realskiers

PLANNING and DREAMING.?

1. Committed to spending limited shekels on actually skiing rather than? letting Y'ALL talk me into buying yet more equipment to go skiing.? ?
2. Selling iM78's and iM77's at ski swaps next fall.? (only used the SS Mag's and Watea 84's anyway)
3. Attending the Harb camp at A-Basin second week in December (socially, camp last year was a lot of fun).
4. Skiing at Aspen in January, hope to get a bit of instruction from one of Clendenin's people (or John himself).
5. Always wanting to ski at new places.
? ? 5.1.? Big Sky with side trip to Yellowstone, which I hear is lovely in the winter.?
? ? 5.2? ?Heavenly -- skiing and looking out over Lake Tahoe would be awesome, I think.?
? ? 5.3? ?Lake Louise -- Another beautiful area, I have heard.? Somewhat dependent on Canadian exchange rate.?
6. Always enjoy Utah.? Surprisingly, The Canyons was probably our best skiing this past year (but Alta, Snowbasin, and Solitude were good as well).
7. A Whiteface long weekend with our Canadian Viking friends would be nice. Another weekend in Vermont (maybe Stowe) is also a target.

Satisfied with my skis and with my ski clothes (and even the skier may have gotten better? ). I did buy a pair of Hefstra gloves at closeout prices in Utah back in March and also have some new base layer pieces courtesy of SmartWool/Tramdock and my super shopper friend.


Ohhh.? Also hoping to get in shape to "ride a small Century" in August (I think that's what the real bikers call a 100km ride).? Hope the terrain is flat enough to cooperate.? I did 19 miles yesterday with reasonable ease, and while that is the longest ride since I started last summer (remember, I'm 60 years old), it is still only 30 km and a long ways from where I want to get, and it has been a VERY rainy spring and early summer here in the mid-Atlantic.