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This week I had the tremendous pleasure of accepting my first outdoor industry job: during summer 2018 I will be guiding kayak tours with Kayak Adventures Worldwide in Seward, Alaska. This company has a fabulous training program and a tight-knit community. On top of that, Seward is one of the most spectacular places I've ever seen. I couldn't be more excited. Here's how I went from "it might be fun to work outdoors?" to "heck yeah I'm going to work outdoors!"

Recently I've been out west downhill skiing in glorious Park City, Utah. All that time around snow has prompted a lot of questions on wintry topics. It's led me to think about the physics of skiing again – here are some of the things I've been pondering.

Earlier this week, I had the lovely opportunity to visit Niagara Falls in the middle of a pretty chilly winter. I was there for a little under a day, just long enough to see the falls once from the American side at night and once from the Canadian side during the day. Both views, of course, were breathtaking.

One of my favorite parts of seeing Niagara Falls in the winter is the accumulation of frozen mist on, well, everything. The Falls generate mist at a prodigious rate (how fast?), and often the mist blows over the viewing areas. In the winter, if it gets cold enough, the mist freezes on contact. Over time this leads to truly majestic ice accumulation, like on this lamppost. Guess which way the wind usually blows!

Here is my exploration of the Falls, through questions.

After moving out of New York City in January 2018, I spent a month exploring various locations, a week on a nerd cruise, and then several weeks adventuring in New Zealand. From there I've worked in the outdoors seasonally.

It has been and definitely will continue to be an adventure. Hopefully it will also be fun!