Jarrett's visit, Aikido, and plans for Christmas

Jarrett came up to Gunnison on Friday and he went fishing all day on Saturday. Jarrett brought up elk hamburger, sausage, and steaks from the cow he harvested a couple of weeks ago. After I got into Gunnison Saturday afternoon, Jarrett marinated and cooked two elk steaks, I microwaved two potatoes, heated up some broccoli and then I ate some of the best meat I have ever eaten.

We then went out and had a drink at Timbers before coming back and crashing. Sunday morning we went out for breakfast and then went out shooting out behind Hartman Rocks. Here are a couple of photos:


After Jarrett left, I went to the Gunnison Community Recreation Center for the 2pm Aikido class. I was the only person who showed up so I practiced my ukemi, worked on some bokken and jo katas, and then used the jo as a training tool as I went through the physical steps for ikkyo through yonkyo. The jo provided a visual and kinetic reference point as I went through nage's movements.

Jarrett and I are planning a snowboarding day at Crested Butte for Christmas so now I'll begin monitoring snow on the mountain.