Crystal 03/03

To paraphrase my buddy Spiro....You pontificating prattler of positivity ddk.  I showed true grit and skied the frozen groomers with chickenheads until 2:30 despite the rest of my posse retiring to the Elk in disgust at the ridiculously early hour of 1.30.

I even skied oft-piste because I enjoy a good beating and revel in misery.

Truly Thankyou all for the effort and attempts at suffering what sounds like a very unpleasant day...Elk might have been the thing to do a little earlier than normal today, or the Bullwheel - they got some pretty good beer and food up there. But what was the soup? Even Alpy is talking about soup reports and parking lot reports - didnt know they had that many parking lots? Anyway thanks for the reports.

hey scotty, the roasted chicken was tasty, right?

and the rest of your posse wasn't in the elk until 2:00!

  Truly Thankyou all for the effort and attempts at suffering what sounds like a very unpleasant day...Elk might have been the thing to do a little earlier than normal today, or the Bullwheel - they got some pretty good beer and food up there.  But what was the soup?  Even Alpy is talking about soup reports and parking lot reports - didnt know they had that many parking lots?  Anyway thanks for the reports.

Actually, I had the full, half rotisserie chicken with a side of baked beans and mac n'cheese for lunch at the Base much to the wide-eyed amazement of my wife and posse because normally I don't eat much during the day. Don't know what the soup was but I was amazed to find A lot full at the ungodly hour of 8:30 am and had to fourwheel up the rutted, un-plowed road to the ULCWBC!
I think my lunch time gorging was a defense mechanism.

Positivity regarding the skiing was tried during the day by various members of the posse but to no avail and was shut down immediately by the majority. Faux , unjustified positivity like bad acting is easy to spot and not nice to watch. I even succumbed myself, once uttering " But it's still better than not skiing"..to which my posse unanimously disagreed.
Overeaching positivity is even worse and when one has to plumb the depth of human misery such as " well it's better than sitting in the ER with your parents" then really..... honestly, it's just better to accept the reality and enjoy the shared misery.

And OFT .. I distinctly remember looking at the clock when you guys diverted to the ELk and it was 1:35!!!!

Have heard good things about that Chicken! Thanks for all the great info and makes me a lot happier about turning off the alarm clock this morning and rolling over. Sounds like its gonna take a little "extra" effort tomorrow - unless there is a lot of nice warm sun.

I had a blast!

I had a blast!

Aaahhhhh music to my ears!

The big bonus about the lack of any good snow in the last couple of months is that the MT Bike trails are in primo condition, got a a good ride in today, sad part is how out of shape my lungs are from my lazy hamster type of skiing - hike? Uphill? Traverse for ever? Ouch.