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Can't say what the future holds in that regard. But yes I am delighted to be wfh

It is. Fortunately 3 hrs of it was seated on a train doing whatever I wanted on a phone and I usually went in only 4x a week. Even more fortunate I am unlikely to do it again. It does pay about 65% more than the prior job I had 20 min away.

Almost as crazy as getting A-Basin reservations was getting reservations for Great Adventure's "what's old is new" Drive Thru Safari - but the kids and I are in for admission at the 9am members only opening tomorrow. Maybe we can ski down a giraffe.

Our company has strongly suggested they prefer most WFH forever. Will not miss commuting 3.5 hr RT daily.

No but we did have a socially distanced outdoor jam that day

31 days for $560 including 21 in NY VT or NH. I am more than happy with what I got for $19/day. Even if I were to discount PA skiing as worthless that is $27/day to ski Hunter or better And got an even better deal on each kid's skiing. They came out to $16/day More per day on the pass to be sure than when we got 3 blue passes last year for a total of $600 - but then we spent a bunch more in VT and CO. Epic passes were well worth it IMO. Gonna fo it again next year if there is a skison.

31 days skied on pass (including 3 in Spring 2019) and I get 20% refund and better (and free) pass insurance for next year. Awesome move by Vail. And 20% rebate is actually pretty close to the usage I missed as I expect I would have skied 4 more PA/NY/VT days in addition to the 4 I had booked at Vail. So I got in 31 of planned 39 days - very close to 80%

Gonna go back to hippy look from my 20s

Largely just doing stuff with Joy due to social distancing. She wrote a poem and I set it to music. She leans more to "deep" than I do.

Not the full Beagles during Lockdown - but Joy and I have "a new" tune

(Never mind)

They never fog up on me. That's about what I care about in goggles.

Grocery shopping

Kids are remarkably at ease about it. They let the parents do the worrying for them. Saving grace is they were able to do one show - for a reduced audience but streamed for others - of the Frozen Jr school musical they had been rehearsing since Dec - on March 12 - the night before they shut schools down. They had starring roles as Young Anna and Young Elsa. So glad I got to see them do that. They would have been devastated if that got cancelled.

1 year is fair if the mountains can re-open next year, which remains to be seen. Joy and I were delighted that Gov Murphy included visiting "romantic partners" in their homes and engaging in outdoor recreation with them while socially distanced from others among the exceptions codified in his "Stay At Home" executive order - we are legally in each other's social bubbles. Perhaps unprecedented for "romantic partners" to be granted a legal status.

Odds on Breck re-opening late April or early May (not yet ruled out per Vail)? Under 10% IMO

Cancelled my trip. Evergreen Hotel in Vail gave a credit I have 2 years to use (after I complained about 1 year credit - wanting cash back). Jet Blue gave a credit I have 1 year to use. Frontier I believe will refund my miles in full. I am worried about buying Epic Pass as I am concerned what happens if they can't re-open next season. Figure long run this should at least be good for tombstone biz

Working and shepherding e-learning for 2 from home here. And had to get my mom at the ER at 230 am last night (not C19 related but ER was a zoo as a result). Thank God I have such well behaved kids.

The email I got goes on to say the following: Dependent on the situation with COVID-19, and pending weather conditions, we will consider reopening Breckenridge in Colorado, Heavenly in Lake Tahoe and Whistler Blackcomb in British Columbia in late April/early May.

In my mind I'm goin to Colarado Can't you breathe the thin air Can't you just feel the snow And ain't it just like a mountain ambassador to take me by the glove Cause I'm goin to Colorado in my mind

I am really not expecting them to re-open and not sure I will go if they do - the way risk analysis and pandemic progress changes every day it is impossible for me to forecast where things will be at in 17 days. 17 days ago this was an Asia issue. But I expect I am either going to decide it is safe to fly and ski or not. I think I have one stop one way and direct the other. If I decide to go, 2 vs 3 flights would not change my analysis. A more likely change would be to rent a car rather than taking shuttle van between DIA and Vail.

I have not asked yet. I figure once it gets closer and they officially extend the shutdown period to cover when I would have been there they will change their policy at the hotel from the current "credit to a later stay" policy to a "refund" policy (now in effect only for currently announced closure). Similarly it will be easier to get airline refund once they decide to cancel flights or there are orders to not travel. Or if things miraculously go the other way and Vail is open and the consensus is that it is safe to fly I will take the trip - but I really doubt that will happen.

State closed them down at end of today Bathabathabathaba-that's all folks Pretty confidently assuming Vail will not reopen for April 4-7 dates we planned to ski there - and even if they do there is no reason to believe flights will not be cancelled

Yep closing at 4pm tomorrow (unless they change their mind again and close after today which seems like at least 50/50 odds). Re-opening April 2 only for non Snow activities Closest place that may be open after Tues = Smugglers Notch?

Have not seen any alien pass announcement. Not all that much incentive to do it when they are about the only place open on the east coast and folks who do come are likely to brown bag it.