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Skier Days: Sara(7), Caroline(3), Susan(0), Charles(1)


Having taken last Wednesday as a day off, this was the first work day in 5 days.   It started off well as Sara got up and going quickly.  We seem to be getting into a bit of  groove.  She  was the first one at the Competition Center this morning.   There was a light mist, fog and low hanging clouds that were not at all what we are hoping for.   I got back to my desk and dug into the back log of emails.   The day just blew by with one two hour phone conference dominating the morning and some digging into a new issue filling a bunch of the afternoon.   No pictures today.  I had one trip down to Bethel mid-afternoon to bring Sara some money, the crew was going to head down to Walmart to pick up supplies.

I took a short side trip to the local hardware store to pick up a fresh pair of insulated work gloves, a windshield scraper, a folding shovel and some cool blue duct tape (you can never have enough duct tape).   My skis were ready to go when I checked in at South Ridge.  They have a super cool tuning machine that is run by an equally cool professional tuning women.  She and the machine did the most awesome job on my skis that I thought they were a different pair.  You get one free tune per season with your Gold Pass and I definitely think I may take them up on it sometime later in the season.   The machine has put my hand tuning skills to shame.  It is a beast and well worth it..

When the fog lifted the mountain looked just a bit browner and dingier than it did yesterday.  Fortunately the temps have dropped down into the twenties tonight,  the sky is clear and you can hear the snow guns running non-stop right outside my window.  It looks like they are going to give it another try on filling in the distance to the lifts at the bottom.  I'll try to post some picture then.

Sara crashed quickly tonight and I was able to finish up my status report while watching the New Orleans Saints just smoke the Patriots.   (sigh...).   Tomorrow is going to be another busy day on the mountain with Sara training in the morning and having her first classes; Algebra, Science, and Humanities.  Dad might even try to get out for a couple of runs before lunch...