Picto Diary - 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 November 2016 - November Skiing
Above: Snowmaking. Park City Mountain. 25 November 2016. Black Friday.
Betrayed. Outrageously, Wasatch Bagel was closed at 7:00 AM. 1st time closed in 8 years of going there. Saw Meat Axe and Chris at Einstein Bagel.
LSDM
Meat Axe
Chris
Bishop
Topic du jour. VAIL Fail Ski Pass Mail
Image: PCM. Getting ready for tomorrow's opening.
Above: PCM ski pass and rolled snow. Park City Mountain. 25 November 2016.
PCM. Day before open. Pass check. "You are good to go, sir. Have a great season!"
Above: First Time Lift and first corduroy. Park City Mountain. 26 November 2016.
Opening day. Crowded. Took four runs and left. But, enjoyed the festive atmosphere of opening day.
1.4.4.
LSDM
Fish
PGA
F16
Tucson
Bishop
Topic du jour: The coming 75% collapse in RE.
1. Rise in rates weakens domestic demand.
2. Rising $ weakens foreign demand.
3. Tailwind of FRB support dissipates.
4. Weak millennial family formation.
Above: Meat Axe. Payday Lift 27 November 2016.
2. 5. 9.
Meat Axe.
Killy.
Warmish. Light snow throughout. MX12's knife thru butter.
Still Home Run only run open. More or less normal for first week.
Not crowded.
Above: Stockli. Payday Lift. 28 November 2016.
3.6.15.0
MX80
Title
Stockli
Hainy
Light snow. Home run laps.
Above: Bishop and Ted. Dave Strong Porche. Salt Lake City, UT. 28 November 2016.
Last week at Dave Strong Porche, SLC, with uber Porche salesman Ted Polevoy. There getting TIMDT's Cayenne serviced (bot, of course, from Ted). Bot many motorcycles and much motorcycle paraphernalia from Ted during his BMW motorcycle days. Ted was principle sponsor for my first Big Cat ride in 1999. True to form, Ted tried to sell me another car. Umm...not now...maybe next year! In the past, I never left Ted without walking out with something he sold me. And, I was never unhappy about the experience. Ted: the best kind of salesman.
Above: Deer Valley Summit. UT SR 224. 28 November 2016.
Last week. Pre snow. Looking south at southern Wasatch from Deer Valley Summit, 9000 ft., UT SR 224. BMW F800GS motorcycle. 8000 miles this year on the F800GS, including ride to Delta Junction, Alaska and back to Park City.
Last ride before snow?
Above: Grounds. Owner. Wasatch Bagel. 29 November 2016.
LSDM
'Cake
Grounds
Guzzi
Big Bad John
F16
Bishop
Topic du jour: Ski Resort Management.
Above: Killy and 'Cake. Payday Lift. Park City Mountain. 29 November 2016.
4.7.22
'Cake
Killy
Crazy Cook
Meat Axe
Home run laps. Word out that Three Kings, Bonanza, Silverlode lifts to
open Thursday 01 December.
Above: June Bug. Payday Lift. Park City Mountain. 30 November 2016.
5.8.30
'Cake
Crazy Cook
Killy
Dopplemeyer
Mrs. Dopplemeyer
June Bug
Laps with 'Cake and Killy (1) on Home Run. Getting into the groove.
Addendum:
My grandfather was a Civil War buff who read everything he could find on the period leading up to and following the war...as well as the war itself.
I also don't enjoy armchair analysts deconstructing notable people's conduct from a comfortable distance.
His interest in war came from his service in WWI when he lost a leg to a German canonball on a battlefield in France.
He never romanticized war but had deep respect for the people who for fought in them. Especially the soldiers who followed orders and did their best.
Thanks Steve.
Miami, FL
Seth