Our glacier camps are done now, 30 days of skiing by mid-August... not too bad. It has been sweet to be on snow so much in the summer. It feels like I've made some significant technique improvements and get some quality ski testing done on challenging snow conditions, but it will definitely be nice to be home for a while. In addition to just being home and settled for a few months there is a lot to get done around the house before the season and before the little one shows up. A baby is coming in November!

Back east was a great break from the cold summer, I didn't wear a shirt training once back there compared with not wearing a shirt one time up here so far. Aside from good weather, the training around Stowe was great. Big paved climbs, the alpine hill is mellow enough that it makes for great bounding and the weight room at the SRC at the bottom of my in-laws road make for a solid week of training. I also got to go over to Jericho a couple days and ski on the rollerski loop there. That place was sweet and sparked a little bit of envy. If only we could have a hilly rollerski track like that in Anchorage... 

So this week a little down time and catch up on work and the business side of things before shifting gears next week as the training focus turns a little more intense.