is there a ghost in my house

it was windy and crazy up on the mountain on our day off. No lifts open at main lodge, only the park chairs and bunny slope chairs were running. After tiring of the mini park, we decided to hike out to the hot creek.
it should be noted that i am wholeheartedly embracing my inner snow bro.
mammoth, if you didn't know, is an active volcano. the mountain that we ski and snowboard and work on. neat right? when it errupted 110,000 years ago, it was one of the biggest erruptions in the history of earth. they found ash in nebraska from the erruption! there is so much geothermal activity happening all over this area, including all these amazing hot springs. the biggest one in the area is hot creek, which is heated by magma that is flowing 3 miles under the surface.
no one was out there. just us. usually you can drive right up to the main pools, but there is still so much snow that the road is closed. awesome.
you aren't supposed to swim in the creek right now, as it is changing, almost before your eyes. huge geysers of boiling water suddenly shoot out of the middle of the pool.


even though we have been here a month, mammoth is still absolutely breathtaking. not just because of the altitude. ha ha.

i waded out into the creek, total rule breaker.
the next day it snowed.i feel so content, first time in years and years. remember, you can come visit at any time.

stay with me, go places

i want to move into this house.

i'll build a solar powered greenhouse, grow organic produce. bake muffins. roast coffee. blow people's minds with my hippie cooking skills. todd can build a mini ramp in the barn that we would have. live a simple life.

i am pretty sure that my brother was baptized at this church. it is all boarded up now. he is getting married this summer. life is magical. i am learning that i just have to pay attention.

in heaven there is no heat

spring is here. it has been 50 degrees out, total t-shirt weather at work. trees, grass, flowers are even showing up.


I feel like the grass and the pine trees outside; I can feel the last two years begin to crack and melt.
I have been taking long walks after work, just enjoying what it looks like outside. i don't have anywhere i have to be. i don't have anywhere i would rather be.

by the way, this is where we work.

not bad, right?? during our daily jacuzzis, todd and i laugh about how amazingly lucky we are to live here, even just temporarily.
this is the gondola i take to work.

oh! look who is working?!!

radical!!!!!!

happy easter everyone!

new mammoth lifestyle

living in mammoth for a few months was the best idea. not only are we getting in touch with our inner snow bros, we get to make fires every night, take hot tubs, enjoy the magical mountain scenery, shovel the skatepark, and take snow walks. that and when we get home from work, we have absolutely no responsibility at all. being that we are both very industrious, we have had to try not to get promoted, as this time in mammoth is to learn how to enjoy life outside of work rather than make an extra 30 cents. work on the mountain is easy and fun. say hello to people, make sure they don't fall off the chair lifts, make sure they get in the gondola. plus we get ski breaks. and i get to ride the gondola to work in the morning.

friendship train

thanks again friends, we miss you.