the pics from today thread

[Benm]

1 minute ago, toast21602 said:

It means snowmaking and I’m excited. 

i just watched a couple vids, those poles definitely weren't there last season.

i can't remember if the banner about vista lodge was there either.

also, dabbin on slow sign. what about it.

 

[toast21602]

Gonna be living large next skison! 

[JFskiDan]

3 hours ago, Benm said:

I mean it could mean nothing but new telephone poles and piping. 

Can't remember if the poles were there. Someone cross ref with Jeff's vid

It looks like pvc drainage pipe, but…….. what would they be doing with drainage pipe?  
 

lets remember this is Blue Mountain. 
could just be a green coating on steel pipe. Anyways, interesting. 

[JFskiDan]

52 minutes ago, toast21602 said:

Gonna be living large next skison! 

Look at all that stuff you could go mow. Oh my!

[Benm]

@JFskiDan I'm almost certain it was steel. On 115 near the racetrack they always have huge pieces of pipeline that look identical, these are just much smaller diameter. 

I also said the same thing to myself about toast and mowing...

[antman12]

I give Blue a lot of credit for having some self depreciation and a sense of humor and actually naming the trail Coming Soon. Props. 

[indiggio]

17 hours ago, toast21602 said:

It means snowmaking and I’m excited. 

But hopefully no grooming!  One can dream...

[RidgeRacer]

1 hour ago, indiggio said:

But hopefully no grooming!  One can dream...

That only works at ski areas that actually get snow.  Although they could pull a whitetail and leave everything ungroomed on Mondays

[toast21602]

3 hours ago, indiggio said:

But hopefully no grooming!  One can dream...

Is there really a difference between their groomed and ungroomed anyway? 

[enjoralas]

58 minutes ago, toast21602 said:

Is there really a difference between their groomed and ungroomed anyway? 

Yes, ungroomed is less treacherous!

[PSUFrankenstein]

On 4/25/2021 at 9:04 PM, RidgeRacer said:

Super dooper looper was my younger daughters first upside down coaster. Sky rush is my favorite of all time, tied with expedition everest. How's candimonium?

Finally got on candymonium a few times this weekend.   Really good, but skyrush is still better in my opinion.   Storm runner reopened too, which is one of my favorites. 

 

Also here's a pic for today 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

5 hours ago, indiggio said:

But hopefully no grooming!  One can dream...

Maybe half and half 

[RidgeRacer]

39 minutes ago, PSUFly said:

Finally got on candymonium a few times this weekend.   Really good, but skyrush is still better in my opinion.   Storm runner reopened too, which is one of my favorites. 

 

Also here's a pic for today 

Skyrush is a GOAT Coaster

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

1 hour ago, RidgeRacer said:

Skyrush is a GOAT Coaster

They should call it the Tom Brady wahahahah 

[RidgeRacer]

2 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

They should call it the Tom Brady wahahahah 

 

3 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

They should call it the Tom Brady wahahahah 

Technically yes. Since he is the GOAT. A turncoat GOAT but the GOAT none the less.

[toast21602]

Here’s the Tom Brady coaster. 
 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

4 hours ago, toast21602 said:

Here’s the Tom Brady coaster. 
 

I prefer Greg Brady @Mixilplix

[Barb]

pretty nice morning in the water. 

[toast21602]

Nice evening for a fire and some beers. 
 

[saltyant]

Visited the Woodstock field & museum on my way home today. Far out!

[RidgeRacer]

1 hour ago, saltyant said:

Visited the Woodstock field & museum on my way home today. Far out!

That's groovy saltman. Cool stuff. 

[saltyant]

1 hour ago, RidgeRacer said:

That's groovy saltman. Cool stuff. 

I didn't actually know Woodstock was held in the Catskills until I was reading facts about the Catskills last night, lol. Visiting was a lot more interesting than I thought it would be. It's mind blowing that 400,000+ people converged in the middle of a farm in NY. 

Some interesting facts I learned from the museum:

• The farmer who allowed the festival on his land had different political views, but thought they had the right to their opinion because it's a free country, so he let them hold it.
• Some residents of Bethel, New York were not happy about the whole thing, but others helped pass out food and sandwiches. One lady bought everything at a local farm to supply food.
• At the original site intended for Woodstock, that town passed an ordinance requiring a permit for any gatherings of 5,000 people just to block it from happening.
• Since there were only 600 bathrooms, many people did their business in the nearby woods.
• It took some people 3 days to find their abandoned cars, since the roads became clogged.
• People had to walk on top of cars to get to the concert because the road was so congested.
• There were "trip tents" for people who took too much acid; when they recovered, they helped other people recover.
• People were told to move their tents for the supply helicopter landing pad, but didn't so were woken up at 6 am by the helicopter hovering above them trying to land.

And what I found the most interesting...

• Notes written on paper plates (or whatever they could find to write on), nailed to a tree in hopes to find missed connections:

 

Edited June 20, 2021 by saltyant

[rummy]

My formative years....Ah Yes...Sex Drugs and Rock and Roll...   

If you can find it , the movie "Woodstock" is worth watching just for the music of the era.

[Benm]

well the bear box finally suffered its first L ... 

 

 

[toast21602]

27 minutes ago, Benm said:

well the bear box finally suffered its first L ... 

 

 

That sucks but really cool video of bears!