Wiffle Ball with a Slip and Slide

It is August 24th, and its a beautiful late summer Saturday.  What better way to celebrate than with a 7 minute video documenting our epic Wiffle Ball game with a slip and slide surprise from Ryan's bachelor party this past August.  Enjoy!

Potatoes, anyone?

 

Nice still shot of the field.

Pre-Wiffle Ball Game Paintball Shot

And - the 7 minute video.  Enjoy!

Tuckerman Ravine - April 27, 2013

Long time no post - but one last treat from the ski season.  My dad and I headed up to Tuckerman Ravine for the annual season finale on April 27 and met Scott, Dean, and Chris Osgood (and Watson, their golden retriever) in the bowl. 

 

(Watson, Glamour Shot).

 



Rio de Janeiro & Buzios, Brazil - April 12-20, 2013

After some soul searching, I decided this blog is really more about "getting out there" and "doing interesting things" rather than just skiing, hiking, and mountain biking.  So to that end, I'm going to start documenting some of my more interesting travels.  First up: The trip Kelly and I took to Brazil from April 12th to 20th.  Rather than writing a chronology of events, I'm just going to write some blurbs about a few of our adventures in no particular order.  Necessarily going to have to leave some stuff out (a blog entry can only be so long!) Hopefully this format is agreeable with the huge number (roughly 3) of loyal followers that I have :-)

- Kelly and I on Sugarloaf -

 



 



 

- Scenery Video.  Really captures what Brazil is like! -

Gulf of Slides and Ammo Ravine - April 6th & 7th, 2013

Last weekend Scott and I (and Jon on Saturday, making his New England backcountry season debut!) headed up to North Conway.  Jon and I drove up to Portsmouth the night before, met Scott, and we all headed up together first thing Saturday morning.

Lots of weather discussion on the way up - we hoped to spend both days exploring the west side and/or Oakes Gulf and save Tuckerman and/or the Gulf of Slides for a later spring day.  But Saturday was going to be cold with a strong NW wind, and we thought skinning up the Cog wouldn't be very pleasant under those conditions (very exposed).  So we headed to the Gulf of Slides. 

On Sunday, the prediction was for clouds, a chance of rain or sleet, and an even strong wind, but coming from the S or SW.  We thought if we just went up the Ammo trail, rather than the Cog, and stayed below the treeline in Ammo Ravine, we might be protected from the wind, get in a few turns and check out the area for the first time before heading home in advance of the precipitation.  Both plans worked out nicely.

North Tripyramid, NH - March 23, 2013

North Tri-what you ask?  North Tripyramid.  Where is - no, check that - what is that? North Tripyramid is a 4,000+ foot mountain off of Rte 49 in NH, just down the bend from the well-known Waterville Valley ski area.

On March 23, 2012, North Tripyramid also happened to offer some of the best turns I've ever enjoyed in New England, and I've been skiing here since the Regan administration.  Scott, Ryan (first time on skins!) and I met at our usual spot, the Concord Trailways in Concord, NH at 7 a.m. and headed north from there.