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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Bill Pennington / The Bulletin
January 13, 2013
It was the quiet that was alarming, a stillness that almost bred unease. The ride up the lift had been an exercise in solitude, and now, skiing my way down the mountain, I came to a stop, enveloped by noiselessness.
Had I wandered off the designated trail? Was I out of bounds? Where then to turn....