This is my second year using the Light-O-Rama show controller system to create a Christmas light show. My big change was that the show was in both the back and front yards. I added two CTB16PC-ReadyToGO controllers that I got from WOW lights for … Continue reading →
I don’t write long Facebook messages. I am not a master of words like my wife and older daughter, but today I had to write something today. I have stopped at Mazanar on the way home from Mammoth Lakes. It … Continue reading →
John Adams by David McCullough Publisher: Simon & Schuster; 1st Touchstone edition (September 3, 2002) ISBN-10: 0743223136 ISBN-13: 978-0743223133 This book is the Pulitzer Prize wining story of the forgotten founding father – John Adams – the 2nd President of the United States. David McCullough … Continue reading →
Dodge Ridge, California Feb 19, 2016 Dodge Ridge, stop #19 on my ski tour of California. 25 days skiing so far for the 2015/2016 season. Got to ski with my Brother Tim. First time skiing with Tim since 1999. Dodge … Continue reading →
Badger Pass, California Feb 18, 2016 Badger Pass, 18th stop on my ski tour of California. Nice beginner area. It had snowed the night before so great conditions. Hit the stopes early so I could spend time in Yosemite Valley … Continue reading →
Ski China Peak, California Feb 17, 2016. First time at China Peak since the 60s. Light snow falling. Got in 26 runs so anyway. This is a great intermediate skier mountain. Factoids; Vertical 1,679 ft Top elevation 8,709 ft Base elevation … Continue reading →
Mountain High, Wrightwood California Feb 4, 2016. (You ski free on your birthday!) I did 28 runs in the west resort (Which was the only one open) . Only 4 ways from top to bottom. Skied each 7 times. Skied … Continue reading →
Mt Baldy, California. (Not the one in Canada) Feb 3, 2016 Did 9 runs on the 3 trails open. Mt Baldy is what skiing was in the 50s and 60s. Even the lifts are from then. Coverage was poor. On … Continue reading →
Kirkwood, California Jan 25, 2016 23 runs today. Kirkwood only has 2 high speed chairs, the rest are the old slow types. Snow was awesome. Stopped at 3pm so I could get over the passes on my way to Mammoth … Continue reading →
Bear Mountain Ski Area, Big Bear, California Jan 13, 2016 Enjoyed the day at Bear Mountain (A.K.A. Goldmine). I haven’t been here since college when my roommate Robert Sharpton’s Mom had a place right near the lifts. Bear Mountain’s expert … Continue reading →