 knts.
made me remember that last time we went to cooking when it was so darn windy we couldn't even see the lake until we were standing on it.
next time.
BTW I asked Bud (Kiteguys) if hew was going to NABX (hauling gear). He says he likely isn't going this year. First time missing in 10 yrs or so.

is that COOK lake with the algae and the smell? must be nice when frozen.

Same stinky lake, yup. You get used to the smell but I still don't want it on my gear : )

Paul - you're 100% on the money. The only thing missing was the blowing snow (it's been so warm here that the snow stays pretty put). Otherwise it was exactly like that time we took two steps onto the lake and turned around. Next time for sure - we gotta get a PL in Rico's hands before he goes home. He lives an hour from Grassau (Flysurfer HQ in Germany). He's here for another month on practicum and then back home. He'll have all the FSer exposure he could ever want at home, trying to get him some PL exposure to balance the education.