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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

Greenbacks not Bluebucks

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.

Cool thread. Enjoyed checking out the vids. Wondering what will be next between the impact of Covid, recession, and warming.

One of my earliest ski weekends in the early 80s included a few runs there where we were staying. The next day we tried JF and BB

Skied there with my daughters on its final season due to lift tix coming as free extras on our PA Ski & Ride card. My then 8 or 9 year old daughters mocked the insignificant level of challenge their blacks offered. Not even at the level of Big Bear or Bear Creek.

Def spring skiing day at Hunter One run open (Hellgate etc) with 1450 vert off HS6. Skied strsight onto lift first few runs. Soft bumps formed quick.. Lines were up to 10 min when we called it quits after 7 runs when bare spots and crowds on trail were becoming an issue. Mashed potatoes by then. Very nice 1st day out with girls.

Of course the other side - given current trends - is skiing could well get shut down for the season in one or more states next week or next month and if you want to get in any at all this winter this could be your chance (PA seems one of the likelier stated to pull this in light of recent measures and trends and the fact that skiing is less crucial to its economy than it is to places like VT). And in that case it would be worth the price to me to have gotten some in. A key thing I have learned in 2020 - all future plans are tentative. Live each day to its fullest potential as if the options available to you today may be foreclosed by tomorrow.

Reservations are filled for Saturday already. I imagine reservation capacities increase with amount of open lifts and terrain.

I believe you can may be able to purchase an Epic "Day Pass" and ski Hunter now. Not 100% sure - but worth looking into

Hunter opened with 6 trails (aka) 2 TTB runs. Hellgate > Kennedy and Belt Parkway. Got a reservation for 3 of us for Friday. Waiting to hear reports on crowds and conditions and see how much of a washout TDay is to know if I will use it. A long day trip for 2 open runs - but they are 1500 foor vertical runs, one has decent steep, I can only ski one run at a time anyway and it has been a longer than normal Off Skison with a couple hours in the Snow Dome not really scratching that itch.

Oops- bad link- new page is actually https://facebook.com/JoyRobBeagles

Doing an album as "Joy & Rob with The Beagles" and want to promote that. Still gonna do some stuff as The Beagles not involving Joy and wanted to keep up a page focused on that and the last album as well. FB pages are free, so . . .