Travel
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Stratton, VT
Tamarack The Drive A weekend roadtrip up to Stratton, VT with some friends sounded like a good idea. A six hour drive from Philadelphia, we thought it best to leave at 5pm on a Friday. Arriving around mid night as I was carpooling the driver was getting tired, so I took over for the final hour. I was also pretty tired, but still more alert as I hadn’t been driving the last five hours. Well soon after the car owner went to sleep it started to snow, the roads hadn’t been re-salted and the fog was coming in. This would be the first time I drove in the snow, luckily…
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Blue Mountain, PA
Challenge Express Lift It’s the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, and the USA is killing it. What has this got to do with a small ski resort in lower Pennsylvania? While I didn’t have a long weekend due to Presidents Day on the 19th, it seems many others did. Many others. A decent snow storm came through on the 17th, with 6 inches of fresh powder. These three factors combined into what amounted to be lift lines around one hour long. Lines so long that Blue Mountain stopped selling lift passes before lunch time. Traffic jams that blocked the access roads and the carparks, no one could get in or…
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Superbowl LII
Superbowl LII-Broad St The Eagles win their first Super Bowl in 2018. The celebrations post game, the next morning, and the parade. February, 2018 Superbowl LII-Road Block Superbowl LII-Locust and Broad St Superbowl LII-Broad St Superbowl LII-Broad St Wawa Superbowl LII-Walnut and Broad St Superbowl LII-Locust and 13th St Superbowl LII-13th St Superbowl LII-Grease Pole Superbowl LII-Chestnut and 17th St Superbowl LII-Chestnut and 17th St Superbowl LII-Break-in Superbowl LII-Boarding Windows Superbowl LII-Broad St before the Parade Superbowl LII-Market and 15th St Superbowl LII-Trophy with Wentz Superbowl LII-City Hall Facebook Twitter Whatsapp Link
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Belleayre, NY
Below Lift 7 at Overlook Lodge History The year is 1839 and Stephen Van Rensselaer III has died. Stephen was the landowner of Rensselaeswyck and collected rents in a very lenient fashion allowing rents to be in arrears when tenets were unable to pay in full. When the Van Rensselaer heirs went to collect the outstanding rents, causing a revolt that lasted until 1845. Belleayre in the Catskills was once such location where the Rent Wars occurred. Fast-forward to 2018 and I’m here to go snowboarding with some buddies. Belleayre is a smaller resort owned by New York State. Since it doesn’t have a big name it’s not very crowded…
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Sugarloaf, ME
Sugarloaf Ski Resort Absolute zero, -273.15° C (-459.67° F), how cold does this feel? I’m not 100% certain, but I got part of the way there when I rode Sugarloaf during the 2018 New Year. Negative twenty six degrees Celsius (-15° F) is the official number. The lifties kindly kept us updated during the day, -55° C (-75° F) was the coldest I saw on one of their whiteboards. Whether that included a windchill factor I’m not certain. Given the averages for that time of year is between -9° to 0° C (16° to 31° F) it was a bit unusual. The Drive This trip was a roadtrip with friends.…
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2017 Year In Review Video
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The Three Sisters
Glencoe: The Three Sisters Bidean nam Bian, the Scottish name for the Three Sisters. Named one of the best views in the United Kingdom, this area also has a lot of history. The Three Sisters are located in an area once owned by Clan Macdonald. Coire Gabhail was used as an area to hide their livestock they owned, or stole. Clan Campbell commonly had feuds with Clan Macdonald and in 1692 the Massacre of Glencoe occurred. We hiked up a trail called the Coire Gabhail, The Lost Valley. Walking Highlands has a well laid out description and details of the hike. Once we arrived at the stream we decided…
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Montreal Grand Prix
Montreal Grand Prix 2017 Start The Canadian Grand Prix, the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve has seen many great races over the years. Originally called Ile Notre Dame Circuit and constructed in 1978, and renamed in 1982 in honor of Canadian Formula one driver Gilles Villeneuve, it has held a race since then, except in 1987 and 2009. Why did I come to this race? Because it’s a race that always excites, tight corners and long straights present a compromise in car setup between the slow and fast sections of the track. The weather can also add in a little something to create drama, like Jenson Button’s win in 2011 in a…
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Steamboat, CO
Valley Below The middle of winter, the best time to go to the snow. For one week in February 2017, suddenly, it wasn’t the best time to be in Colorado, unless you wanted to work on your tan. With the highs up into the 20s C (70s F), the snow is going to suffer. While my timing was unlucky, Steamboat was still a fun mountain to ride, especially with my experience riding the east coast ice pack. Steamboat has some elevation to help keep the snow closer to the optimal temperatures near the summit of 2,050 m (6,732 ft). Steamboat Ski Resort is easily accessible from Denver airport, I took…
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