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Lines at Disneyland the last time I was there in June 2023 make the worst lines I have experienced in many years skiing look very small. If you don't pay extra to avoid lines during busy periods you can easily wait 1 hr to get on popular rides. I was in line for Space Mountain and it said line...

What kind of snake is that? Very close to where I took photo of mama coyote last week, I saw a CA king snake crossing the trail we were hiking earlier this Summer. I was ahead of my wife so I went back to warn her about the snake so she would not be surprised by it. They are non-venomous and...

PG&E has proactively shutoff power in Northern California. It's called "Public Safety Power Shutoff, or PSPS, which turns off power during severe weather." See https://pgealerts.alerts.pge.com/pg-e-partners/planning-resources/ for more info.

Mama Coyote we saw at 10:05 AM today when hiking Montgomery Hill behind Junior College that is about to celebrate 50th anniversary near our house. Hill is named for JJ Montgomery who flew controlled gliders there before Wright Brothers 800' flight, eventually dying in crash on hill. Lady sitting...

Some bad news on New Zealand club ski areas from SnowBrains: August 20: Temple Basin in New Zealand’s Southern Alps has announced it will not open for the 2025 winter season, citing insufficient snowfall. Today: Mt. Cheeseman ski area has called off its 2025 winter season, saying a prolonged...

Previous post was limited as it was made from small iPhone while I was responsible for a couple of hours for my 15-month younger sister who had hip replacement earlier in week. (She used to hike and ski, but now just seems to hurt even after a knee replacement last year.) My main point is...

My Epic/Vail Senior Tahoe Value pass breaks even in one day at KIrkwood plus one day at Heavenly or Northstar. Even the non-Senior version breaks even in two days total between Heavenly and Northstar. Of course the break even numbers go up if you know someone who can share their (limited)...

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...