I’ve been looking forward to this winter…. since the last one ended!!! Last winter had a great late season with Little Spoon and lots of snowmobiling, the winter before was the BIG one with 97 days in a row of guests at the … Continue reading
Yesterday I moved back into the Chateau Grindlay and I’m surprised how much I missed the place; the piano, the neighbours, the hottubs. A few highlights for the summer in reverse order: My neighbour Adam didn’t die after his nose … Continue reading
When I heard that Marls was coming to Colorado after his Soccer World Cup trip, I couldn’t wait!!! Marls is one of my Terrigal mates who I met through some of the other guys. Over nearly a decade, Marls and … Continue reading
After my Ironman back in 2002, I decided to retire from that kind of rubbish. Then……. one night, after a scotch or 6, I was giving someone a hard time about crossfit or tuff mudder events and saying how much they … Continue reading
This is the easiest of a few lines which I would like to tick off this winter. The “Little Alaska, Little Couloir” has eluded me the last 3 winters. Last Wednesday, the planets aligned…. a girl snowboarder skied it the day … Continue reading
I think this is the 3rd year Chris and Paul (the Canadian Doctors) have been in town. The first year they looked after Dave the Sailor and Dave Onions, last year they had Dave Onions to look after and this … Continue reading
We’ve had a great burst of winter over the last week with over 3 feet of snow and the skiing has been great. So far I haven’t had a day skiing on my own and last week the posse included, … Continue reading
So my 20th winter begins…… Lots of skiing early, lots of groomers but it is snowing outside as I write this and the holidays folks are just about out of town so things should start ramping up. I’ve had 30 something … Continue reading
The change from spring to winter came pretty quick. Last Wednesday I went for a mountain bike and this Wednesday is my 6th day on the snow. Last post for summer and it is a bit all over the place…. … Continue reading
I haven’t posted much this summer; playing golf, hiking and doing school work is not really worth posting. This semester I’m taking a bunch of classes so I don’t have to take any this winter and it has been a … Continue reading
Some pics that didn’t have enough for their own post, but worth posting . Black Betty has been treated badly – but it all started with bloody Charlie Moore. Charlie is a good influence, in a bad way. So when I … Continue reading
I’ve got a bunch of summer pics to post but I’ll start with last weekends mission down to Crested Butte to hang out with Rob and Nancy. Rob and Nancy are used to hosting (kinda like myself – hahaha) and … Continue reading
New semester and it started off pretty well. College Algebra professor is a hoot and seems like she is on her game and my International Relations lecturer’s chairmanship of the local Democratic Party should make things interesting, she is cute … Continue reading
12 months ago I was invited on a trip down to a property that Brielle’s family has owned for generations (I think they stole it from the Indians) – unfortunately, I flew out to NZ the day of the trip. This post … Continue reading
Spring is here now although it had a couple of false starts. These false starts weren’t a bad thing…. 12 inches of pow last Thursday at the basin was AWESOME and there is a stack of snow up high so … Continue reading
The M&M’s were my last guests of the winter and I tell you what, they were a hoot!!!!! I thought that the Chateau Grindlay had 300yrs of total age in the house but I found out it was only 292 … Continue reading
This winter is taking shape and it has been fantastically hectic. I reckon I could even get a job at air traffic control the way I’ve been able to line up my winter guests, but since I don’t spend enuf time … Continue reading
We’ve had some snow and the crew has gone wild. Thursday we buried ourselves in the Beaver….. The Beaver Creek moto is “Not exactly roughing it” and I think it rings pretty true. Our day at the Beaver started with … Continue reading
I needed an excuse to post some pics so I’m doing a pre-Tuesday post. This weekend, as part of my studies, I’m spending 2 days ice climbing and I really hope I don’t get an ‘F’. Here is the grading scale … Continue reading
The Hutchinson’s are back in town and before it gets too cold I thought we’d go on a mission…. actually I needed a hand to get this mission accomplished and they were the first willing participants. No real rush to … Continue reading
Nothing much has been happening up here lately. Skool is over and I passed, just (well if 109% final mark on Macroeconomics for 2nd graders counts as a pass – haha). There has been a little snow about but mostly … Continue reading
Nancy and Rob Good are mates from Queenstown. We are all paying property taxes in Colorado; so it was time for me to drop down to Crested Butte and see how they do this Colorado summer thing. As expected, they … Continue reading
This is a mission that started last December, has cost me a shit tonne more than I had anticipated BUT it has been a hell of a trip back to America. As usual I flew into San Francisco and caught … Continue reading
Long legs and short skirts can only mean one thing – I’m back on the Central NSW Coast in Terrigal. Last day in Terrigal and I was up early, sitting on the deck working and although I can see the … Continue reading
Ski Cooper is a wee little ski field (unlike me – I should work on that winter coat of mine…. hahahaha) about 45 miles from my place – the lifts are short and it is pretty flat – sounds just like a Japanese Doris or … Continue reading
There is not a whole lot to write here. The “Double Dave’s” hiked up above the highest chair in Nth America faster than I expected. This is the boys walking up. Sandos getting a big recovery. Onions looking just as … Continue reading
This year has been a tough one snow wise but being Colorado – if it isn’t snowing, it is sunny. The snow up high, and on the steeper slopes is holding up pretty well. Hence the concept of – ‘Double … Continue reading
If ‘Little Spoon’ is a spoon in the western world…. what does that make him in the east? The only way to confirm or deny would be to ask his little Japanese neighbour girls what they think… and they giggle a … Continue reading
Paul and Caitriona can’t spend a few weeks in Colorado without going snowmobiling. After skiing one day we took Poly up to the wee little town of Montezuma to take her for a spin. Nice work Caitriona…. Then Paul, Chris … Continue reading
I’ve said it time and time again – I LOVE MONDAYS!!!!! The 1st Monday of 2012 was awesome and today, the 2nd Monday of the month, was amazing as well. The Hutchinsons and I shot over to Beaver Creek – … Continue reading
Paul and Caitriona arrived a few days before Xmas and this is their first time in North America. They are here for the skiing and they are getting used to how we ski here in the north…….. Caitriona and I … Continue reading
Large as life & twice as ugly!!!! Arrived back in Keystone on Thanksgiving evening to a full house. I couldn’t think of a better way to arrive back ‘home’ after 6 months; to a house smelling of turkey, booze and … Continue reading
There wasn’t much snow up high this season and as such I didn’t get as much touring in as I had hoped (the Grand Couloir will have to wait for another year). So when AJ called saying he was interest … Continue reading
Last weekend a few of the boys and I headed over to Jacksons Bay on our annual ‘Whitebaiting Trip’. Since we’ve never caught much whitebait, there was a rumour about town that we never went whitebaiting and really went to Vegas for a few … Continue reading
This will be a bunch of pics from Spring – there will have to be some more posts here but with daylight savings and some stunning days I’m trying to give all the toys a run. Last Tuesday I went … Continue reading