Retirement! It's been a good ride....

Wow!  A good ride, indeed.  It is a strange commitment, this TAY thing.  The rewards are great, and you have a storehouse of memories and tales to tell, I'm sure.  So, you must have officially started sometime around June of 2002.  Nice!  I don't think we ever formally met, but I bet we passed on the slopes from time to time.  Good luck and ClimbHigh in your new home! 
Ski yah later,
Rusty

To Colorado!

Just like with kids you got to know when enough is enough.

You two. Getting' all misty eyed now.
Yes, as Gregg said, of course you are already missed. Mark, no one else would ever be, ahem, "game" enough to go up the Roman Wall while it's blowing sustained 50 knots with me. In January. Cheers mate. So grateful to you two for all the memories - all the life list skis, all the time being spiritually filled in our church, the North Cascades and Baker; and especially getting to be friends with the incredibly true, loving people you two are. We WILL be visiting. You may have noticed this anticipated El Nino thing...

Thank you for the kind words my friends. We will truly miss sharing some great snow adventures with you all and we will certainly miss the incredible North Cascades. Our door is always open to you, so please do pay us a visit sometime! And Pete, I'm sure we can come up with some more outlandish ideas for you here in the San Juans. And yes, the right side of my neck and my trapezius have finally recovered from that windy winter day on the Roman Wall. But........how could we ever forget that AMAZING ski down through the verglas and ice penitentes.....epic!

Cheers Friends!