3rd Weekend in April

I had a great weekend. It started on Friday where The dental school band Malpractice was playing their final show at a local pub. There were a lot of people there including students and professors and a good time was had by all. On Saturday morning I did some work in the lab where I cast gold a MODBL onlay. In the afternoon, I went for a run out side on the Willamette waterfront. That evening I BBQ'd at my friend James's house and we watched the Blazers get killed in the first game of the playoffs by the Houston Rockets. On sunday morning, I got up early and went skiing with a long time friend from Ashland. We skied until about noon and headed back to town. It was ultra springy conditions. The snow was soft from the beginning and got real sticky about 11:00am. In the afternoon I went for a run and enjoyed the nicest day of the year so far. This evening I did some errands and grocery shopping and tonight I worked in the lab for a little while. Overall a busy weekend but I did get to be outside and enjoyed the warm sunny weather.

Walk On

This is a link to a video called Walk On. It is an inspirational video about a guy named DJ and his overcoming his disability. It was very well done. It take about ten minutes to watch but was well worth it.

Walk On

Spring Break so Far

For spring break so far I have had a great break. On friday evening, I hung out with some of my friends from OSU. On saturday I took the day to rest and recover from finals week. I ran some errands and got caught up on everything that I put off the last two weeks.
On sunday My friends Dan and Haley and I all went skiing at Mt Hood Meadows. The roads were bad getting there but that was because there was two feet for fresh powder. We spent all day tracking up some amazingly deep and uncharacteristicly light powder for this time of year in Oregon. The weather was nice too. THe area that we like to ski is well protected from bad weather unlike the rest of the mountain. We had some sun to go along with the great snow.
On monday My friends Eric and I went fishing on the Nestucca river with our friend Matt in Matt's drift boat. We had an amazing day hooking 11 steelhead and landing 6 of them. I personally put on a clinic hooking six end landing 4. I should have landed on more but eric failed to net it. Of the fish that we caught 3 of them were big fish in the 15-17 lb range. We kept one hatchery hen so Matt could eat it and keep the eggs and cure them for salmon bait. We also caught and released two sea run cuthroats. This was my first sea run I have ever caught. The weather was beautiful and we did not get rained on. This was the best day that I have ever had steelhead fishing by a large margin.
On Tuesday, Eric, Ben and I went fishing on the Wilson River. We did not get any fish and it rained hard on us. I spent a lot of time rerigging my setup after loosing it trees. We did find a few new holes that look promising as new places to fish. In the afternoon I had coffee with a friend and got my bike tuned up and ready for warmer weather.
Today I am resting up after going hard for three days. I had an offer to go skiing today but I decided the snow and weather was not going to be great.
The rest of the week will be filled with attending the Oregon Dental Convention.

here is a link to pictures from the fishing trip.