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Yeah doesn't appear VT is enforcing it either. But Salty pledges to self enforce. My bigger concern is how long til states shut down skiing and we go back to lock down. Quite possible that occurs before Xmas break IMO.

Yep - get it while you can for sure (even if it means bot complying with all restrix). I am not that optimistic about ski season lasting more than a few weeks this year with current trends.

Because the only way vaccination truly protects is if you remain within a population that achieves herd immunity via 75% or more getting vaccinated. We will all be masking and distancing til US reaches that threshold. I have flown many place in the past before there was a pandemic.

Here you go. PA has most stringent requirements in US I believe. If you leave for over 24 hrs for reasons other than work or medical you must present proof of negative test or quarantine on return. https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Travelers.aspx

And NJ when returning. But to the extent I care about obeying state requirements I care more about those of the state I live in. So you will get Covid tested in Utah before returning to PA? Far more likely to enforce those requirements on folks arriving via air. And would require proof of test not just affidavit. And if you tested positive you would have to extend your stay in Utah til you recovered (or died).

For sure VT ain't Utah but it still does it for me in a way that PA or even Hunter doesn't. And I would face quarantine requirements for skiing anywhere but NJ NY or CT. Glad to have made about a dozen Western ski trips when it was safe and hope to do more once only people with proof of vax are allowed on planes.

To me there is way more risk in spending 6 hrs on a plane with my head a foot away from someone who could be infected than there is in driving in my own car to VT and confronting the possibility of getting arrested for having signed a false affadavit.

Now I will avoid putting myself and others at severe risk by doing anything as dumb as risking a plane trip to ski any time soon. Following common sense precautions seems more important to me than obeying every law.

You are an upstanding citizen sir. Kudos to you. Hope I never find myself driving behind you in a no passing zone. But won't be much of a sacrifice skipping skiing Hunter again before going to VT in ~8 days if I choose to comply with the law

You have to quarantine at home for 14 days to go to VT. Or for 7 days and get a test. Much more relaxed rules than PA has (everyone coming from out of state must be tested). Really not an issue as I am working from home. I last went anywhere the show I played on the 29th so 14 days will be up in 8 days. Might be willing to sign an affidavit whether or not that were the case though. And might also exceed the speed limit while driving there. Do you obey every law to the letter?

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May well hit VT solo a few days between the 13th and 18th if this storm is productive enough up that way.

Opening dates are always tentative. Who knows if they will make and keep enough snow to do it. But its not a rumor if they post it on their home page. It is an aspiration.

Not a rumor

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Hard to imagine getting permission for that in the Covid Era - but if you could - It would be a ~9 hr day with travel and there would be fuel/tolls so I'd figure $1000-1200 for 4 or 5 people. - we would need AC line (or generator) or it would be a low volume battery powered show.

He played bass on a bunch of tunes at the show - and is also a guitarist - but sometimes easier to focus on one thing.

Put a real cool event together we played at last weekend - a Holiday Market with about 20 vendors and got right to the 150 max allowed for NJ outdoor gatherings last weekend. That limit comes crashing down to 25 on Monday so glad we got the one Covid Era show in.

We recorded this with Vanessa in October. She had to miss the holiday gig due to family gathering happening over Thanksgiving weekend. Working with Joy (who does Love At Xmastime with me in the Xmas clip) more than any other singer now as we are a couple and sharing our Covid Bubble. But glad so many singers could join in at our big Holiday gig. First real show since Feb - and I expect the last til it warms in Spring.

Thanks for listening that far in!

Tis the skison to Fa La La - even if we can't ski yet. From The Beagles holiday concert last Sunday.

May be dreaming involved in extending my Skison beyond 1 day and change as Covid surges seem like they may well shut things down before the climate allows them to open. Glad I went for it while I could.

Glad I got in the one day I could. Hunter now closed through this weekend - and can't imagine anywhere in Pokes opening this weekend.

Reservations for 3 Dec 24 - 25 Stowe Dec 26 - 27 Okemo Dec 28 Mt Snow

Hunter now closed til at least Thursday. Hope I can ski again next weekend there but not counting on it. Won't drive any further to ski next weekend.