Tag: winter
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100 Days Slope Celebration
It’s always fun when a ski/snowboard resort announces their 100th day of operations. Some resorts used to offer $1 lift tickets on the 100th day. I took advantage of that to try the slopes the first time I ever landed on a board. With inflation, it’s often $10 — still amazing. Our place doesn’t have…
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Somebody’s Watching You
How do you feel about people watching your attempt at a sport? This was a topic of lift conversation a couple times in the last month. One friend expressed that she liked to ride at night where people weren’t likely to see her. Another friend stated he didn’t like the slopes under the lifts (even…
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Scarcely Snowy Slopes
Our fourth season hitting the slopes of Jiminy Peak is not starting like the others. I’ll be curious to see how it evolves. The slopes opened the Saturday before American Thanksgiving in my past experience. This year, we didn’t get to glide until the day after Thanksgiving. Still, it’s way ahead of other smaller slopes…
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Slope Stories
2021 was, well 2021. Rough year. I’ll write more about that another time. Bottom line is that it left me pretty exhausted so Chris and I made conscious choices to slow down for at least a few months. The energy is starting to come back thanks to a concentration on a healthy diet, sleep and…
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The Meltoff
Such a bittersweet time of year. As I write this, I sit in my living room with the windows wide open (even though it’s almost five in the evening), and I hear the snow melting. Patches of snow linger on the base of the hill outside my window, teasing us with thoughts of spring hikes.…
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Women’s Winter Escape
My blogger friends, do you find you often blog in your mind, but never quite get it to the keyboard state? I do that all the time, and I don’t regret it. It seems that putting my experiences into words, even in my own head, never to be shared, enhances the experiences life deals me.…
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First Tracks Impending
So yeah, I wish it was a snowboard, but the family works for Deer Valley, which only does skis. Anyway…I was super psyched and thankful to be part of the gift that will get our granddaughter on the hills. Avalon seems to love the skis. She put them on with one foot in each then…
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Snow it Goes
This morning I woke up to thick white snow fairies descending from the skies. So big that I saw them without my glasses, and I have horrible vision! The view was too appealing to stay in bed. A perfect morning to grab a cup of coffee in my snowman mug and look out into the…