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Mat Classic

I spent the weekend covering the annual state wrestling championships at the Tacoma Dome. Mat Classic XXI was filled with good moments, sweaty ill-fitting unitards, and a lot of fun.

Enjoy!

My home

I love the Yakima Canyon more than any other place on Earth.

I didn't realize it until recently, but I find myself at home on its scabby, sage-covered, basalt hills. For nearly five years, I lived in the Canyon near Rosa Dam. I spent many hours climbing the trail less hills around my home.

Joe took me hiking there on Valentine's Day. Despite frigid winds and threatening skies, we made the 1200 ft ascent from S.R. 820 to the peaks above the dam and found ourselves overlooking a bend in the Yakima River.

It was beautiful.

The Olympics

I spent some time in a rain forest last week trying to find the subtler signs of life. I often spend my time in National Parks searching for photographs of places and things and forget to capture natural moments. The first image is not natural - but it shows just how much life sustaining rain falls on the southern tip of Olympic National Park. In case you can't read the "rain gauge," the record stands somewhere around 17 feet of precipitation.

You call that snow?

It "snowed" today.

I'll never get used to the level of panic that follows such an event like what happens here in Tacoma (and all of Puget Sound for that matter) when it snows.

I call it "sno-hysteria."

It is fun.

Poles and holes

Rock candy

Shot this from the GWP building on campus today and thought a bit about how much I used to love rock candy.

Enjoy!