Thoughts about…

Abridged Newsletter

I don’t imagine that it’s a surprise anyone to know that I’ve spent pretty much all winter working at the cross-country ski center, cross-country skiing, teaching cross-country skiing in person, making YouTube videos about cross-country skiing, and then answering questions about cross-country skiing to many of my online viewers. But that’s been my life in a nutshell this winter. As a result, I neglected my newsletter for the past month and a half by not making time to write a new essay. For that I apologize.

But I did make lots of good xc skiing videos 😉

This should be a fun presentation. I’ve done a few of these over the years, and they’re always enjoyable for everyone (including me!). In the past, I’ve included plants and birds in the slideshow (as I’ve done both wildflower and bird Big Years). However, this time around I’m only going to be featuring photos of birds as I essentially photographed all 221 birds from my 2024 Tahoe Big Year. Well, technically there was one bird that I didn’t actually get a photograph of. But 220 out of 221 is still pretty good 😉

As I mentioned above, my life has basically revolved around cross-country skiing this winter. Much of that training has included publishing more YouTube videos. So here are the fruits of my labor from February and into the second week of March 🙂

Thanks for being a part of my life. Until next time…

-Jared Manninen

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