Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Remember the dumps




Can you remember? It wasn't that long ago... when we used to actually get SNOW?!?!

I remember days of having to literally tunnel out of my house, shoveling out from under 3-6 feet of snow. When I used to be concerned that the dogs might actually drown in powder.

No so this year...

Thursday, February 2, 2006

Dreaming of Powder



It IS winter, right? This blog IS about dreaming out loud? Well, what I am dreaming about these days is powder. I miss those fluffy days of winter, where work isn't on my mind, where I take the morning off and disappear into the woods, just me and my board, to find the turns that await me.

This has been a rough winter for us powderhounds thus far, and this weekend seems to offer only more of the same -- a tease of snow, turning into rain and who knows what or how much of that questionable perecipitation.

Seth and I just wrapped up two demo days down at Stratton, testing out all of next year's ski and snowboard equipment. Fun as always. What got me though was that despite the fact that Stratton is two hours SOUTH of Sugarbush, they managed to have pretty decent snow coverage on almost all of their trails. It's amazing to see that snow making really does work when you turn on the guns with intent.

I just hope soon that mother nature starts making up for what she owes us...