Helicopter to Afghan-Pak border

I took a day trip with the military today to the Afghan-Pakistan border. I'm riding in a Chinook, one of those huge double rotar helos that can carry about 35 people at once. They keep the back open with a gunner looking out. There's also two gunners on the side up front. Out the back you can see two Blackhawk helicopters, one of them carrying Maj. Gen. David Rodriguez, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan.

The French Alps

Kat and I went to La Clusaz and Chamonix in the French Alps, er, um, all the way back in early February. (we've been told we're lousy at updating this page.) This is us riding up one of those poma horse lifts in La Clusaz, a lovely small village with a vast network of lifts up about three or four mountains. We stayed in a small inn where we ate fabulous breakfasts and dinners.


Kat doing her Olympic speedskater impression (not sure why it's sideways -- or how to fix it):