I was the Scientist-of-the-Week at school last week. I built an electromagnet and demonstrated it for the class.
On Saturday, we went for a mountain bike ride, then went to school for the annual Rock, Paper, Scissors Tournament. I went out in the first round.
But I did get to enjoy a Kona Shave Ice:
We had our last ski day of the season this weekend. We skinned up Mt. Bachelor, past Pine Martin Lodge and part way up to the summit. It was sunny and warm below the lodge:
But we skied into some clouds up higher:
Congrats to the Scientist of the Week! Great project!
You all must be so strong to skin so far up the mountain, then ski down through all that soft, mushy stuff! At least you got to relax in the parking lot,
Nice work. You did a really good job on the report.
Do you know who Einstein was and what he was famous for? I think you are a bit like him with that wonderful science project and detailed report but the other similarity would be the hair. Yours isn’t white like his but looking a little bit crazy like his in one picture. 😂😂 That was a long hike up into the clouds. I’m glad you made it back down to relax in the sun.
Why relax
JUST IN CASE YOU DON’T KNOW….
Skinning is the act of skiing up a hill or on a level surface. If you want to skin, you have to have special bindings on your skis. The bindings are different than normal alpine ski bindings in that the heal releases and the toe portion pivots so that you move your foot up and down like you are hiking but the skis are still on your feet. Skins are two pieces of material – one for each ski – that make it possible for your skis to move up the hill without you sliding back down. One side of the skin is a mohair or a nylon blend, and the other is sticky. The sticky side sticks to your skis and the mohair part goes on the snow and glides along as you do. The skins also clip to your skis so they don’t fall off. Skinning is also called touring.
A SHAVED ICE KONA IS NOT ENOUGH! HOW ABOUT AN ICE CREAM SUNDAY OR BANANA SPLIT!
Another event-packed week. You did great in all the skills-based activities. I may be wrong, but I don’t believe Rock, Paper, Scissors requires much skill.