Santa Claus Cancels Christmas, Heads to Okemo

Santa Claus has traded in his '67 Red Sleigh for a twin pro-tipped, dragon fly core, Burton Custom X with pressure distribution edges. Why? Because Okemo just got two and a half fucking feet of snow! That's why.









Just when I thought life couldn't get any better this happened....

Beer Beer Beer Beer Beer Beer

OK. This is a very important post dealing with one of the major elements of our New Year's Vacation....Beer. Every year we procure barrels of the best ales that the state of Vermont has to offer. And Vermont has many fine brewers offering many fine ales and other types of beer styles. The choices are bountiful so I figure we should have a little poll to see what people are interested in (See below). You can vote for as many as you would like. And you can vote once a day. But, we need to order by Monday so you can really only vote once. In fact I am going to call Singleton's tomorrow late afternoon so you should vote now or now and tomorrow morning if you want your votes to count more then once. Take your responsibility as an American seriously...Rock the Vote. P Diddy did and so should you. I have also included a brown ale on the list in honor of of big O. Ill be oredring a variety of logs (40 pints) and maybe a few quarters (62 pints). We are not obligated to buy what we order we can buy a few at a time. So no worries about over-ordering. If we sink a few too many Bizmarks we can always re-order on Monday 12/29. But I am going to order enough so we can make stops and always know there is good beer to pick up. If anyone has or can procure a tap please do so and let me know the deal. It is always a bitch putting donw a deposit for those. Without further ado, the nominees for beer for our new years gullets....
Please vote for mutliple beers. Also, before you vote, here are some links to do your own reserach with from Beer Advocate:


Otter Creek/Wolavers
Long Trail
Harpoon/UFO
Magic Hat

Please vote on the beer(s) you would like to see on draft next week....

Long Trail Ale Double Bag; Type: "Strong Ale" ABV:7.2% Otter Creek Copper Ale; Type: "Amber Ale" ABV: 5.4% Harpoon; Type: "India Pale Ale" ABV: 5.9% Magic Hat #9; Type: "Pale Ale" ABV: 4.7% Long Trail Hibernator; Type: "Scottish Ale" ABV: 6.0% Otter Creek Winter Ale; Type: "Brown Ale" ABV: 5.8% UFO; Type: "Hefeweisen" ABV: 4.8% Wolavers Farm House Ale; Type: "Belgian Style Saison Harpoon Celtic Ale; Type: "Irish Red Ale" ABV: 5.4%

Okemo's Primary Surface: POWDER!!!!

"The amount of snowfall that has accumulated on the ground since yesterday afternoon is going to make for some awesome powder action at Okemo today! We received about 10 inches of natural fluff on all our trails overnight so you’re going to want to get to the mountain right at 8 a.m. to grab first chair and claim fresh tracks on one of our 76 open trails! "

That's the word from the Okemo website.

"Cloudy with snow showers early and steady snow likely later in the day. High 24F. Winds E at 10 to 20 mph. 5 to 8 inches of snow expected. "

That's from weather.com for Sunday ONLY

Here is the link to the complete storm warning that goes through Monday afternoon

Put that in your pipe and smoke it Al Gore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PLEASE READ: ONE MORE ANNOUNCEMENT

HEY EVERYONE,

I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO HAS PAID THUS FAR, ND EVERYONE IN GENERAL FOR BEING SO ON THE BALL WITH THE PAYMENTS. IF YOU HAVE NOT PAID YET PLEASE DO SO IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. IF YOU WILL BE UNABLE TO DO SO PLEASE SHOOT ME AN E-MAIL SO WE CAN DISCUSS WHEN I CAN EXPECT PAYMENT.

WE HAVE HAD VARIOUS COMMITMENTS FALL THROUGH FOR VARIOUS REASONS OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS. WHEN IT ONCE SEEMED THAT THE HOUSE WAS OVER BOOKED, IT IS NOW APPARENT THAT THE COMMITMENTS THAT FELL THROUGH HAVE LEFT US SHORT. I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR TRYING SO HARD TO FILL THE EXTRA SPOT(S). WE ARE SHORT THE $$ FOR ONE GUEST. HOWEVER, WE HAVE ROOM FOR TWO GUESTS. I AM ASKING EVERYONE TO THINK, WHO CAN FILL THIS SPOT?

I WILL BE ABLE TO COVER THE $$$ WHEN I PAY THE FINAL PAYMENT TO THE HOUSE OWNER IF WE DON'T FIND ANOTHER GUEST. HOWEVER, IF THE GROUP ABSORBS THE COST IT WILL HELP ME OUT GREATLY AND PREVENT ME FROM TAKING A $500 HIT. IN THE EVENT WE DON'T FIND THAT EXTRA SOMEONE I ASK THAT EACH PERSON DONATE $30 TO ME SOMETIME DURING THE VACATION. THAT WOULD COVER THE $50O.

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!

Attention everyone,
We are down one person. We need to fill either one or two spaces in the house. Everyone please put on your thinking caps and let me know if you have any ideas. Potential guests need to be ready to pay a down payment almost immediately. I can get creative on the nights and rooming situation. Just looking to break even...

Shea stop stealing all the gold.

This Blog sucks...

Do people even know that Ludlow, VT has a winter storm warning for tonight and tomorrow???

That means good things for us!

Going Green

Pat i love your going green initiative

Carpooling?

Since we have the house for the entire week, I'm sure not everyone will be going up at the same time this year.

The Joneses, plan on arriving on Monday, December 29th (evening) and probably depart on Friday, January 2nd. (4 nights)

If anyone would like to join us, please let me know asap. We have an MDX and can fit another two people with gear, luggage, etc.

Just thought I'd throw this out there since the site says we only have room for 5 cars at the house.

Holla,

P

New Cookbook

I just picked up a new cookbook for the trip. It is all about braising (remember those braised short ribs last year?). There will be a lot of braising going down this year. the book is written by Daniel Boloud. Does he remind you of anyone? Hint: there is a really good braised "chicken" recipe in the book...

The last Man Standing

Haws is the only person I have not heard from yet regarding payment. He must be working on his NBA three pointer....

Edit: Haws is working on his top-buckle superfly snuka Bench Press (Margo, is that a real move?) at his new gig at WWE. Pitt, sorry to put you on the spot like that, I forgot you were starting your new job today.

More Snow Overnight!!! Let me know your Status...

Hello All,
I hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving. Bird is the Word. More snow at Okemo overnight, 4-5 inches. Of course the report doesn't say how many inches of rain the day before! But, all-in-all things are looking good. they have opened more trails and are up to 30+. This is a great start. We have a month to pray for a dumping or two or three. On to business. I am still waiting for payment from these people:
Mitch
Pitt
Paul & Gabrielle
If you have not paid yet please let me know your deal sometime soon...