What has happened down here is the wind has changedClouds rolled in from the north and it start to rain "Louisiana 1927"Randy Newman I was starting to believe I was in Mammoth in June, skiing in the summer. And then, around noon yesterday, clouds started sneaking in through the peaks. It was like a change […]

We’re killing a few minutes waiting for Felice’s medication to kick in.  The doctor said her laryngitis was just viral and she came this far to ski, so she should, but to lay low this morning. It’s another sunny day in paradise.  It was supposed to be snowing all day, according to snow-forecast.com, but I […]

Felice hadn’t skied in ten years.  Not since her father died.  It just wasn’t the same.  He loved the life.  Loved to hire an instructor, beat the lines and take a long lunch at Mid-Vail. But I told her it was a deal breaker.  That unlike her exes I wouldn’t push her, I wouldn’t yell […]

Greetings from 9,450 feet. We kept passing this posse of slackers outside the elevator.  You see we’re on the sixth floor, but the lift only goes to the fifth.  So, you’ve got to traverse a small lobby to a staircase in the far corner, to ascend to the sixth floor.  And needing to go up […]