Barb

Definitely do a seasonal rental. JFBB used to have a seasonal snowmonsters program which was great. I agree with the others, your local ski shop probably has a seasonal rental program that is reasonably priced. 4 year olds can join the development program associated with the race team. Last year there were only a few 4 year olds so when they had the fun races every Sunday each kid got a medal. Its a great program and your kid would really progress. The coaches are all great. Good luck this year.

That place looks huge, Moe. Congrats!

http://i1132.photobucket.com/albums/m566/mousetrapgal/measure.jpg In Jersey this would have been a snow day, kids were so bummed they had school http://i1132.photobucket.com/albums/m566/mousetrapgal/octsnow.jpg Threw in one from Loveland this past weekend http://i1132.photobucket.com/albums/m566/mousetrapgal/loveland.jpg I couldn't get these to embed on the post for some reason. Made them smaller, then used a different code, I am a computer idiot

Gonna be 80 degrees here today but then Wednesday we are supposed to get 3-6 inches of snow.

Based on your avatar you have kids. Tell your wife to stick with it. Even though I am really not a good snowboarder I enjoy being on the mountain with my kids. My husband does not ski and I really wish he would because it would be nice to have the whole family out on the snow. And RideDelaware you're right Loveland opening is Fri, I goofed.

We leased some property to some people who operated a motocross track a while back. One of the owners was grading the track and the hills and the same thing happened to him.

Loveland opening this Saturday. Don't think we will head up this weekend, but happy its opening. I just got my 11 year old new boots, just in time. They were $245 on sale for $199 plus I got $100 off through their junior trade in program since I bought his boots there last season.

It wasn't anything major, some spindles on the porch kicked in, my kids painted birdhouses that were hung up and they were all smashed, previous owners had ground lights in the back along a path where they put a pond. Pond all torn up, lights all smashed and kicked in, rock broke a window, gutters torn off side of house. My friend had his shed broken into and they stole his golf cart and crashed it into a ditch.

Ok well Sok nowmaking has begun for the 2011 - 2012 Season! Conditions were just right this afternoon here at Loveland Ski Area enabling our snowmaking crew to turn on the guns for the start of the 2011 - 2012 season! Some natural snowfall made Loveland look like a mid-winter wonderland and with the forecasts calling for temperatures to remain chilly for the foreseeable future, snowmaking should be able to continue steadily bringing opening day that much closer! We do not have a set opening date as it will all depend on Mother Nature's help, but keep an eye on our snowmaking page to follow our progress. ok well I just copied and pasted an email from Loveland and the above is all that showed up. Tried to edit and as I was typing nothing was showing up? Anyway great that Loveland is making snow.

^^ This I believe from what I have read. There were some bad kids moving into our development too. We had some vandalism a few times in the year before we sold. Its a shame because the Poconos is such a nice area. We considered moving to our house up there but the schools are way overcrowded and really bad. Lots of fights and gang stuff in the high schools.

Had a feeling it was in the Pocono Country place development. Just looked it up and it is. There are quite a few homes in that development listed below 100k. When we were looking our realtor told us to avoid that area like the plague. After reading some articles in the Pocono record we found out there were shootings, stabbing, gang activity. Overall a bad place.

$359 for my season pass to Loveland and it enables me to buy 2 $17.00 youth lift tickets per day. May try a different mountain next year for a season pass but Loveland is close and I can sneak up there while the boys are in school. Didn't know Elk and Blue where so pricey. Makes JFBB seem pretty cheap ($499 last year).

Scored David a pair of $89 last season boots from Boulder ski deals. If anyone here has smallish feet I have his last year's size 10's I'd be willing to let go of super cheap.

Thanks for posting this, I think I am going to pick one up. I got a season pass to Loveland back in May for $359 (so cheap). It allows me to buy 2 $17 youth passes per day. I am also going to get the 6th grade passport for Stephen. Its only $99 and you get 4 free days to all Colorado resorts. Since I have neighbors who have places at Winter Park and Breckenridge, I am sure they will get used. Can't wait for ski season out here. Gotta start amping up my workouts to get my legs in shape for the longer trails. Cooper mountain has youth season passes for $104. 26 trails (more than jf) not a bad deal if you have kids.

That looks like a nice area. Do you go see the Sequoia trees? That is definitely on my list of things to do. Do you camp in tents? Guess I am more of a plastic camper since I enjoy the comfort of my motorhome.

Anyone who thinks they should move, should move. If you are not happy over there then do something about it. This

nice Timeless, looks like your kids had a great day.

What else can I say...you're the man. Love the pictures.

Whew, royal arch is challenging. Felt completely out of shape. Especially when the 20 something group of girls passes me almost running and having a conversation, not even breathing hard. View from the top is great!Kind of a traffic jam to get up to the top, had to wait a good 10 minutes until a few came down. Hopefully after a few more weeks my lungs will be used to the altitude. At least that is what I'm telling myself as to why I was moving so slow today.

I just got off the website and had it narrowed down to sanitas or royal arch. I've done sanitas (not to the top though) so I'll take your advice. I gotta get some better shoes. Only have running sneakers but they will have to do for tomorrow. You have my cell, call or text me anytime to go on a hike.

Congrats on the job Jordan. Maybe we can finally meet up next season at Loveland. I'm sure I can't keep up with you but I bet my youngest can, he'll ski anything. By the way Colorado is awesome! Hiked Chautauqua myself today after asking my son the last 4 days to go with me. Left him home. Gotta check boulder osmp website to see where to hike tomorrow.

Damn Jordan you are in some great shape. Love the pics.

who are you kidding....there are no nice parts of Jersey

Great pics Jordan! 28 days til I move (not that I'm counting or anything). It seems like its taking forever, kind of like that scene in Poltergeist where she's running down the hallway but it keeps getting longer and longer.

I agree with Glenn. Don't buy boots over the internet. Your wife must have great balance. Usually the first few times on a snowboard are miserable. It would be nice to have another female snowboarder on the board (who is in my age bracket).