Just a reminder, the photo gallery and WCAV Radio are both offline until I get DSL setup in the apartment. And since I am leaving for Whistler next week, it will probably be around the end of February before the server is back online. Sorry for the delay but that’s life.
Melanie and I moved to a new apartment this week and as a result we have temporarily lost our Internet connection. No DSL and the phone has not been installed so dial out is not possible. For fun I decided to see if there was an available wireless network somewhere in our new building. To my surprise there is! And now Melanie and I have free Internet access until I get the DSL connection installed. Wireless LANs are the best!
Melanie and I are starting to get settled into the new apartment. It’s been a mad rush to get everything unpacked. At the rate we are going, we will be unpacked by this weekend. A new all time record for me. I was in my last place for over two years before I finally emptied the last box.
Loyal readers of my weblog site, I wanted to let you know that I have setup a new blog for the upcoming WASTED II trip. Once I get to Whistler…Melanie and I are leaving on Friday, January 31, I will be making regular posting about the trip. I will make the same posting on this site but you will have to go to WASTEDBoarding.com to see the online gallery of daily pictures.
I can’t wait for this trip. It’s going to be so much fun. I wish everyone could join us.
Snowboarding out west is great, but there is something special about the New England area that seems to bring out the truly passionate…the freakin’ cold temperatures. Stowe’s snow report for today says the high temps for the base is -10 degrees and the summit is an warmer -6 degrees! Now that’s really, freakin’ cold.
Melanie and I have a new apartment!!! We plan to move in this weekend. Change of address e-mail will go out in the next few days. Meanwhile, here’s a photo of our new building. Our unit is circled in red.
Spent the weekend with Melanie and most of her family in Killington. The snow was great. Saturday we rode Killington. It was very chilly with temps in the single digits and wind chill well below zero. The close to 50 mph wind gusts were a lot of fun and almost pushed me over a few times.
We went to Pico on Sunday. Less wind and it felt a bit warmer. But best of all was the snow conditions, which were beyond great! I felt like I was riding out west at times. The ungroomed blacks and glades were the places to be. It was the perfect primer to my upcoming Whistler trip.
We’re back from Sunday River, Maine where the snow was better than expected two out of the three days we were there. Sunday River is a nice place to visit and we will definitely go back some day. The trails are a lot of fun with lots of rolling slopes. The black diamond runs are not too steep and the double blacks, while steeper, are typically short. They make a lot of snow there when needed and do an excellent job grooming the trails. There’s lots to explore and a few different terrain parks, although more park than I can handle. All and all, Sunday River was a great place for Melanie and I to bring in the new year.
I was lucky enough to return to New York City at the tail end of the latest Noreastern to hit the Northeast part of the country. Many flights were cancelled in and out of NYC airports but the plane I was on was one of the lucky ones allowed to land on the snow plowed runway. Yeah! I am finally home for a few days.
But the funny thing is that I was hoping to ride my freebord, which has still not seen the concret. Guess I will have to wait a few more days freebording the streets of New York. And I tell you I am jonesin’ to stand sideways and ride something. So much so I was seen riding a lawn buddy cart on the hill behind my aunt’s house in Mississippi on Christmas afternoon. What fun!