In honor of St. Patrick’s Day we all had green bagels.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all.
Snowboarding
First run at 9:30 am and last at 4:30 pm. Epic day of boarding. GMan and I got in many many runs and we were joined by DB and his three sons for part of the day.
Conditions were great and the place was quite. No lines, no waiting, just run after run.
I’ll admit the I’m pretty tired and a little sore, but it was a wonderful day and I very thankful to be able to board with GMan.
Reflections of me in DB lens.
Johnny Rockets
Just checked out the new Johnny Rockets’ in Acton MA. The new burger “New England Squealer” is good but the acoustics leave a lot to be desired. This place is one hard surface!
Come for the burgers and hope it’s quite.
Rockets’ on a wet March night.
GMan and his Malt.
Snowboarding
Spring boarding is here along with the crowds, lines and mash potato conditions. The silver lining is we managed to get into the parking lot at the base of the mountain……row 14 but who’s counting.
Tooth Fairy
JMan lost his first tooth this am!
Snow day
View from my home office at 8:30am. Note the snow on top of the bird feeder.
3 hours later and it’s still snowing. This is what the feeder looks like now.
A little closer….I’m thinking 14 plus inches at this point.
Stopped snowing, looks like 16″ to me.
Roll this!
Brought the boys to Roll on America today. GMan went new world in blades and JMan Razored it up.
I hung out and listened to everything from the Birdie song to 200 BPM Manray style front room techno! Except here I’m wearing glasses and hearing aids and I’m watching my kids, where as in Manray almost 25 years ago I was the kid. There’s irony in that one.
In any event a fun time was had by all now and them.
New England snow
New England snow is good for a few things.
1. Snowball fights
2. Making snowmen
3. Making your local mountain into a giant Slushy!
4. Practicing spinning (on your board)
We decided to lay low today and play with the snow rather that on it. GMan and I practiced spinning in place while on our boards. I managed several clean 180’s with a little effort, either rotating on my back foot or jumping and spinning mid air.
Kutos to anyone who can do 5 in a row without falling down or getting a heart attack. Trust me….it’s work. Given I never tried before I was very happy with my results.
GMan on the other hand landed a few 240’s without bailing out, both spinning and in mid air. I’m not going to do the age/weight difference ratio between us but needless to say its a lot.
After we sufficiently wore ourselves out it was time to head to the front yard for some #1 & 2. A couple a minutes of mayhem later we decided to move onto #2. The boys started rolling up some giant snowballs and I started building things. With my architectural degree one might think that a interesting form or geometric space might appear but I stuck with the theme of the day “fun” and we produced the following elements.
Shredder Boy.
Piglet & Whinny Merge
Sitting Lama
Snowboarding
This week Friday’s ski/board program turned into a Saturday evening/night shredding blast.
Conditions were so so when we got here at 4:30 but continued to improve as the evening passed. We hopped from one side of the mountain to the other and did countless runs.
It snowed for a while then cleared then the fog formed. The above was at the summit. It was so foggy you could not see the end of the chair lift till you were on top of if! However, the trails are well lit so boarding down was not an issue.
GMan chills in the Cider Shack.
Cider Shack pano
Vanity Plate
Spotted in Nashua NH
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