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Not sure if chart posted by @Tony Crocker makes my decision easier or harder. My wife did not break even on her Tahoe Value Pass last year. I would have come out ahead buying her Buddy tickets so I only renewed my Senior version of pass. My pass is also non-holiday and all Saturdays are blacked...

Received my annual homeowner's insurance bill that is due in Oct. My premium increase is just under 30% and went from a few hundred under $2K to a couple hundred over. Previous year's increases were 7, 12, 7.5 and 21%. My FireLine Score and Special Hazard Interface Area (“SHIA”) determination...

My weather station in SE San Jose reported 104 just after 3 and is at 91 at 720. I’m staying in RV at a winery near Auburn where it’s 93 after high of 97. We paid $15 for power to run our AC which may be failing (or I was reading dial wrong after some wine). We got house in San Jose down to 71...

Trump says "you know we've cut drug prices by 1200%, 1300%, 1400%, 1,500%." https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/cnn-halted-for-breaking-donald-trump-announcement-as-fans-brutally-label-him-a-moron/ar-AA1JSJDr This MSN article says "The recent firing of the commissioner of the Bureau of...

Note that the quote in previous post that @Tony Crocker attributes to me was from post by Rod2301. I edited my post and put what I quoted in italics and tried to match the color of the link to make that clearer. Sorry for getting so off-topic, but I will eventually mention Spain. As I approach...

Rod9301 is still active on SkiTalk although I did not see any recent trips reports. He had a hip replacement, was mountain biking 7 weeks later and he and others recommend not waiting to replace hip or knee if needed. He also posted "If you don't fall, skiing really steep stuff is pretty easy on...

Thanks for all the input and sorry to get thread off-topic. Since I'd like to add at least a couple of new-to-me ski on way to/from Mustang next Feb. I'll try to make use of it. Some others I'm considering are Williamette Pass (not far out of way when going to Bend), Snoqualmie Pass areas (I...

Since nobody else has posted Trump South Park video, I will share it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Afetnw70S04 I found it via https://www.huffpost.com/entry/south-park-naked-trump_n_6881da32e4b0d55a3f195c1b where most of the other links about Trump are not funny. Neither is CBS paying $16M...

I skied 2 days at both Fernie and Castle after Mustang in both 2018 and 2020 and never saw Polar Peak run, one year was due to an avalanche. I also received health insurance for the nearly 10 years from when I retired until I turned 65. You had to have 15 years of service and retire directly...

Of the ski area near Spokane, beside Schweitzer, I've only skied 49 North (with some Arctic freeze on return from my last Mustang trip in 2023). Do you think Silver Mountain and Mt Spokane compare or are worth paying for when Schweitzer is free for me?

Coyote a year ago in tree along creek above nearby park. I was walking with my leashed dog. At my family's property in hills 11 miles from where I live, I had dogs off leash and a coyote got in between our Beagle, who probably looked like lunch, and our White German Shepherd, much younger than...

"Weighing up to 200 pounds, California’s wild pigs live in 56 out of 58 counties. These hybrid creatures — part domesticated pig, part wild boar — have been wreaking havoc throughout the state for the past century, tearing up sensitive habitats and increasingly, posing a safety hazard to...

Will be interesting to see how our late September SFO-Santiago de Compostela (SCQ- Northwest Spain) and early October return work out. My wife was going to do a high-end Baiona-Santiago 121 Km walk, part of the Portuguese Camino de Santiago with her sister and brother-in-law. (Single supplement...

Combining Valle Nevado and Machu Picchu? https://www.skimag.com/ski-resort-life/south-america/ski-visit-machu-picchu-easy-itinerary May have to give them your email to see story.

South Lake Tahoe Y this morning. We were on our way to Angora Lakes which is a less than one mile hike to beautiful alpine lakes. Upper one has 500’ long beach, cabin, rowboat and SUP rentals, store famous for their lemonade, cliff jumping and waterfalls from snow melting below Echo Peak. There...

My only time in Sequoia was March 18, 2013. My wife was doing system rollout for California Water Service in Visalia. I went with her and took Amtrak back to San Jose after a couple of days. It was a low enough snow year that I hiked to top of Moro Rock. Note and photos from my Facebook post...

Apple maps finally knows Tioga Pass is open (it didn’t earlier in week) and says it’s 20 miles shorter but 13 min longer than Sonora Pass for me to get home from Mammoth. Not sure I believe the longer time unless stuck behind slow vehicles in and after Yosemite.

Employees with unused benefits are not hard to find in So. Tahoe. A couple who live three houses away from my family cabin always have unused benefits that are good for 1/2 off walkup or free gondola ride in Winter or Summer that they are willing to share even though I don't know them very well...

Only at the very top as seen to the right in my photo at entrance station. There was at least a couple feet of snow on ground between there and 13K' Mt Dana, but the W-facing slopes had mostly burnt off. There was little snow in open areas on right/N of highway in 8600' Tuolumne Meadows although...

I'm starting it again as I think my season is over even though Mammoth could be open another 2-3 weeks. Edit to add now closing June 15. Days: 46 vs. 47 last year and 46 the year before that. Not getting to my goal of 50, even with roadtrip to UT and CO where I skied 16 of 18 days including one...