a confession

to all the skiers in the northwest: i owe you an appology. it's my fault that the hill had to open late. that the early season powder just wasn't the same as the past few years. that rain has melted a lot of what little there was. it's all my fault and i'm sorry.

it happened on the bike trip. we'd been snowed on a couple times (and riding and camping in snow is cold and hard work) and we were worried that snow might close some of the high passes we had to cross and that we'd be stuck. so i said a prayer. jodie warned me not to, said it might screw up the whole winter, that ullr might get confused or angry if all of a sudden a skier was praying against snow. she knew better. and here's the confession: i did it anyway. i asked ullr to just hold off for a couple weeks or to only snow in the western hemisphere or something. i didn't mean for it to end up this way....

i'm sorry.

oh, and ullr, if you're reading this, please forgive me and send snow! if not for me, then for all of the innocent skiers in terrace!