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QFT....I'd let it hang out in the open to cool off while skiing if it was socially acceptable. How does anyone go running and still get cold in there?

SAR shouldn't be put in the position to make those calls and chasing deadbeats is costly. That's why it needs to be charged at the door and everyone bears a fraction of the cost. And it should be done locally, if the joeys are 90% of the problem around Kmart then let them pay the surcharge. No need for every other resort to charge as well unless they experience a problem.

Since collectibility/enforceability can be difficult and possibly costly, maybe the state has an average total cost/yr SAR that can be used as the number needed for funding and divide that into the average number of tickets sold/season. That should keep the increase in ticket costs below a dollar. Hoping to recover the costs from individual skiers ain't gonna work. Better than taking it out of VT taxpayers pockets. RING....RING: SAR: Hello, Rutland SAR... JerseyJoe: YO,man, we're lost in da woods and need help quick! SAR: We'll be happy to assist you. Please provide us a credit card number for the $500 charge if you wish to be rescued.............

There's no one solution fits all, but adding language to the ticket and a tiny surcharge on the tickets is prolly the easiest way to go with this. I don't think this needs to be statewide, but local where the most rescues occur, like Kmart area. Trying to collect $500 for a rescue from some brokeass kid is a waste of $$, but they can try. They'd have to be able to have an enforceability angle for out of staters, like out of state speeding tix can get your license suspended kinda enforcement.

Any pics? I thought you had a blond, short hair chow.

There's been blood in the water for a while now. Wouldn't be surprised if creditors are pushing them to sell

I'm in if the girls are in.

Maybe they'll rename it Cameltoe. It'll be another Scamelback with more cow bell.

Are they going to keep the Moose mascot?

They're delicious lightly battered and deep fried with some Colonel sauce............

https://vimeo.com/59928418 The famous Glockenspiel in Munich, when the bells chime, figurines come out of the steeple, but we didn't hang around for it. I've seen it before. https://vimeo.com/59928420 The washing of the feet before stomping the kraut/slaw https://vimeo.com/59928419 The stomping of the kraut/slaw https://vimeo.com/59928422 Dad's courageous 2 minutes of ski fame.

That it is. I lived in and around Heidelberg as a kid for 6 years, went to school 3rd thru 9th grade there.

Nice! Isn't this the week they do the Empire winter games? Usually conditions are primo because they blow a ton of snow for the event.

Figures. The week I leave for Euroland, NE gets hit with snow and GSS goes into exile.

Thanks, no action ski shots of me to speak of, since I was solo with teh iphone, I'll post up some touristy vimeo vids once they upload. A couple of obervations from the trip. Lift ticket prices: Pretty reasonable and cheaper than the US. No price jacking on weekends or holidays like here that I could see. Prices in general: Similar to the US, except for gas. I managed to save a few beans on the exchange rate because I had Swiss francs I bought a few years back when the USD was stronger, so I brought some of those and cashed them in for Euros. Toilets and toilet paper: Instead of a toilet tank and flusher, its all built into the wall behind the toilet, and the flusher is a big panel on the wall that you push. I developed my own technique which involved throwing an elbow and lifting up the family jewels to avoid getting soaked by the torrent of water that spilled into the bowl. Toilet paper is still uber thick and almost like a 3 ply paper towel. Public restrooms often require a prepay thru a little turnstyle, usally about 1$. Department store restrooms often have an attendant sitting outside with a little plate for required tipping, about 50 cents. Ski racks: Too funny. Last year, I made the arrangements to rent the car which I ended up cancelling since we couldn't go. I opted for a Passat wagon, snow tires, no ski rack since the wagon would hold the skis inside. I got the collision/theft coverage thru AMEX gold card which saved about $300. Dad was added as a second driver and I got it for about $500, unlimited mileage. Dad made the arrangements this time for the car. He opted for a Ford Fiesta with ski rack, ended up paying the collision insurance since he failed to ask me about the CC coverage and he ended up paying about $800 for the deal. The ski rack was some halfassed magnet set up that you stuck on the roof and strapped the skis down with heavy duty rubberbands. I got a good laugh from that and dad ended up paying an extra $60 for it which I didn't use since I didn't trust it. So we ended up driving with my 186's hanging over the shifter, but at least it made a nice armrest.

Dad finally got the nerve up on the our last ski day and rented some equipment. We went to Bieberwier in Austria, near Lermoos and Ehrwald. 1/2 hour drive. I chose it because it was beginner friendly and the old man needed all the help he could get. He successfully made one decent run down, claimed victory and returned to the Bierstube where he shared his gnar shredding experience with some belgians that didn't ski, but drank and smoked heavily. I headed up to the top and skied solo, mostly groomers with an occasional short tree run between the switchbacks, but the cover was a little thin. Bieberwier Dad Ski Stoke Dog stoke Brother's Cat stoke Das Ende

We walked into town and had dinner in Garmisch on Tuesday nite, which is the same as Fat Tuesday over here. We ate at a traditional german bavarian restaurant, the Gasthof Zum Rassen. While we were eating dinner, 5 or six costumed locals came in and entertained the diners with their antics. They dressed in farmer's garb, wearing the old harvest baskets on their backs, passing out shots, and handing out homemade slaw they brought in a big wooden bucket. We shared a table with a german family. The woman was lifted off her chair, shoes were removed and her feet were washed. Then they stuck her in the cabbage slaw pail to mash it up with her feet. People still ate the slaw. River running thru Garmisch A little old german church Ludwigs Strasse in Garmisch, older cobblestoned street with bars and restaurants Revelers in tails and tophats singing around a bonfire The cabbage bucket, foot washing, costumed characters and our waitress The restaurant we ate at that nite

Tues/Wednesday I skied at the local Garmisch Classic hill Hausberg and Kreuzeck. Skinned up on Tuesday because it was a beautiful day and they set aside a track for folks that hike.

I took Monday off and we headed into Munich for lunch and a walkabout thru Marienplatz which was in full swing with food and drink vendors, people in costumes, music, etc. We had lunch and beers at the Hofbrauhaus and then headed back to the hotel.

After the 3rd attempt in 3 years, I finally managed to make the trip overseas and get some skiing in and spend some quality time with the old man. Dad and I got back from Germany Saturday evening with a direct flight to Philly from Frankfurt. We spent a few days in Bad Homburg, a suburb of Frankfurt with my step brother at my dad's house there, then drove a rental down to Garmisch Partenkirchen where we stayed at the Edelweiss Lodge and Resort, a US owned facility which caters to military personnel, both active and retired and their families. The place is both huge and beautiful and our room had a nice view of the alps. Road leading into Garmisch View from the room We arrived there on Friday afternoon, checked in and had dinner in the pub. Since it was a holiday weekend, Fasching/Carneval, the local hill was guaranteed to be a mad house, so I made plans to head into Austria Saturday and Sunday. I skied in the Lermoos, Austria area (1/2hour drive from the hotel) that weekend, skiing the Gruebigstein gondy and lifts both days due to the lack of crowds, open terrain and relatively deep and untracked areas to ski right off the lifts and easy traverses. It snowed almost daily while we were there, no heavy dumps, but good enough to find boot to shin deep pow off the trails.

Wait...what?

Where's the dinner TR?

Any inflight meal stoke?

Got back from VT last nite, took no pix other than doggie pix to my wife who stayed in Philly with the older dog. We got a few nice refresher snow showers at Smuggs and inbound conditions were good to very good with a few days of boot deep drifts and little ice to speak of thanks to grooming. We did one small tour up towards Jay on Sunday morning for 2 laps of hardwood bushthwacking and fresh pow as it began squalling when we pulled into the lot near the catamount trail. Prolly dropped about 2" in the hour we stayed in the car waiting for a few others to show up on top of the 5-7" they got the night before. Trolled a few bars on Thursday nite, met a few new people, cooked up some good food, no injuries. great success. Getting ready for Germany (for the 3rd attempt in 3 years) for a Feb 5 departure.

Enjoy JH, looking forward to you sofa hucking. Who else is going out?