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I had my first "major" injury in 2008 when I had an MCL tear in my right knee from pre Thanksgiving snowboarding at SR. We road tripped up there and there were about 30 trails open pre T-Day. They were making some wet snow and I hit a patch and wiped. My knee twisted, and I flipped over and ate it hard. The next day it snowed 18" at the Loaf and despite not being able to bend my knee, I went anyway. Did some online research and hit the gym hard. I dropped about 20 lbs and strengthened the knee. Still had some minor knee pain, but by the time I went and got an MRI, the knee was basically healed and pain free. In early 2013 while working at SR, I flew into a tree and partially tore my achilles and the ligaments in the outside of my ankle. I was taken off snow for two weeks and put in extensive PT. That ankle was sore for close to a year before the inflammation and pain went away. Last year I partially tore my posterior tibial tendon while in the ocean. I got slammed hard but landed on my feet. Heard a pop. I was put in some extensive PT for that, but the ankle never seemed to fully heal. I still have joint inflammation in the outside, and sporadic swelling/pain/tightness around the tendon when it gets extensive use. It has really flared up since my backpacking trip. I am looking at seeing the doctor after snowboard season if it continues on this way. When I was 25, I also tore both of my quads playing softball. I played a Tuesday/Thursday set in one week, and my quads still had that "day after soreness" on Thursday. I stretched, but it wasn't enough. I hit a ball to the fence, broke out of the batters box, and they both locked up. The left was worse than the right. It bruised down my entire inner thigh for two weeks. Yellow/black/blue. I've never had a non impact bruise before then. I stretched a lot, drank lots of protein, and made sure to do lots of muscle strengthening. I haven't noticed any issues except my quads are always really tight and they sometimes twinge when I do leg lifts.

I snagged a couple. Just in case. Glad to see you back Moe.

I thought you didn't go anymore because they don't open t2b?

I couldn't imagine selling my gear. I'd rather it get outdated and rust in a corner or attic. Looks like it's going out to sea, so I think you'll be fine. The ocean always acts as a great insulator for us. It keeps it cooler when it's hot and keeps it warmer when it's cold. However, the humidity is always 100% and blocks whatever temperature benefits we get. The hike was good, but it was hot and humid up there. One chilly night, but most of it was mid 80's during the day and mid 60's at night.

It's still hot as balls. We get a couple seasonal days here this weekend, then we are back to the upper 80s... No real break in sight...

JFSkiDan, how are the leaves doing up there in the Pokes? Mad colors?

"I've always wanted to make it rain"

I thought it was one of your most entertaining segments... Just one for old times sake...

I either request a banning or a new video blog segment...

Pouring it's ass off here in MA at the Hemlocks Shelter. Last day of hiking and pickup is tomorrow. Floating around on my sleeping pad in my tent...

No leaves changing yet. If they are, it's from drought. Found this article by TWC that looks encouraging though: https://weather.com/forecast/national/news/fall-temperature-forecast-september-november

Those look amazing Toast. I've never had luck with them. What's your secret?

I'm hoping this year is my year to get a day in October at K-Mart, but Accuweather long range (yes, mostly BS) is saying it won't cool down substantially until mid-November, so I guess only time will tell.

I have no problem when they are considered a nuisance animal. I've heard squirrel stew is good. I've eaten muskrat. Not so good. I'd do it to protect my blueberry bushes...

Wait, what? GSS advocating for high speed everything everywhere? Shocker...

Time to take out your .22 and say hello. Enjoralas, that's impressive. Way to go farm to table. If I ever move out of my development and out to where I have more land, I would like to expand my offerings, but I don't know if it will be as intense as yours.

I've never been to Jackson, but whenever GSS and AJeff go, it sounds like a shitshow...

Vail is not only buying up resorts left and right, but they seem to be growing them in a financially prudent way. Their stock is through the roof and their acquisitions seem to be well financed. Doesn't seem like much of a threat for a balloon payment to submarine them. I remember when Camelback had free parking my freshman and sophomore years of college. I think they instituted pay parking sometime around my graduation. I just parked a lot further back.

I'm sure it's like everything and depends on the scale of the operation. I definitely put more into my blueberry bushes than I get out. However, if production gets to where it should be, I should be able to equal the cost of buying it.

We had a couple warm weeks, but I think weather has mostly been seasonal. Temps look excellent for backpacking in a week.

Really depends on what they classify as the Northeast. Sustained cold in PA during late November is what we are used to seeing historically. Worst case, New England is a week or two behind.

http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/2016-us-fall-forecast-warmth-in-northeast-drought-wildfires-in-west/59089880

Did you plant them on purpose? I've never had luck with the ones that grew from the random seeds I threw out...

Blueberries are easy bushes to maintain. Basically fix the PH in the ground, mulch the bushes, water the bushes, fertilize 2-3 times a year, and trim each fall after the 3rd year.

Looks great enjoralas. If I ate a lot of fresh veggies I would love to have a garden like that. I'm definitely more a fruit guy. Do you can for winter? My blueberry season is coming to an end. I've got 14 healthy plants and 1 plant that will likely die by next year. I'll replace it when the time comes. I was able to bring in about 6 pints of berries this year. It's not a lot considering some of the plants are nearly 6 years old, but considering I only got around a pint last year, it was a considerable step up. I have maybe a handful of berries left to pick on two bushes. Growth season precedes and follows the fruiting season, so I have spread more Holly Tone to facilitate growth. I am also considering trimming out some of the older growth so that the plant can concentrate on newer more vibrant growth. I'm quite encouraged by this years haul, so I'm expecting twice that next year. I have 4 or 5 large berry plants and then some small/medium berry plants. These are what I picked this past week. You can see the difference.