We woke up at 4:00am on Friday (day after Thanksgiving), out the door by 5:00am, and back home by 8:30pm. We hit Sugar Bowl at Tahoe, when all the rest of the Bay Area was busy shuffling through malls in the same spirit as Canadians fever on Boxing Day. Sure, we missed some great deals, but they missed a nice day on the slopes! They also missed the first public appearance of my cooltobecanadian toque.

We got 11 runs in, which was pretty good, without any major wipeouts! But I need new equipment -- my board is too soft and slows me down. Flow bindings and DC Shoes boots would be a nice addition, but I really don't want to spend much on it at all -- hopefully I'll get everything at deep discount somehow.