Miscellaneous ramblings of an Irish American
JMan and I hit the slopes today. This was a future I never figured on, but I’m very happy it’s here. I can’t imagine Jimmy Quinn doing this but it was a different world when I was five years old!
All geared up
Riding the magic carpet
Hanging in lodge
Lounging on the bunny hill
I bet he’s thinking ” how do I come down that slope”. JMan waiting for GMan to come off Ralph.
Lodge time
Friday night boarding at Wachusetts.
The boys outside The Cider Shack
Happy GMan
Okay, I finally put my snowboarding boots away! They get new hats every spring in the form of one gallon zip lock bags. We have a few little critters that share the basement with us and I rather they not take up residence in my Burton’s.
The trip north was fun. We came up 3 to 89 to 100 to 108.
Car shot.
The office at 60 mph!
89 North
Top it off and media fix
No trip is complete without an ice cream and what could be better than Ben & Jerry’s. We took the tour and had extra ice cream after. Yum yum.
Ben & Jerry’s Tour
Tour tickets.
Golf anyone?
Which one?
One for me.
One for my better 1/2.
Chunky Monkey sample (I think). In any event it was great.
Post tour event. This was a small!
We ended up in Stowe VT ski area on 108, which is the wrong side of the mountain! Apparently my GPS didn’t know that the mountain pass is closed this time of year! After consulting a paper map, yes paper, and a quick phone call to Smuggler’s Notch we drove 100 north to 15 West to 108 East. On the way is started to rain but not for long. However it was in the seventies for most of the trip. This will defiantly be spring boarding.
Rainbow on 100.
After settling in we took a dip in the pool and had supper. I sleep soundly for a few hours and decided that blogging at 3am was just as good as any other time. More later.
Yet another fine day snowboarding with the GMan at Wachusett Mountain. The condition were great (for man made) for top to bottom, but the upper half seemed better. We ended up parking in the remote parking and taking the shuttle to the mountain. Its a quick three minute ride in a fancy school bus with cranking music and creaky springs.
After suiting up and picking up the GMans rental board and boots we headed right for Ralph. It was fairly quite considering it was a holiday and the start of school vacation week. We did a few runs and them headed for the top.
We boarded for a solid four hours and I feel it now! I did take one good spill but all in all it was a wonderful day.
This is the last snowboarding lesson for the GMAN. As usual I got here at around 1:30 and snagged a few tables. The spot I normally get was gone, but I managed to find a fee more and fend off a few soccer moms to hang onto them!
The conditions on the other hand are less than perfect. In fact it like snowboarding on a slushy! On top of that it’s dotted with large ice patches. In amy event it’s better than the office.
Ya for me! I made it off the flat stuff. Not quite at the top but getting higher! Jillian gave me a few pointers and who knew that staying on your edges was so important! Taking a break as the kids start pouring in. I’ll see about getting the GMan on the right side of Wachusetts tonight.
The GMan did make it to the other side of the mountain. He’s got his own little groove and pretty soon he’ll be dusting me! That’s all good in my books, as it will give me something to chase!
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