Category: Travel
Fear & Loathing in Alabama
It’s not that I fear or loathe anything in Alabam, it is just that the picture reminded me of The Great Gonzo. Now I don’t mean to tread on the memory of Hunter Thompson, it’s just that the “granny” glasses reminded me of the poster for the movie Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
We had a great time in Alabama visiting everyone! Enjoy the pictures.
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Okemo
A, o, oh way to go Okemo, or was it Ohio? Which ever it is Okemo certainly wasn’t gone! (If you don’t get the reference, let me just say, Pretenders.) Its peak rises a moderate 3,344 feet into that great expanse called the sky.
The mountain itself wasn’t the best I’ve ever been on. It was more like a local mountain that you ski at because it’s close, not because you drove four hours to ski at it. In truth, it wasn’t really that bad, but Ali and I were coming off of our trip to Sunday River and I was just looking forward to being challenged again. Well that didn’t happen, but it turns out Okemo had a lot of good bump skiing. This is something I’ve not done a lot of, and … Read More »
Sunday River
Ali and I had a great time at Sunday River. The only complaint was that it was a little on the cold side. A few days were below zero with a wind chill of negative 25. On those days we could only stay out for an hour at a time. Our hotel was great — slope-side with a heated outdoor pool and hot tub. There is nothing like sitting outside in a hot tub when it’s 0 degrees and snowing. Our room had a kitchenette, which allowed us to eat breakfast and lunch in the room and save a decent amount of money (hence the shot of ali in the grocery store).
We were able to ski most of the mountain (see the trail map for details) with the exception of two peaks which are … Read More »
Pining
My great aunt Molly died a couple of weeks ago, and ever since I found out I’ve had a strong desire to go home. I would have gone down when it happened only there wasn’t a service (at her request). The thing that is most holding me back is that it is hard to work from there, and I don’t want to use vacation time for the trip (I know, how selfish of me). I guess the real issue is that Ali and I already have a vacation planned for the end of January to go to Sunday River in Maine, and I didn’t think it would go over too well if I tried to take another week near an already planned vacation.
I am looking forward to the Sunday River trip; the skiing has been pretty weak … Read More »
Denver
I thought I’ve had this post up a week ago, and I can’t even tell why it took me ’til now to get it out.
Along the line of firsts — I was on my first airplane (an hour into the trip) where an engine failed. (In interest of keeping you from getting all worked up — let me just say it was no big deal, I’m writing about it, right?) Anyway, so I’m half-way between Albany and Denver 30 some-odd thousand feet in the air, when I notice the plane is turning around. Normally this isn’t something I would notice because my head is usually buried in a book, but during this turn it caused the sun to shine directly in my face. When that happened I found myself wondering, “Why is the sun all of … Read More »