2013 Super Blog II Post

well I am back to offer more details.. the readers asked.. I deliver....

So two more points of interest from the Mancation.....

PLease see graphic below.

So .. let me explain.. you see funny stuff happens all the time.. some of it you plan some of it you don't
What you see above was a sequence of events so bizarre its hard to explain... It starts with 3 people one impatient, one some what lost and one innocent latent by stander .. upon eating a dinner at location 1 impatient person says lets go.. some what lost person says ok got get the freekin car we are busy finishing said dinner.. impatient one goes and get car.. other two finish dinner and head to find impatient one.. impatient one found but latent one late... lost one gets into car with impatient one ..... lateent one open door .. (skis in way) closes it  and impatient one... speeds off with ozzy serius radio cranked.. latent one standing next to car... lost one talks to latent one several times... but no response.. impatient one...cranks the ozzy ...and it goes on for as you can see 2.1 miles..(there was also a stop for beer along the way.) Upon arriving at location 2 .. we searched and searched for latent one.. to no avail... needless to say there was alot to explain ).. I'll let you guess who of paul, kevin and andrew represent each character..

Picture to meet christie

So christie was our hero of sorts.. upon arriving on time for flight home to the east we where checked in (bags as well) and taking escalator up to security.. next thing we know "cancellled" Christie then told us that our best chance for flight home was monday for a flight which was to get us home on saturday...not good.. plan b going into effect and flight home booked... 30 minutes later christier finds us a baggage claim trying to get the bags out of the airport and says... oh by the way we just added a red eye to boston.. you interested... well yeah....
A few more pics


Top of Alta ..



Alta chutes

Beer we traded for a Heady Topper

2013 Febuary Super Blog Post

Sometimes you want to go back in time and remember what it was like. .. some times time goes by so quick you feel like you have missed  something... and sometimes you just have to say ..f@@@ck it and go for it.. And that is how my blog starts with my favorite thoughts on a guys trip to Utah with good buddies Paul and Kevin.

Perhaps the movie brave heart said it even better.. “Every man dies. Not every man really lives”.

And live we did...  rekindling our misspent youth with the variety of activities we did some twenty years ago.. Overall we spent a week with the mormons at Park City. We laughed , we skied we laughed, we lost each other once or twice and then well we got stuck there for an extra day to the storm of the century back east... I can highly recommend this trip for those mid 40's guys who  well feel as though they need to get away... at least once in a while..... First and foremost the skiing was great.. utah has a great setup with airport , mountain access and great temps and most importantly ski conditions. We started at Canyons on the first day there ("lets get it started"). They have a bubble chair which surrounds you and holds 6 people... The next day park city ("unchained")  where they have the a mountain coaster along with 7 or so mountain areas ...  We had an off day and I hit the Yoga studio for some mind and muscle relaxation... Next up alta ("mayhem")... the mad river of the west.. (no snow boards) It was challenging from the start as this part of utah gets more snow but is more steep with chutes and other terrifying terrain...We survived .. Following another off day which consisted of bowling and a bit of shopping (souvenir's for everyone!!) we had our first and last powder day at Brighton("finale") We hit it hard and skied trees with hero snow most of the day... No injuries occurred and we came home a day later because the storm back east cancelled our flight.. As a result we had a12 hours to hit the mall and catch a a flick...What 's curious about utah is the low alcohol beers. A downer for most except if your Kevin who brought 12 of vermont's most famous canned beer "the heady topper" Little did w know that this higher alcohol beer( aka the reason for bringing this beer halfway across the country) is a cult phenomena.. earning us stares and free beers throughout utah... Someone is doing some good marketing for this stuff. Also on the plus it was delicious...
Well after I got home a bunch of things happened . I could talk about it but this blog is lengthy and you've had a lot to think about lets just leave it be...  perhaps I'll recap next month..


Arriving in SaltLake



Canyons

Canyons first day

 

 

Park City Trees

 



Alta



Stocked Fridge!!!








Brighton Powder Day