I went skiing at Copper Mountain on Friday and it was fabulous (but don't tell the Dalleys :-). About 14 of us took off from work and skied until our legs were like rubber and then headed out for dinner. Shown in the first photo is my good friend Marie who is a fellow Penn Stater (and Catholic high school graduate) from Philly. Marie had planned on becoming a nun, but instead began a career as a teacher in the inner city. She eventually headed west, got an engineering degree and we've been working together at HP for the past 9 years. We are part of a very small minority who root for Penn State and it was particularly gratifying this year when the PSU-Nebraska blowout gave us ample opportunity to pay back the rabid Nebraska fans for past torment.

Taking off from work to go skiing seems like a slacker kind of thing to do until you realize that your boss and his boss are doing the same thing. We all had a great time and the snow was wonderful with about 4" of fresh powder that allowed us to make a lot of first tracks. If everything goes as planned, we will head up to Winter Park on Wednesday for more of the same. It's been one of the best ski seasons in recent memory in Colorado and we desperately needed the moisture to help alleviate the drought conditions we've had for the past few years. (You can click on these small images to get larger ones.)