Fun with Jen in Bend

Took a little spin up to Bend, OR to visit my friend Jen Coughlin over Memorial Weekend. We had gorgeous weather the whole time, which was awesome. Did a bunch of hiking, mountain biking, dining, and relaxing. It was quite the necessary respite from a hectic work week last week. Thanks Jen!

Went to this really great restaurant, The Blue Olive, sat in cozy deck chairs, and enjoyed a delicious meal and gorgeous view.

Jen, Jeff, and Katharine posing in front of the awesome view.

More views!

Friends!

Think this must have turned into a model session rather than a meal!

FOREVER!

Took a big digger on my mountain bike and face planted into the dirt.

Better view here, in case you couldn't see how dirty my face was!

A little PBR can fix anything...except the pain in my shoulder that also manifested from the fall.


Jeff was more than a little amused with my new look.

Lizard's Birthday Bash

I had a marathon trip down to San Francisco yesterday for my friend Liz Kenny's birthday bash. It was quite the feat...worked a twelve hour shift on Friday, drove down to SF, picked up Chelsea (who flew in from Jackson Hole to surprise Liz) at BART, navigated the crazy SF streets and sidewalk parking situation, joined the gang that had already accumulated since earlier that morning, slept on a hardwood floor, spent the entire day at Great America riding rollar coasters and standing in line in 80+ degree weather, drove back to the city, had dinner, drove back up to Tahoe through the I-80 construction detour nightmare, in bed by 1:30 am, and now up at 6:30 and back to work for another 12 hour shift at the hospital...agghhhhhhh! I'm getting too old for this! But it was fun. And how could I say no the helping Chels pull off the "Big Surprise?"

Lizard, the birthday girl, after a fun day of wine tasting at Grgich Hills Estate in Napa...wish I could have been there for that!

Megan and Katharine, enjoying the Bay views and early morning sun from the roof-deck of a sweet SF apartment.

Whoa, did you see that...?


Yay, Chelsea's here!

Ouch, I'm not to flexible! Maybe its time for a little stretching??

Lake Cushing Crossing

The last weekend at Squaw was full of fun and excitment, including the 19th Annual Lake Cushing Crossing. This year I dressed up as "Flapper Kat," a flapper costume from the Roaring 20's, complete with my bottle of moonshine. The entrance into the lake was a rather large drop this year, making it a bit of a challenge, but I made it all the way across the pond and out the other side successfully!

Ski boots and a flapper dress...always a good look on the slopes!

Hanging with the gang from Graham's after the crossing.

Sarah Jones, dressed up as the "Cookie Queen," was a crowd favorite as she tossed fresh chocolate chip cookies to everyone.

And click here for a video of my lake crossing (skip to minute 6:24 to see me): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfUb18AdNKc

Summer Remodeling with the Bears

The bear broke into my house last month while I was out of town on Easter Sunday. He busted down my back door, attacked my brand new fridge, and totally cleaned out the freezer (that was the only good stuff he could find...there was no other food or trash anywhere else in the house worth eating)! It was quite a mess. Luckily I had my nice neighbor, Mike The Bear Slayer, to come to the rescue! He cleaned up the mess and put up my new plywood door. Then a week later the bear came back in the middle of the night while I was sleeping and broke the plywood door down again. He made quite a racket and woke me up in a flash. Luckily I was able to make enough noise to scare him off before he came back in to do more harm! But he broke my new plywood door, and we had to reinforce it with a 2x4.

The spray paint is all part of the new "look" I'm going for with this summer's remodeling session.

The snowblower is even part the new "defense zone!"

Kat and Josh in Paradise

Josh came to visit for his spring break, and we took a little road trip down to Borrego Springs for some fun in the sun! Golfing, hot tubbing, James Bond movie marathon, lots of relaxing, great food, and tons of laughs...it was quite a week. Thanks to Lucy and Bob for letting us settle in at their house. We finished up the week back at Squaw with some awesome spring skiing and visiting with friends.

We hit the links at Borrego Springs Resort right off the bat!

Josh, the happy golfer (as long as he's beating his girlfriend)!


Time for martini's and hot tubbing after a hard day of golf!



Does this guy look relaxed or what?

Roger and Stephanie Perucci stopped by for some drinks before heading back to Tahoe for the summer season.

Kung Fu Josh strikes again - watch out!

Josh's college buddy Alex drove down from Irvine for a little visit. Evening cocktails by the pool anyone?



Awe...the happy couple!

We made Easter Sunday be 'Fun Golf Hat Day.' Lucy and Bob have quite the collection of cool old hats...

Josh in action on the putting green.

A little Kat in the Hat for ya?

Josh was nailing his drives all week...

Except this one, which is perched perfectly on one of the dead palm leaf shelves. (Click the image to enlarge and look closely!)

Pretty straight and consistent for me, thanks to some good advice from my personal coach.

We were lovin' these hats! Great game today!

Enjoying the sunset up at Font's Point with some champagne and hors d'oeurves.

Arghhhh! Pirate Josh only eats appetizers with his trusty knife!

Looking out over the badlands from the edge of Fonts Point.

The sunset made for cool lighing in the badlands.

Oh my god, we almost lost him!

A little sunset model session...

Had to love my view, both the foreground and the background were lookin' spectacular!

Paparazzi Josh snappin' the incognito pics left and right.

And back to Tahoe for some sculpting antics with Josh's mustache. He says he's going to grow it a little more into something just a little bit crazier. Is that possible?

Dinner party at my house with Stacia, Mike 'The Bear Slayer,' Rob, Lindsey, and John.

...and me and Josh, the guest of honor.

Josh was lucky enough to get a run on the elusive 'Smoothies' at Squaw.

Ryan Adams was all smiles after a great run down Smoothies with perfect spring corn.

Lange Siblings Lay It Down At Kirkwood

John and I headed down to Kirkwood this weekend to compete in the Subaru North American Freeskiing Championships. Although conditions were not ideal, in fact they were pretty much just crappy, we managed to put down some good runs and kick ass. After Day 1 of the finals, John and I were both in 3rd place. And, in the end, John walked away with 3rd place and I walked with 4th. Not bad for the Lange duo!

Katharine, sitting down in the snow pits with Stacia (our #1 Fan who showed up both days with beers and hot dogs) watching John's kick ass run.

The view of the Skier's Left of The Cirque, the ski venue for day 1.

And Skier's Right of The Cirque, the venue for day 2.

Katharine, John, and Stacia celebrating after the final results were in!

4th place didn't get a trophy, but I did get a 22 of Corona and some cold hard cash...can't beat that!

Johnny Danger on the podium showing off his plate and spraying the competition with his beer! Congrats!