An interesting IM convo from today...

[13:38] fren: but say.. u have work early in the morning
[13:38] fren: and i wanted to talk or have sex late at night haha
[13:38] fren: and ur job's important to u
[13:38] fren: u know
[13:38] fren: ok i gtg brb
[13:38] me: did that happen?!
[13:38] me: omg
[13:39] me: how can u leave with such a cliff hanger?!!??!

Day 4 at Squaw

Today was a wonderful day at Squaw! 

"... today I snowboarded in what I can only describe as the best snow condition I have ever set my board on.  There was fresh powder everywhere.  Every time I went up the slopes, there was fresh powder.  It was as if nature was trying to make up for last year’s season.  I went up on KT22 – So much powder that as I came down I can see a mini avalanche following me.  Just endless powder!!!"

Here's a picture of the Squaw village


Here's a picture from the top... notice the white out!


A gathering of fluffy powder on my board...


Kevin thawing out at the end of the day...


And then we found this on his jacket!  A little frozen ball!

Now the videos

Village video


Kevin a little better at carving...

Kevin waving while being pounded by the snow



That's all folks!  Tomorrow we're hitting up NorthStar!

Day 3 at Squaw


Wow, what a day!  It was pouring rain when we woke up.  Verizon's tower got knocked out so my cell didn't work for a while.  Luckily I have a Cingular (AT&T) blackberry and was able to use that.

We didn't have much time on the snow, but Kevin is doing better at carving:

When we got up to the top the snow was pounding us pretty hard.  Kevin had trouble seeing.  And while waiting for him I pretty much got covered in snow:



And here was my backpack:


Thank god Starbucks was just at the village.  When all the lifts close at around 3:15 we decided to head back too.

Below are just some pictures showing how much snow we got today!


At the resort - The walkway from the reception to the rooms...


There was no snow here yesterday!  

 


The ice skating ring...



And the beautiful trees!

Thats it for now.  I'll try to make more videos and take more pictures tomorrow!

Day 2 at Squaw

Today was a windy day.  We woke up a little late and most of the lifts were closed due to high winds.

We did manage to get up Squaw Creek tho.  Here's a clip of how windy it was:


After that it started to snow like crazy!

After that we had dinner at Ristorante Montagna.  Here's a quick walk thru of what we had:

Fried ravioli


Potato Soup


Sea bass


Overall the food was pretty good.  But I like Six Peak's better. 

We spent the rest of the nite in our suite and watched American Ganster.  Pretty good movie!

Happy New Year!

So to start off the new year, I finally took some what of a vacation - but it wasn't without drama.  Shit happened at work and I got called to do some work.  But thanks to great coworkers like Galina and Rob (thanks guys!) the fire was very limited.  It still sorta sucked cuz it stressed me out and ruined some plans, but if it wasn't for them I will be working right now instead of writing this blog. 

Kent and I made the best of it and did one night run at Squaw tonite.  Yes, you read that right.  We had ONE run.  We were tired anywayz, and it was a good warm-up run to get us excited and ready for the weekend. 

I swear, the first 1/4 mile or so was so freaking scary.  I think I forgot how to snowboard!  But at the end everything started to come back.

It was warm today.  47 degrees at the resort.  Windy and icy tho, at the top.

We topped off the night at a restaurant called Six Peaks Grille at the resort.  The food was fantastic!  Everything, the Franciscan merlot, crab cake, lobster bisq, pan seared salmon, were a notch better than our favorite restaurant, Roy's SF.  Bravo... bravo!

Below are some pictures:

The Resort at Squaw Creek


Crab cake


Lobster bisq


Pan seared salmon


Sides


Me and the hubby

Thats it for now!  More to come later!