The best job I ever had: working in the Solitude Nordic center. Pay: $5.25/hr. Benefits: season pass to Solitude Ski Resort.

Oh yeah.

Pat McEuen and I skate around the track to some tunes.

Patrick Nelson playing tug-of-war with Argenta.

Argenta, the avalanche dog, locating an avalanche victim. (Just kidding, she likes to play with gloves from the lost-and-found).

Pat McEuen demonstrates the proper way to wear sunglasses and a hat, Nordic style.