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Jackson Hole Mountain Resort
Rendevous Mountain reports three inches of new snow, so Ann and I head for the mountain with Jon and Katja to give it a try. The new snow is just enough to soften the icy base and make it fun. Jon and Katja give us a good tour of the mountain, starting on Apres Vous…
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Shadow Mountain Tour
We plan to hit the ski lifts at Teton Village while we’re in Jackson, but we’re hoping for some new snow first. In the meantime, I head out with my dad and Sarah for another cross country outing, this time to Shadow Mountain. Once again we follow a forest road packed by snowmobiles, but this…
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Cache Creek Backhill Ride
We’re in Jackson Hole, Wyoming with my dad and Sarah, staying with Ann’s uncle Jon. Dad has bestowed upon me a piece of gear I’ve dreamed about for years, a Voile split board. It splits into wide skis with skins for touring up the hill, then joins into a snowboard for bombing down. I can’t…
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Geo Mashup 1.0 Beta 2 Release
A couple of adjustments were needed to run under WordPress 2.1. The GeoMashup home page has been updated. This may be the release I eventually call 1.0. There were 125 downloads of 1.0 Beta 1, and no issues reported.
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Instant Art
Before the ink has dried on the post, mom sends me a painting of my weekend snowshoe outing! Sean and Rogan win the muse of the week prize.
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The incredible shrinking Snowy Range
On our third try in as many weeks we finally make it to the Snowy Range Ski Area for an afternoon of turns. This is the place where I learned to snowboard back before Burton figured out that snowboards didn’t need fins like surfboards. It kept me out of at least as much trouble as…
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A snowshoe stroll up Crystal Mountain Road
I actually had the trail up to Lookout Mountain in mind for a snowshoe outing today, but not knowing the area Sean and I stop just a bit too soon at Crystal Mountain Road, and start up that. It’s uncannily warm compared to recent temperatures, and perfectly still. We’ve soon peeled down to short sleeves.…
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Our first cold winter in the fifth wheel
Our outside thermometer hasn’t hit a high above freezing for over a week now. We’ve been having plumbing problems in the RV, but I’m not sure they’re all related to the cold. One definitely is – my arduously heat-taped water intake hose finally froze, and I’m afraid I broke it while feeling it to see…
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Movie: Look At Me (2005)
A French film that delivers pronounced but believable characters in polarized relationships. Fame in one character creates invisibility in another, dominance creates submission, desire creates rejection. Plenty of time is devoted to character development, which I always find a relief after too many American films. Referred by the preview
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Movie: Water (2006)
This is the third film in Deepak Metha’s Fire, Earth, Water trilogy. This time the story centers on the treatment of widows in India, with the cultural changes brought by Mohandas Ghandi during his fast providing the historical backdrop. All of these movies are at the same time gritty and romantic, and for me at…