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Why the fuck do people care about views and likes on a ski forum?

Had the Moderna, only had some achy knees after the second shot. Could’ve been the up and down the stairs plus climbing in and out of the bed of the truck all afternoon tending the smoker, after skiing that morning. Buddy had the Moderna and second shot was Wednesday, said it kicked his ass yesterday. Pops had Pfizer and wasn’t really affected.

Hmmm . . . I wonder when the cutoff to cancel Friday night rooms in the hotel without penalty was?

The thing about the commute is I could nap, or futz around on the internet doing things I need to do in my personal time. A driving commute require my attention. I’d rather have an hour and a half commute with a train ride for most of it than an hour driving commute.

The site has a message saying tickets will go on sale after they assess the number of trails they will be able to open

Would love a commuter line from Allentown to Philly. Could consider headquarters jobs then.

As mentioned, $65 per point. We bought in 2013 and the contract expires in 2057. So I add about $1.50 to my dues for that year when figuring what a room I am staying in actually cost me. Another key I feel is not to compare what I am paying to the rate I could have gotten a room in the same resort for. If I wasn’t staying in a DVC room I would never pay that, so I compare the cost against what it replaced, which would be a moderate level room. Stayed in a value resort once. Not for us.

Not levels, you buy points at certain properties which equate to a slice of a unit at that property, though you are free to use them for any size unit, and any time of year, subject to availability. Bigger units=more points of course, and more popular seasons more points as well. You can also use them at other DVC properties but with less lead-time preference than home owners at the resort. Once all the points are sold (which, with very few “fixed week” exceptions they started selling a few years ago, really are just representations of a particular amount of the occupancy level) that resort is “sold-out” but can pretty much always be bought on the resale market. The strong resale market if we ever want to sell, and the strong point rental market helped convince me it was worth it for us. We pay about $7.50 per point in annual dues, and could rent them for $12-13 pretty easily if we want/need to. We’ve only ever rented to my older sister though, she comes with us often and we book a room for her and my niece and she gives us about $10 per point, which usually puts her in a room in a deluxe resort like Animal Kindom Lodge or Polynesian for less than a value resort. The initial buy in has done well too. We paid $65 per point in 2013 on the resale market for AKL and right now it’s selling for about $120 or more. Of course that can’t be counted on, but it’s nice. By my count, using what we would have paid to stay at moderate level resorts vs our coat for the point used, we’ll “break even” on the buy-in with a few more trips. The final plus was that they expire. Unlike some timeshares that go on in perpetuity, long after anyone wants to stay there, DVC contracts are a 50 year term from when the building opens. So the exit strategy is baked in.

Remembered to re-up today as well. Found a gift card in my stash so was able to save $225 on next years pass, so that didn’t suck. Also picked up a valley locker. Wonder if I can fit the grill in there?

Generally very true. Disney Vacation Club has worked out very well for us though.

White Castle BEFORE hitting the hill just feels like a race to get the runs in. Pun quasi-intended.

That’s a bold move.

Great day. Triple dip session, hit 8 runs in the morning session, out for drinks and piz courtesy of @PSUFlyand then Pops and I went back for 3 more runs before relaxing in a set of the adirondacks having a drink for about 20 waiting for the boy to finish with his camp. Turns out with the schedule shuffle he ended up being the only one in the group, and got down Main Street today so he was stoked about that. We went out for 2 more runs with him and he chose Switchback and Paradise, so ended out Blue, and probably entire season.

I thought you could, but can’t get the $50 renew discount

Heard Sidewinder was ROTD but didn’t get a chance to check it out.

Anybody got a buddy pass?

Turns out this was Fake News. Never made it to the store yesterday, not cooking today. There are worse ways to go out than what we did on Gaper Day.

I have a buddy pass if you wanna ski Blue Saturday!

Be there Saturday. Waiting to hear if they are going to schedule winter adventure camp for the boy Saturday. I’m planning to cook up something simple like burgers Saturday.

That’s disappointing. The boy is really looking forward to his last camp session.

Be aware that they say ID needs to shown to pick up the pass. YMMV if they actually check.

Skied Saturday the morning after my 5:15pm second Moderna. Felt fine. About 6 pm starting feeling really sore in the knees, but that’s not uncommon for me to feel that way about 1 day in a dozen, though it’s usually a workday. Was on my feet a lot, and up and down the stairs a lot food prepping for Meatageddon ‘21 so could have been that. Took my temp for giggles and was 99.7, not too hot although I’m usually in the 97s or high 96s on my thermometer. So no major issues. Maybe being fatter helps like being older.

I think it’s all because of that one red wheel.

Camelback is the ski resort equivalent of “Florida guy”