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LOL, well, Tony, give a real estate developer money (or access to credit) and they will, pretty much, build anything anywhere. I believe the son of one of our neighbors is somehow involved in this new development.

This is my memory, too, Tony, backed up by your stats above. Last Fall was dry and this year too (so far) but I don't remember it being unusually dry in previous years in the Fall. This just proves my thesis that the weather in New England can be extremely variable (hence, the famous quote from...

Yes, so true, and, hence, the numerous forest fires throughout the Northeast last Fall. I never remember forest fires being an issue in New England before.

Yes, it has been a disappointing "leaf peeping" season (in terms of color) throughout almost all of New England this year. Some people are blaming the prolonged drought afflicting almost all of the Northeast., plus we had a very mild September. The colors, especially on the Sugar Maples, are...

Yea, I live in the Berkshires of western Mass and it has been a fairly severe drought around here. The local rivers and streams are the lowest I have seen in 35 years. Almost frighteningly low. I haven't heard anything about ski areas being worried about lack of water to make snow but it...

LOL, Tony, yes, she is still working full-time BUT any resentment she might have about my taking a ski vacation alone is FAR EXCEEDED by her happiness at getting me out of the house for a week or so. As I mentioned above, she has offered to pay for my ski trip, as an inducement to get me to go. LOL.

LOL, my wife is paying for me to go skiing with my daughter to Banff/Lake Louise and Sunshine Village next February! She LITERALLY can't wait to get me out of the house. She's already looking forward to it and the trip is not for another four months. Heck, if I want to be mercenary, I'm sure I...

See above reply, Tony. I do worry a little about very cold temps, even later in February.

Yea, I've already talked to my daughter about this. I am somewhat worried about hitting a very cold spell, even in late February/early March, when we will be there. As I've gotten older, I don't tolerate really cold temps as well as I did when I was younger (my fingers especially); I'm actually...

Thanks, everyone, for your suggestions. So far, the only item reserved is the hotel Elk and Avenue in Banff. Looks fairly nice. See link below. I'm not sure if we have the option to cancel if something else looks better? Probably the next step is to make airline reservations. I can't fly...

You know me too well, Tony! (see bolded section). I'm not totally adverse to a road trip vacation (in fact, I like "scenic driving") but for this ski trip, I think the plan is just to go to Banff and ski the areas around there. I don't think we want to be schlepping hours all over western Canada...

My wife and daughter surprised me last night by telling me that my combined birthday/Christmas gift this year will be treating me to a late February/early March trip to Banff to ski with my daughter. My 28-year old daughter who lives in Montreal has already planned some of the trip and made a...

My wife and I went to a wedding on Nantucket this past June (June 20, so mid to late-June) and the weather on the wedding day was TERRIBLE. Cold, windy and raining and it was an outdoor wedding, under a tent in the backyard of the bride's parent's fancy house, but still exposed somewhat to the...

We have quite a few coyotes around our house and I sometimes hear the "yipping parties" that they do; it's somewhat eerie-sounding, frankly. Also, quite a few fox, bobcats (they're beautiful animals) and our neighbor across the valley from us claims her son saw a mountain lion bounding down a...

I was out on the eastern end of Long Island over the weekend and stopped at a famous "Clam Shop" on the Montauk Highway between East Hampton and Montauk and got a lobster BLT. It was $42 but included a generous portion of very good french fries and delicious cole slaw. There was a LOT of lobster...

Yea, when I first saw him interviewed as the Vail CEO several years ago, I thought he was still in high school. Very young looking for his age. Not sure how old he is now and whether he has "aged".

Yea, but a lot of those people live indoors in AC for 5 or 6 months. Barely go outside, unless to grocery shop or do some other errands. They're not necessarily going out to ride 40 miles on a bike or play golf for 5 hours in the relentless heat and humidity. Not a great way to live but many...

Yea, trams are not very efficient in terms of uphill skier capacity, but I think a tram that goes up 4,000 vertical feet (like JH) makes somewhat more sense than one that goes up only 2,000 vertical feet (like Cannon). Other than the novelty and history of the Cannon tram (that I've ridden a...

Not sure where to put this and, mods, feel free to move to another thread; but an interesting study on changes in the Winter polar vortex and how that has affected Winter weather in the US. It does explain the lack of any real snow storms in the Northeast for the past few Winters...

Thanks, Tony, for that info about Springfield. Yea, I live about 50 miles west of Springfield and but at a higher elevation (Springfield is 70' above sea level and I'm at about 900' above sea level); we're probably slightly cooler than Springfield. What is the definition of "muggy" that you are...