Our first stop on this leg was America’s Biggest Little City, Reno.

The owner or Ceol’s Irish Pub is a die hard Telemark skier. Ron has done an amazing job of spreading the word and growing this venue. Last year 60 folks came out and this year we doubled it to over 120.

The place was packed! We showed the flick on 2 large screens at both ends of the bar. They were a little out of sync, but we’ll fix that for next year.

It was one of the most stacked raffle’s that I’ve seen. Thanks to Adam Chamberlain at BD for throwing in a pair of skis. The raffle benefitted the Nevada Wilderness Project.

We drove up to Squaw Valley and crashed at Rob Nachtwey’s. Waking up to a crisp beautiful morning in the Sierra, we went for a run up the resort. It’s good to get out and run in between all the driving, drinking and eating.

Next stop was the Craneway Pavillion in Point Richmond.

This is an events center that Rob Nachtwey is developing/managing. Here’s Rob organizing the bar for the night’s festivities.

The Cranewayis a huge “blank canvas” that will host weddings, rave’s, parties and hopefully ski movies.

Jonah relaxes and takes in the view after setting up for the show.

Rob is making the transition from ski bum/athlete to “real” job. I can’t say I condone the move, but it seems like a cool project and a perfect fit for Rob.

Rob plays MC to the group of 90+ that consist of many of his friends and family.

A late night dawned on a gorgeous day in the Bay Area. Our next stop was in the big city.

Rob had to prep the Craneway for a rave that night. Jonah and I were on our own to play tourist for the day.

It was hard to imagine anybody was thinking about winter or skiing with weather like this. The beach was going off!

Dede O’Mara, film star and friend showed up to hang out. She’s been in South America skiing all Summer long. Now, she’s moving to Jackson Hole to ski for the winter.

The movie was held atSports Basementin Portrero not Presidio. They provided free beer and snacks for the crowd of 80+.

We had a great raffle and raised almost $400 for the Sierra Avalanche Center.

We wrapped up the show and were kidnapped by Dede’s friends who are in a pretty rowdy bike gang.

They took us to a local watering hole where we shared drinks, and talked ski movies.Just as things were getting pretty blurry the tamale lady showed up.

Sorry Dede, this pic is just too good not to post.

Some of the best tamales ever.

We finished off the late night discussing whether it was nobler to be or not to be.

I don’t remember if we came up with an answer or not?

But we had a good time.

Dede was kind enough to put us up for the night. We hit the road for Lake Tahoe the next morning. Sawtooth Ridge Cafe was host to our Tahoe City show.

This was a fun little final stop before heading home. There was a great mixed crowd of 60 or so, who all seemed to enjoy the show.

We raised more money for the Sierra Avalanche Center with thanks to Alpenglow.

After the show we hit the road for home, making it as far as Winnemucca. It’s amazing how fast 4 days can fly by.

Home for a week now, we’re resting up, training for winter and planning the Colorado leg to come.

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