Thanks to Brad……
Wachusett Mountain – Snowboarding
This afternoon was the first night of GMans school ski and boarding lessons. I got to the mountain at 2pm, staked out a few tables and was boarding at 2:30. 4pm the buses arrived and the mountain went from quite to a mad house in 20 minutes. Tonight’s crowd seemed smaller than last year but some of the chaperones looked completely shell shocked and horrified at the disarray. Just imagine 1000 or so kids all arriving, gearing up and hitting the slopes at the same time! Madness….yup, you got the picture.
This year I also volunteered to be a chaperone ranger. Got me a fancy arm band and all. Basically I can give out to out of control brats and yank their badges if necessary. Tonight I eased into my role by telling one kid to move his ski off the base of the trail as someone could easily fall over them, and I motioned to another kid to slow down….he did, so apparently a dirty look and an arm motion was enough.
Break for supper and then back at it. We finally stopped at 9:30. That’s seven hours of boarding for me. My last run was a joke as I don’t think I could feel my feet or legs…..talk about jelly.
All in all it was a great days boarding and again I managed to wear out GMan. Bring on next week and we’ll do it all over again.
Tonight’s Beer
To ring in the New Year I will be putting away a few Aloha Series Pipeline Porters. Its unlike any porter I ever had but enjoyable all the same. Noting like the real deal “Arthur” (that’s Guinness to the rest of ye!). It goes down easy and definitely has an after taste……well its is a porter, so it should have.
Wachusetts Mountain – Snowboarding
Wachusetts Mountain – Snowboarding. Today was our first trip to our local mountain this season. GMan’s boarding lessons start this week and we wanted to break him in prior to his lessons. Conditions were okay, but it was cold and considering it was 70 degrees the last time we hit the slopes anything less than 50 would feel cold! It was busy, but the lines moved fast. It was a nice way of ending 2012 and looking forward to next Friday. See you on the slopes, here’s snow in your face!
Vanity Plate
Snapped this on in a parking lot in NJ
Lou and Lenore’s 60th anniversary.
Lou and Lenore’s celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary this past weekend. We went down to NJ to visit and help celebrate. It was a quite affair with family and close friends that make a wonder dinner we all enjoyed. Here’s to the next 60 and good luck to all.
Vanity Plate
Got this one sitting in traffic in Cambridge.
My bud Brad spotted in Westford. I really approve of this one! Paddle on.
Tonight beer
All I can say is TGIF! Beer of the moment is Dogfish Head 60 Minute India Pale Ale. To be honest I didn’t taste the first 1/2 but the second is going down real nice. According to my lovely bride this would be one of those “it taste like dirt beers…..well ale”. Not that its bitter, but it’s requires a certain experience….say a few pints of Guinness for example. It smooth, clean, not too much after taste and I’m sure it will take the edge off!
Elmer
Meet Elmer. He sits in the corner, doesn’t say much and hasn’t ate in years.
Home dentistry
Remember when home dentistry was tying a string out of the bed post and yanking your head back to do an extraction! Truth be told I don’t remember, but we had a visiting dentist this am at my in laws.
Here’s Lou under the light getting a cleaning. It’s a cool set up, dentist in a suit case, just add power.
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