More pics.
I stopped for a Coke break across from this waterfall:
Parking was a hassle. I had to walk a whole 20 yards to get to the gondola:
I didn't know Batman skied:
There's a good view of Mt. Rainier from the top:
The also have a snack bar, beer and lounge chairs in the snow at the top facing Mt. Rainier. It was either wait in line for half an hour for a real beer or get a Bud Light from the keg lady right away:
You can also see the top of Mt. St. Helens in the distance:
I originally got this H2O Audio waterproof Nano holder for listening to MP3s while riding. It works great strapped to my knee and is easy to use:
It works great skiing too. I can switch tunes while skiing. I was a little concerned about my JVC Marshmallow earbuds falling out but I ski so smoothly that that's not really an issue:
The keg lady had a more substantial beer in the afternoon - Pyramid Snowcap Ale:
That little spec is a private plane flying about 2,000 feet below the ridge at the top of Crystal Mountain:
Right before my last run I took a chairlift ride with Mr. Jeaggy. Needless to say he was in a very good mood:
And I discovered that Catwoman is also a skier:
When I got back to my bike I discovered that some bird had left a love-dookey on my seat:
It's a good thing that I wear a size 10. I don't think a 10.5 would fit in a city case:
The ride up there and back is a little curvy and has some decent scenery but it's kind of a ho-hum. At least it's got some straightaways where you can wick it up and multi-pass packs of slow cars:
A view of Mt. Rainier on the way home:
When I got home, I unloaded my ski stuff and went over to a guy's house to help him swap the fuel injectors on his K75RT because he really wanted to get it running before he left for Afghanistan on Monday (on a plane, not the bike):
It was a long day....
