JFskiDan

i hope you got the one you were looking at the other night. i really thought it would class up your bike. Not that my living expenses are really high, but this time of year is when all my insurance is due, and a tax bill for upstate. Other than food and a little beer, its little odds and ends for the cars, (mostly to keep myself occupied) and stuff for cleaning around the outside of the house. Laundry soap isnt cutting the mustard anymore. i would imagine a lot of people didnt re-up with Blue, so i wouldnt be surprised by just a small increase, or non for a while. At this point, its pretty low on my priority list.

I havent re-upped my Blue pass at this point either. I'm sort of on a spending freeze since my income is pretty low at this point.

Just because im bored, i looked up Delco. population, 546,000 (2017) Holy fuck i live around alot of people. Delaware county is 191 Sq miles. Gunnison 3200 Sq miles. 54 cases in Delco as of 5 pm last night.

Yup. Plenty of time on my hands here too. Chester, montgo, delco, and some others are on 2 week stay at home. At this point i need to look into having mulch delivered to give me another project. Im running out of things to paint with what paint i have on hand.

Pocono Pizza, if you havent been there yet, has a baller meatball sub. really nice bread, which is what i always thinks makes or breaks a sandwich. Times are going to be difficult for a lot of people. Personally if i had a restaurant, i would turn my wait staff, into delivery staff.

Is the cash only culture that big? And as far as cash goes, can the virus be transmitted VIA cash? I still will never understand people "going to look at cars" Seems like a huge waste of time to me. I have been looking online for a new(er) Tacoma, but until is see something that i like, i wont go. And even when i do, i start with numbers, and take it from there. Dealerships always want to get you in the car first, so when you get back to the dealership you have already opened your wallet because of all the cool stuff the car did, like get you from point A to point B. Remember who you are talking to. I think alot of people including myself didnt take this serious enough at first. There are some things going on at work that i strongly disagree with, and i feel like i am becoming wildly unpopular at work. All of this social distancing will lead to my yard getting all picked up, the second bathroom being un-wallpapered and painted, old shit around the house thrown out, and all of the "tidying up" of the house that i have pushed off during ski season, and of course i can still play cars. People with not enough to do lack vision.

Just as an FYI - what i know about UE comes from employees in a seasonal business, returning to work (around here) in the spring. This would most likely pertain to most peoples situation, where they may get laid off due to Covid-19, but will eventually return to work. We try to get as many guys to work a few hours a week, as especially with this winters weather, we were still out doing some work. So, we are one of those employers that will let employees work 1 day a week. (or more) Our super smart shop guy comes in 2 days a week for 10 hrs for the week. People that are returning to their job after a temp layoff dont have to jump through all the hoops your husband apparently does. I dont know anything about this side of UE. Guys on a temp layoff are sitting at home watching cartoons. Even with the letter from an employer stating a date of return, they sort of still make you sign up at career link, but they dont get too bothersome about looking for work. We want most of our employees back, so we actually hope they are not out looking for work, and since most work through Careerlink is full time, i feel it could take a job away from someone looking for a full time job.

Not entirely. I try to explain this to people at work, we have a ton on UE right now, and thats where they will stay for a while. your max benefit is some crazy calculation based on what you made the past like 5 quarters. You are allowed to make a certain percentage of your maximum benefit by working part time. Usually this is equal to about 6-8 hours. So, with working lets say 6 hrs at your usual job part time, you will make your max benefit, plus your paycheck. Lets just call all of that $(job)+$$$(from UE) = $$$$. You will always be allowed to make $$$$. So if you work a second day, and bring your earnings up from your job, $$(job) + $$(UE) = $$$$. If you work even more $$$(job) UE will still give you $ to equal $$$$ Guys at work will say "if i work, it will screw up my unemployement" and thats not the case. However, i think PA unemployment needs to revamp their system, to encourage people to work part time. Staying at home, sitting on your ass watching cartoons pays to well imo. @theprogram4 be careful jumping on the UE bandwagon. Health Insurance becomes an issue, i know our guys that are laid off now, have to go on Cobra, and pay for it themselves. I believe your company can not put you on UE and still cover your benefits. I dont know how it works for doing UE and part time. This isnt a time to be with out healthcare. At this point, healthcare is probably more valuable than your job.

I for one am so tired of hearing people say they should get money back on their Ikon/Epic/season pass. This is how small peoples minds are sometimes. The only compensation i can see is if someone bought one that hadnt been used at all yet, but i would bet thats a super small percentage of passholders. I saw someone complaining about their ski trip that was cancelled, and they got everything back but $200. If that $200 is really going to change that persons world, then they need to quit skiing.

Vail Resorts has closed all North American resorts for the year. Vail Resorts has announced that its North American resorts and retail stores will be closed for the 2019-20 winter ski season amidst the continued challenges associated with the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19).

i do believe they are closed as well.

That is correct, however it is a long drive from the Philly area for that little terrain.

Dogs are awesome!

Pretty low trail count.

Ditto...what a great trip, except of course for the obvious incident. Crested Butte is really cool. Very chill place, low crowds so it skis great all day. Still have some exploring to do there. Its a pretty easy place to get to flying into Gunnison and staying in town. Its just a quick bus ride to the mountain, and everything in town is accessible by walking. Big thanks to Barb for everything she did for us. Cant believe it was really 5 years ago since we were out. I am content ending my season on this note.

I have to give props to Vail, they are going to pay their employees for the week. That is an absolute huge dollar amount. As much as all of this sucks big hairy balls, the resorts are doing the right thing in my opinion. They could potentially be putting people at risk, including their employees. shout out to Alterra too, but i think they did it after Vail. All the dominoes will eventually fall.

Flat iron. A little rough to get into, real nice snow in the middle, concrete at the bottom with a long up and down traverse to get out. First pick looks flat as fuck, but its not. Dom and i are debating if this was banana or flat iron. Take your pick.

Crested Butte is still skiing great. Barb did here a rumor that there was talk of it shutting down but we have heard nothing to prove that to be true. at this point, i am content with my ski season possibly coming to an end sunday at CB (not to be confused with camelsack) No tears will be shed by me.

Pretty socked in up top which made our run off north face pretty dicey to start. Got way better as we went down. Snow is still good on this side, but we were told banana, peel, and stuff off the high lift would be baked From yesterdays sun and refrozen.

Gonna dump at JH sat-monday.

Day 2 for me in the books. Damn, what a nice day. Oddly enough, it sounded like today was going to be a wash based on what sounded like rain overnight. Woke up at the house to 2” of pretty dense snow at the house. Snow on the mountain was a lot less dense and made for some terrific runs in paradise bowl first thing, and skied around a bit there and kept getting some nice untracked runs. off to East River lift to play in some trees i found yesterday, which were pretty much untracked. this is when we split off from Barb, before meeting back up for lunch. Went up the North Face lift which is a t-bar. Here you will find some really interesting stuff, you can take many routes, trees, chutes, and some open faces. Snow in the North Face was nice and soft. Make no mistake though, you will find rocks available for a base grind almost anywhere. tomorrows activities will include some stuff off the high lift, i think, depending on what todays sun does to the snow in that area. Looks like the reset button gets pressed sometime tomorrow when the snow rolls in, and should continue into saturday i think. after lunch we ran some groomers over to the umbrella bar, and relaxed in the sun. A quick easy groomer back to the base and right on the bus back to town. no lunch pic Doug, but we are taking Barb out for dinner tonight, so maybe a few snaps latter on tonight.

You guys made the right call. Got the goods and got out of Dodge. Well done.

North Face. Goal of the day for me was to not eat shit on the t-bar. Goal accomplished. Some real nice stuff off north face. Steeps, trees, rocks, and chutes. stopped to see Rambo. Not sure pic does it justice. at least i think that pic is rambo. I had to hold my arm up and over the edge to get the pic.

In my short tenure there, yes. Its just awesome when their marketing department can add to weirdness that goes on there.

Done with day 1. Great skiing again with Barb. Visibilty was an issue for most of the day. 1st thing it was better up top, then the clouds moved up, went a little lower, was better still a little flat. Right as we went in for lunch it started snowing. After lunch it was sunny for a bit then got socked in again. So lots of different weather conditions today. Snow was really good all day, just got a touch sticky towards the end. Majority of the snow in the trees i went to play in was decent, but i did find some stuff that had been softened and refrozen. Doubtful we will see much sun this trip, some snow tonight and tomorrow am, and it looks like possibly some significant snow friday night into saturday. barb and i left about 3, Dom is getting a few runs in to close.