My family (including me) are taking off this afternoon for Kalispell, Montana. By taking off, I mean we are driving. From Tacoma, it's about 9 and a half hours, so we are staying in the small town of Ritzville until the morning. We will then split and arrive in Whitefish later in the day.

As an avid snowboarder, I've heard plenty of good things about Whitefish Mountain Resort (Big Mountain as it used to be called), and I can't wait to go. We are meeting up with some family friends from Atlanta; they've rented a home, and we'll be staying with them until Tuesday, when we drive back.

Getting there should be an experience too: a huge snowstorm is hitting the Cascade range right now, with some 18-24" of snow expected, and we are literally driving through it as the head cell of the storm hits. Should be wonderful! Here in the lowlands, we are getting some lightning as well as thunder as I type (here in Tacoma), which is something we rarely see, so you can just imagine just how large this storm is, for our area.

Jake

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