Picto Diary - 17, 18, 19, 20 December 2019 - Deer Valley Return

Note: 20 December 2019. Happy Birthday Buh.

17, 18 December 2019. In transit to Park City from India... and day of recuperation. Returned somewhat circuitously. Delhi to London, BA. London to Montreal, BA (overnight at Marriott Bonvoy in airport). Montreal to Chicago, AA. Chicago to SLC, AA. Luggage didn't make it to Montreal due short turnaround. We travel with emergency stuff in our carry on bags, so no problem. Luggage was delivered to our home on the 18th.

Above: (1) F350 Ski Locker. 19 December 2019.

December conditions as good as last year.

Probably my best start to a ski season in twenty years. I skied out a full morning without missing a beat. Normally, I'm done for the first week of skiing... lactic leg pain... after four or five runs. Clearly, the forty pounds I have shed since last ski season is making a difference.
With new RFID gate readers, end of the "Dont you know who I am" era at Deer Valley. Sad, in a way. Poseurs need their kicks.

Above: Christmas Program. Cardon School. Salt Lake City, UT. 19 December 2019.

Roy, X, and Grrr... all in the image. Zoomable.

Great performance. Good school. Good teachers.

Above: (2) Bluebird skiing with THE ACTUARY. Deer Valley. 20 December 2019. (file image, Timpanogas).

Above: Brer' Rabbit. Iron Canyon. Park City, UT. 20 December 2019.
Outside our breakfast nook.

Above: Little Big Band Performance. Scera. Orem, Utah. 20 December 2019.
"Cry Me a River."

Drums at kit.

Addendum:

The grandson is certainly getting an eye-full of a different culture there in India than back home with "Toto" in the imaginary Kansas. LOL
Hope your travels continue to be safe, fun and educational.

I stepped into The Dark Side (Myanmar) yesterday, my 7-8th time in the former British Burma. Per capita in neighboring Thailand 10 times that of Myanmar, and you can easily see it in the infrastructure differences. When the Brits pulled out, infrastructure stalled and has sputtered along slowly since. Not as bad as Bangladesh, where the infrastructure imploded.

As a long-out-of-work economist, I like to study these former communist and quasi communist countries from the inside, like Cuba, and Vietnam. So far no sign of Starbucks or McDonald's in Myanmar, so globalization is slow, but it is coming. Our American Embargo doesn't seemed to resulted in much other than keeping the poor, errr, poor. I purchased a bottle of Jack Daniels for a friend when I was in Myanmar - 20-30% cheaper than in neighboring Thailand.
Regards,

Dr. G
Professor of Motorcycle Adventure
Motorcycle Adventure University
Writer/journalist/General Motorcycle Wastrel

In December we were so close to one another, but so far.

Dear Steve,

Your observations about India’s many problems reinforce my feeling that India will surpass China a an economic powerhouse in the near future.
India’s “dirty laundry” is quite open for all to see. China’s attempt to squelch all bad news whilst muscling its way around has been tried before (fascism, communism, socialism, etc.) and has always failed.

Your observation about the Indian people working hard to get ahead bodes well for the future.
Thanks for your travelogue.

AhnRhee,
Larkspur, CA

Thanks for sharing Steve! Your last 4 paragraphs have me pondering our nation.

Drummer J,
Lehi, UT