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Rob Katz is still a surprisingly young man. I guess he was only thirty-something the first time he got the top job at Vail???

I've been out of town for a few days playing golf with this buddy in WV: I missed the big DJT take-over in DC. But I'll tell you as a life long suburban Washingtonian that car jackings and unhoused people are way up in the city these days. I'm not opposed to a little clean up action in this...

I've played golf since my mother took me to a driving range at age ten. I don't have much talent so my ceiling is low, but still I enjoy the game because I'm capable of maybe one good shot every hole, but only one :-). My mom took up golf at about age 40 and brought me with her. My dad...

My Mom and Dad grew up near Boston. Around 2010 and late in his life, we took my Dad back to New England for one last summertime visit. One day we went for a drive along the NH/ME seacoast and upon his insistence we stopped for a lobster roll lunch in Hampton Beach, NH. Later that same day on...

I'm a hacker (not a great player), but try to play at least nine holes weekly when back at near sea level in the Mid-Atlantic in summer/fall. I've only played once at elevation (it was in Utah at approx 4500' elevation). 10% is a fair estimation of what distance that elevation will add to your...

That was fun. Pretty much nailed me for home location. Number one named city (in the mid-Atlantic, not identified on this map) is a couple miles from me. Edit, my wife just took the test and came up with Fresno, CA as her number one city. She lived near there at about age 6-8, but she has...

Here's a deep dive into the atomic bombing of Hiroshima that took place 80 years ago today. VERY SOBERING.

13 July 2025 lobster roll beside Narragansett Bay, RI:

Oops, my rainy day post got me in trouble:rolleyes: Perhaps I spoke too bluntly? I don't want to shatter the nice cordiality of this forum. Truth is I'd love to share a few ski runs with any of you. I have found over the years that a common love of skiing helps moderate spicey chair lift...

Because it's raining out and I can't do the yardwork I'm supposed to do today here are my thoughts on Jan 6 :-) This is from a person who has voted for and against DJT in the past. I'll start by saying I was really angry when Jan 6th happened. It was a riot that DJT might have been able to...

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I agree that a tram is not the most efficient uphill lift for skiers. But isn't the tram at Cannon very important for servicing summer tourists? I think many of those non-skiers want to take their sightseeing ride on tram, not in a cramped gondola with scratched-up, hazy windows. As some of...

Clinton was one of those spontaneous stops. Very cute. That was a very wet day (Monday). Hope you didn't have flooding? Our niece did in Lancaster and we had to postpone our visit with her. PS: I'm eating Shoofly pie right now :-). The trip past Lancaster was not a total scratch. A woman...

VERY NICE PHOTO ESSAY! @flyover , Hope you don't mind, I took a little road trip recently from Wash DC to the Newport, RI area and I'm adding my own little batch of photos to the thread. My trip was also a good escape from the heat and I saw some nice stuff. My wife and I went to Newport over...

I realize Salt Lake City isn't exactly a model for best-practices water conservation. But Vegas - OMG. I've been visiting Las Vegas once a year for the past five or six. I'm not a gambler, but go there for reunions to socialize with old friends. It's got to be one of the world's most...

I included a couple of scenically attractive photos in this old article on Hunter Mtn. Agree, Hunter was built/blasted on extremely rocky terrain by highway builders (Slutskys). If it got 300+ inches of snow each winter it could potentially be a huckers paradise with numerous large cliff...

At my son's house in the SLC burbs he maintains a full grass yard. It pre-existed when he bought the house in 2017. Without regularly running his in-ground sprinklers it would die in about a month. Being a Virginia kid he's comfortable with the situation, but he has healthy water bills. I...

Yeah, I live near DC. Last two weeks I've often been doing a one hour morning bike ride followed by an hour or two of yard work. It's like I joined an expensive health club and get to spend several hours per day exercising in the steam room :-)

April is really nice at Snowbird too. I have a lot of fond NC beach memories too, but my brother sold his long-time vacation home there in 2021. It was the scene (Emerald Isle, NC) of many family gatherings for three decades. One of my kids bought a nice STR house in Panama City Beach, FL in...

My wife and I made a fun stop for a few hours at Great Sand Dunes NP in Colorado on 17 May 2024. I didn't do any sand skiing or boarding, but there were plenty of folks that day who did.