TR: Final

This is the way my week ends, this is the way my trip ends, this is
the way my season ends with a bang not with a whimper.

-T.S. Bumpfreaq

Had more fun in the spring time sun until Saturday at Winter Park when
it started to snow..... hard, despite temps near 40 at the base. The
snow was of course wet but not as wet as I would have expected. It
was coming down close to two inches an hour and made the turns buttery
soft. After two hours my goggles were soaked, clogged and refused to
clear up. Luckily I had another pair but unfortunately only one more
pair. They lasted nearly another two hours by which time I was
drenched and ready for some Hot Sulfur Springs. Sunday was back to
blue skies and bright sun although not as warm as days past. The
Timberline lift opened for the first time that weekend so it was big
fun in a foot or more of new. A great day to end my good times with.

I thought this was amusing... The last week or so of the trip I felt
like my back might go out at any time so I stuck a little stainless
steel stash cylinder containing a bunch of ibuprofen and a couple of
vicodin in my pants pocket. I didn't have the need to open it until
the ride home but at some point it must have become self aware because
for no particular reason I fell and my left thigh would have come into
fairly hard contact with one of the only firm spots on the mountain.
Would have, except that the 1" tall by 1.5" diameter cylinder was
directly between my leg and the icy spot. "No pain for me to kill?
Well here's some pain for ya," the pills seemed to say. Now I have a
bruise on my leg that is about the size and color of a small ripe
plum.

The ride back home was uneventful except for the temps in the high 70s
and the thousands of geese flying south over central Nebraska. Now my
snow tires are stacked neatly in the garage, my skis are encased in
their summer wax and skiing 2007 is but a fond memory.

Thanks to everyone who read or responded to these silly meanderings.
Shall we do it again next year?

Later,
Chris

bumpfreaq wrote:
snip some of the story

The ride back home was uneventful except for the temps in the high 70s
and the thousands of geese flying south over central Nebraska. Now my
snow tires are stacked neatly in the garage, my skis are encased in
their summer wax and skiing 2007 is but a fond memory.
Later,
Chris

Wow, kind of sad to read an "end of the season" story. Yesterday at
Loveland was back to winter conditions. Fairly warm air, but with
the "Loveland Wind®". I have 4 days left to ski at the Bigs (think
the ski areas larger than Loveland). So tomorrow I expect to find
spring conditions at (name of large ski area starting w/V omitted).
Hey, it is an option on my A-Basin bonus season pass.
I still have 2 days at Winter Park to use, with 2 weeks to do so.
Thursday has Winter Park in the plans. So next week should find me
at Breck & Winter Park.

I have added some stuff to my site in March (www.iskico.com).
While entertaining my step dad on the hills, I visited Monarch
& Ski Cooper. It has been something like 25 years since I was
to either. Now I have pictures up. Meanwhile, I still have
5 weekends left at my Beloved® Loveland®. A-Basin will go until
they are out of snow, or June 3, which ever comes first.

Chris, hope you had a blast in CO. I am glad I still have
two more months of lift powered turns before I hang 'em up.

Sam "Mowin' the lawn after work today (yetch)" Seiber

On Apr 1, 2:19 pm, "bumpfreaq" wrote:
This is the way my week ends, this is the way my trip ends, this is
the way my season ends with a bang not with a whimper.

-T.S. Bumpfreaq

Had more fun in the spring time sun until Saturday at Winter Park when
it started to snow..... hard, despite temps near 40 at the base. The
snow was of course wet but not as wet as I would have expected. It
was coming down close to two inches an hour and made the turns buttery
soft. After two hours my goggles were soaked, clogged and refused to
clear up. Luckily I had another pair but unfortunately only one more
pair. They lasted nearly another two hours by which time I was
drenched and ready for some Hot Sulfur Springs. Sunday was back to
blue skies and bright sun although not as warm as days past. The
Timberline lift opened for the first time that weekend so it was big
fun in a foot or more of new. A great day to end my good times with.

I thought this was amusing... The last week or so of the trip I felt
like my back might go out at any time so I stuck a little stainless
steel stash cylinder containing a bunch of ibuprofen and a couple of
vicodin in my pants pocket. I didn't have the need to open it until
the ride home but at some point it must have become self aware because
for no particular reason I fell and my left thigh would have come into
fairly hard contact with one of the only firm spots on the mountain.
Would have, except that the 1" tall by 1.5" diameter cylinder was
directly between my leg and the icy spot. "No pain for me to kill?
Well here's some pain for ya," the pills seemed to say. Now I have a
bruise on my leg that is about the size and color of a small ripe
plum.

The ride back home was uneventful except for the temps in the high 70s
and the thousands of geese flying south over central Nebraska. Now my
snow tires are stacked neatly in the garage, my skis are encased in
their summer wax and skiing 2007 is but a fond memory.

Thanks to everyone who read or responded to these silly meanderings.
Shall we do it again next year?

Later,
Chris

Geese flying south????? Maybe you hit more than your leg when you
fell. I've got as trip from IL to CO planned for the day after Easter
if the snow at Breck and Keystone holds out.

H. R.(Bob) Hofmann

On Apr 2, 6:45 pm, "hr(bob) "
wrote:
On Apr 1, 2:19 pm, "bumpfreaq" wrote:



This is the way my week ends, this is the way my trip ends, this is
the way my season ends with a bang not with a whimper.

-T.S. Bumpfreaq

Had more fun in the spring time sun until Saturday at Winter Park when
it started to snow..... hard, despite temps near 40 at the base. The
snow was of course wet but not as wet as I would have expected. It
was coming down close to two inches an hour and made the turns buttery
soft. After two hours my goggles were soaked, clogged and refused to
clear up. Luckily I had another pair but unfortunately only one more
pair. They lasted nearly another two hours by which time I was
drenched and ready for some Hot Sulfur Springs. Sunday was back to
blue skies and bright sun although not as warm as days past. The
Timberline lift opened for the first time that weekend so it was big
fun in a foot or more of new. A great day to end my good times with.

I thought this was amusing... The last week or so of the trip I felt
like my back might go out at any time so I stuck a little stainless
steel stash cylinder containing a bunch of ibuprofen and a couple of
vicodin in my pants pocket. I didn't have the need to open it until
the ride home but at some point it must have become self aware because
for no particular reason I fell and my left thigh would have come into
fairly hard contact with one of the only firm spots on the mountain.
Would have, except that the 1" tall by 1.5" diameter cylinder was
directly between my leg and the icy spot. "No pain for me to kill?
Well here's some pain for ya," the pills seemed to say. Now I have a
bruise on my leg that is about the size and color of a small ripe
plum.

The ride back home was uneventful except for the temps in the high 70s
and the thousands of geese flying south over central Nebraska. Now my
snow tires are stacked neatly in the garage, my skis are encased in
their summer wax and skiing 2007 is but a fond memory.

Thanks to everyone who read or responded to these silly meanderings.
Shall we do it again next year?

Later,
Chris

Geese flying south?????

Yeah, I thought it was freaky too. But really, there were multiple
flocks in the sky at all times for a little more than half an hour...
about fifty miles or so. Each flock consisted of twenty to thirty
geese and they were flying south.

Wifey said they were not Canada geese. I guess she should know.

Maybe you hit more than your leg when you
fell. I've got as trip from IL to CO planned for the day after Easter
if the snow at Breck and Keystone holds out.

Maybe you could talk to Mikey. He seems to know where the snow is
holding out.

H. R.(Bob) Hofmann

Looks like the temps have cooled down and they've gotten some more
snow at WP. I hope you get a good week in Summit County.

Chris

On Apr 2, 3:27 pm, Sam Seiber wrote:
bumpfreaq wrote:

snip some of the story

The ride back home was uneventful except for the temps in the high 70s
and the thousands of geese flying south over central Nebraska. Now my
snow tires are stacked neatly in the garage, my skis are encased in
their summer wax and skiing 2007 is but a fond memory.
Later,
Chris

Wow, kind of sad to read an "end of the season" story. Yesterday at
Loveland was back to winter conditions. Fairly warm air, but with
the "Loveland Wind®". I have 4 days left to ski at the Bigs (think
the ski areas larger than Loveland). So tomorrow I expect to find
spring conditions at (name of large ski area starting w/V omitted).
Hey, it is an option on my A-Basin bonus season pass.
I still have 2 days at Winter Park to use, with 2 weeks to do so.
Thursday has Winter Park in the plans. So next week should find me
at Breck & Winter Park.

I have added some stuff to my site in March (www.iskico.com).
While entertaining my step dad on the hills, I visited Monarch
& Ski Cooper. It has been something like 25 years since I was
to either. Now I have pictures up. Meanwhile, I still have
5 weekends left at my Beloved® Loveland®. A-Basin will go until
they are out of snow, or June 3, which ever comes first.

Chris, hope you had a blast in CO. I am glad I still have
two more months of lift powered turns before I hang 'em up.

Sam "Mowin' the lawn after work today (yetch)" Seiber

Good for you Sam, smoke 'em if ya got 'em. I really enjoyed my day at
Loveland. Ten inches on a Sunday and I never waited in line more than
two minutes. Still had fresh lines at noon.

I was looking for you. Even walked up to some dude in a hat and asked
him if he was you. He tried to be very helpful.

Later,
Chris

bumpfreaq wrote:

This is the way my week ends, this is the way my trip ends, this is
the way my season ends with a bang not with a whimper.
....

The ride back home was uneventful except for the temps in the high 70s
and the thousands of geese flying south over central Nebraska. Now my
snow tires are stacked neatly in the garage, my skis are encased in
their summer wax and skiing 2007 is but a fond memory.

Thanks to everyone who read or responded to these silly meanderings.
Shall we do it again next year?


Sounds like we need to do a full debrief in meatspace over a couple of
appropriate beverages while the memory of the season is still fresh.

Of course, we should wait until the season is actually *over*, which it
ain't. The fat lady may be warming up, but she ain't done singing yet.

Not for me anyway.

//Walt
//
//...still wringing the last few days out of the season...

bumpfreaq wrote:
On Apr 2, 6:45 pm, "hr(bob) wrote:
On Apr 1, 2:19 pm, "bumpfreaq" wrote:

The ride back home was uneventful except for the temps in the high 70s
and the thousands of geese flying south over central Nebraska.

Geese flying south?????

Yeah, I thought it was freaky too. But really, there were multiple
flocks in the sky at all times for a little more than half an hour...
about fifty miles or so. Each flock consisted of twenty to thirty
geese and they were flying south.

Geese spend a lot of time flying around an area once they arrive there,
so it's not at all unusual to see them flying in a direction that's not
the preferred migratory direction. And Nebraska is temperate enough to
host geese year round - anywhere with open water is good enough for
Canada geese.

Wifey said they were not Canada geese. I guess she should know.

Hmmm. Wonder what they were? Nebraska is a big Sandhill Crane staging
area. Might it have been that?

//Walt

On Apr 3, 10:04 pm, Walt wrote:
bumpfreaq wrote:
On Apr 2, 6:45 pm, "hr(bob) wrote:
On Apr 1, 2:19 pm, "bumpfreaq" wrote:
The ride back home was uneventful except for the temps in the high 70s
and the thousands of geese flying south over central Nebraska.
Geese flying south?????

Yeah, I thought it was freaky too. But really, there were multiple
flocks in the sky at all times for a little more than half an hour...
about fifty miles or so. Each flock consisted of twenty to thirty
geese and they were flying south.

Geese spend a lot of time flying around an area once they arrive there,
so it's not at all unusual to see them flying in a direction that's not
the preferred migratory direction. And Nebraska is temperate enough to
host geese year round - anywhere with open water is good enough for
Canada geese.

Wifey said they were not Canada geese. I guess she should know.

Hmmm. Wonder what they were? Nebraska is a big Sandhill Crane staging
area. Might it have been that?

//Walt

Well there was a whole lotta honkin' goin' on so I don't think so.

Chris

On Apr 3, 9:53 pm, Walt wrote:
bumpfreaq wrote:
This is the way my week ends, this is the way my trip ends, this is
the way my season ends with a bang not with a whimper.
...

The ride back home was uneventful except for the temps in the high 70s
and the thousands of geese flying south over central Nebraska. Now my
snow tires are stacked neatly in the garage, my skis are encased in
their summer wax and skiing 2007 is but a fond memory.

Thanks to everyone who read or responded to these silly meanderings.
Shall we do it again next year?

Sounds like we need to do a full debrief in meatspace over a couple of
appropriate beverages while the memory of the season is still fresh.

Sounds cool. What's your fave watering hole around here?

Of course, we should wait until the season is actually *over*, which it
ain't. The fat lady may be warming up, but she ain't done singing yet.

Not for me anyway.

//Walt
//
//...still wringing the last few days out of the season...

Are you planning to go past Easter weekend? How far do you have to go
to find snow..... er..... I can probably guess.

Doh, Searchmont is down for the season.... so where?

Later,
Chris

Later,
Chris

bumpfreaq wrote:
On Apr 3, 9:53 pm, Walt wrote:
bumpfreaq wrote:

Sounds like we need to do a full debrief in meatspace over a couple of
appropriate beverages while the memory of the season is still fresh.

Sounds cool. What's your fave watering hole around here?

I don't really have one. At one point it would have been the Old Town
or the Earle, but now that I think about it, I don't think I've been to
either in years. Usually I just raid the sacred beer vault and sit by
the fire or on the deck according to the weather. I guess anywhere
downtown would work for the debrief. Or maybe Zingerman's Roadhouse.

We can coordinate when I'm back from the road trip.

Are you planning to go past Easter weekend? How far do you have to go
to find snow..... er..... I can probably guess.

Doh, Searchmont is down for the season.... so where?

Looks like Tremblant. ~11 hour drive, not too expensive this time of
year...we leave Friday Morning. 5 days of skiing, then I'll put the
boards away for a few months.

//Walt