Sarah Borst Jarvis

Karl gave me a great Birthday present . A coupon . But not just any old coupon. A coupon for 4 Saturdays off . That means I get to do anything I want to do for however long I want to do it. Karl knows me well. It is the best present ever. So a few Saturdays ago, I decided to go cross-country skiing by myself. I had planned on going to Soldier Hollow because I love that place but they were actually hosting the Junior Winter Olympics and I did not quite fit in. So I went to Sundance instead and it was gorgeous as well. I ended up skiing for 2.5 hours and I loved every minute of it. I really enjoy skate skiing and wish I was better at it. One of those sports you should pick up as a child if you want to get really good at it. But back then I preferred downhill and thought cross-country was boring. I wish I would have known better. Actually, if we had the money, I would probably still be skiing downhill quite a bit. But we don't. That same morning, Karl was getting a little ...

I figured I would start this Blog by telling you about climbing Mt. Rainier . It is recent enough, it is something we have always wanted to do, and we have pretty good pictures. Besides Karl and me, our climbing crew consisted of our friends Mike, Brooke, and Paul. We flew into Seattle, where we stayed with Mike and Brooke one night and did some sightseeing. Then we were off to Mt. Rainier National Park . After having been squeezed into a little truck for four hours, we were all ready to head up the mountain. Despite a late start, the scenery was beautiful and, after getting used to the weight on our backs, we were having a great time. Because of our late start we had not quite made it to Camp Muir before dark and so we stayed in another fun place in the snow and dug out our tent sites. Freezing? Yes. Still fun? Yes. Well, kind of. Karl in his element : Our goal was clearly in sight when we woke up: But I also really liked this peak - Little Tahoma ....