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...and that's a wrap on '22-23. Mrs S and I beat ourselves up on Skylarke and Superstar on two superstar days of mid/high sixties, sun and slush bumps!

Put in a session for the first time at Big Snow. It's pretty surreal going from a mall parking garage to walking into a 28 degree freezer with a quad chair. The park setup is quite fun for what it is. Foe the freeride only crowd it would get boring dast but probably still worth a single mid summer visit. Snow quality was very good at open, soft and no ice. All in all JADIP and I'll prob be back once aor twice a month through the off season.

Did the Distinguished gentleman’s charity ride this morning. Beautiful day to be out on the bike. Had about 60 riders

Just remember to crop those photos kids so you don’t get rando’s skiing in and waving !

Yea I think skylarke/bittersweet is done for the season, another few weeks for superstar. re photos, c’mon Dan non action ski shots are all about beer in the foreground (see above) and “show us your tips”, sheesh 🤓 (sample below) A good ski lean with vehicle AND beer is worth a few points too Maybe we should start a thread for rad internet photos 101 lol!

MVP Hopefully they have some life Sunday

Stayed at my friend’s off grid cabin last night. Elevation about 10,500’. This is the latest in the season she can remember it snowing.

most un-stoke threadjack ever, stop cunting up the k stoke thread with mulch talk!

Not today..yesterday..

Hopefully get mine going in the next few weeks, mothers day is the goal - fathers day is the cutoff lol. I miss amore farms on 512, been going to Lehigh valley garden center. Maybe Ill try Misty valley Tried lots of different types of peppers over the years and settled into hungarian wax peppers, they freeze really well and delicious on eggs etc - great flavor with a touch of heat. Pics for stoke!

The warm weather in April gave a big head start to get the garden looking good. Last month I sowed onions, beets, kale, carrots, parsnips, spinach and lettuce. The strawberries and blueberries are are already in bloom, I noticed a rogue potato popped up the other day (must have missed it last year). I even dug the canna bulbs into the flower bed, so hopefully with the next warm up they will start to poke through. Waiting for night time temps to plant the indoor seedlings: 4 kinds of tomatoes this year, jalapenos, tomatillos, cukes, zukes, dellacata squash. This year I added two cattle panel arches and am hoping to grow most of the vining squash and vine beans off of those. I'm planning to direct sow vining lima beans, pole beans, Illinois long neck squash and per becky boo's request cantaloupe. Keeping my eyes on those night time temps. Whats everyone else growing?

Few more Hawaii pics. We went to this beach and took surfboards and paddled out to this little island called Chinamen’s cap. Full disclosure on what a complete dork I am; even though I grew up in Jersey I never really surfed, I was having a hard time paddling in the choppy water. My son graciously told me to just hold on to his ankle about half way there and he got me the rest of the way. We hiked/climbed to the top. There was a section with a rope someone put there, but since I couldn’t see the top anchor point I didn’t really trust it. So we went another way, no rope. Going up wasn’t bad, coming down there was a sketchy move that took me about 10 min to get the courage to do. This is the wall. All Lava rock which is not only sharp but gets hot in the sun. I beat the crap out of my feet. Me climbing up for scale. It’s pretty vertical. Maybe a 5.5? If I had shoes or was roped in it would have been super easy. Since it was consequential I took more time. views from the top were sweet. There was a military base nearby and we saw 3 big planes fly right over our heads.

New guns arrive... https://fb.watch/kAm-2qPVgZ/

We end up going about once a month over the summer and set a bump line somewhere. We seemed to have started a trend doing it last year as other bumpers in the area have also started doing it. The patrollers got a kick out of us doing it and didn't stop us and even ran the lines. Gave everyone not in the part something else to do, as the one run is short and gets pretty boring after a couple of runs.

Plan on heading out to Meadow View Farm out in Kutztown one of these weekends to pick up pepper and tomato seedlings. They have the best assortment of pepper plants that I've found, everything from the mildest on up to scorching reapers.

Caught this driving through @JFskiDans neighborhood earlier

Checking out Big Snow American Dream tomorrow. 😳

Booked a room in lake placid for the eclipse! Actually found a good hotel that isn’t charging $400 per night.

That's cool AF, I'm normally a very cool customer but there are definitely a couple peeps it would melt my brain. The short tie too is a very tough look to pull off so job well done......unbutton the top button and hide it with the tie is my method.... it looks a little worse but who am I the king of England ?

You guys act like KSL is going to start running this place with good desicions this quick? lol, lol. I dont know how it would be if it wasnt at least a little fucked up.

everywhere i have gone lately with recently improved snowmaking has those new stick guns with the orange anodized heads like the ones on coming soon

Yup. They suck. @Ski2Live Live2Ski

Had another awesome session at Big Snow today. Felt amazing walking into the now familiar fridge. Very light crowds as usual again and a new park build. Ended up grabbing the 6 pack which drops the 2 hour sessions to $33.33. All in all JADIP! 20230515_152655.mp4

Possible frost up this way tomorrow overnight. That can be a buzzkill. Wish it killed weeds like it does vegetables . . .

It was him. Reason I was there actually. He was filming a show to promote his book at the Beacon theater. Only way in was to get an invite. They hit me up with the invite and free tix so I took the day off and went. Fucking cool experience for sure with cameras, directors, multiple takes and shit. Lots of just talking and bullshitting in between takes which was so cool. Bunch of songs etc. Either way I hung out after to see if I could get an autograph. He didn’t stop to sign but walked around, chatted with some folks, thanked peeps for coming then bailed. Seeing the whole band in Vegas later this year so maybe then but then. Lol

@indiggio I had heard that some blue bumpers might be headed up last weekend but didn't see any. there were a ton of rippers though, fun to watch during my frequent rest stops!

Overseeding is doing its job, grass is coming in THICK this year, cross cut it every 3rd day and holds the lines well. First pic is from Tuesday, second is from today. Just wish my neighbor would cut their yard to keep the dandelions out of mine.

Train the children LOL. Becky's been my garden apprentice since she was able to tottle around.

We have some tomatoes, bell and jalapeños. Also butternut squash. Nothing in the ground yet. I always plant zinnias, but it has to be warm for them to germinate, they are still in the package. I also like statice. They make great dried flowers. I start them inside, just haven’t done it yet. We just got back from Edge of the Woods, really cool native plant/ tree place on Route 100 in Orefield. You should check it out. We’re trying to attract more pollinators and birds to our yard. And native plants are usually maintainence free.

Honestly if they can get conditions that we saw on coming soon and spread that across the mountain it would be a huge upgrade. I know CS doesn't have fan guns but whatever they did there I'm hoping they do everywhere.

26 fan new fan guns is a lot. I wonder where they will be putting them? I didn't really see anything about that. Love to see them investing in the place!

Potatoes are well on their way a month in.

I planted 24 (little) Blueberry bushes 20+ years ago. Now they’re 8’ tall , I should have spaced them further apart. I used to cover them with a net but now they’re too large so I feed the birds. My neighbor planted 140 bushes, he has his relatives pick. They were getting to be quite a chore to keep up with. I think the last time I covered them I was getting 3 gallons a day at peak. Last year my son was feeding Bluejays peanuts on our deck and they weren’t happy with peanuts so they went for dessert and cleaned up the Blueberries. I wasn’t too disappointed because I still had some leftover in the freezer. I propagated some Elderberry bushes a couple years ago but the deer are pretty aggressive getting through the fence that I put up. They seem to leave the blueberries alone. I haven’t tried to plant a regular garden yet but maybe next year.

Years ago my dad spent like $300 to have a florist arrange and install fake flower in our four flower pots outside our office. Before that we had real flowers that I watered everyday but the bugs attacked and ate them. We naturally have daffodils and Forsynthias and they are so beautiful.

I've never heard of them but that sounds awesome. I highly recommend Misty Valley Farms off of Kreidersville Road outside of Northampton, they're a greenhouse, have a farm stand and chickens. I think they grow mostly heirloom - I recognize a lot of their items from Baker Creek seed company which is one of my favorites.

I love edge of the woods! I went a few years ago - purchased elderberry, mountain mint and something else (I wish I could remember what). and could have spent hours there. I have a whole list of plants / trees and shrubs I want to get from there, when we have the space. I've propogated elderberry cuttings to add more to our yard over the years... I'm forever squeezing annuals flowers in anywhere I see an open space - I've been trying out companion planting in the garden, too. I'm going to try calendula and safflower in the veggie garden this year. I really like statice , I had trouble getting seeds to germinate when I tried them in the past though.

I really do enjoy having it as a summer option. Scratches the itch a bit and nice to make a afternoon of it. The Yard House was some pretty decent food with a good view of inside the snowdome while eating. The place does have a really cool vibe. The lifties are all really chill as were all the fellow park rats and free carvers alike. Some hard booters both board and ski's were laying down some really hard carves just taking it in on the open side. No problems with overcrowding or beginners and experienced people clashing in such a tiny space at all. I'm sure the weekends are a bit busier.

Legit AF season for Snowbowl this year IT'S OUR LONGEST SEASON EVER Conditions Are Just Too Good - We're Open Till May 29th! Join us this spring to be a part of history and shred with us out on the slopes until Memorial Day! Thanks to the massive amount of snowfall this season and the all-time spring conditions, we're staying open Saturdays and Sundays through May 28th plus Memorial Day! Spring Hours of Operation: • Open Daily Through May 7 | 10 AM-4 PM • Saturdays & Sundays Only Through May 28 | 10 AM-4 PM • Scheduled Closing Date - Memorial Day | 10 AM-4 PM Join us for fun in the sun and let's enjoy the final few weekends of this epic season together!

In Utah….first picture is April of 2022 and second picture is yesterday.

Also construction of the chair storage rail is coming along

Having extra guns is probably more a hedge against a season like we just had with warm temps all year than anything else. More firepower to use during small cold windows. Fan guns because they can use them without upgrading any compressors.

Agreed, I'm trying to take a photo masterclass with Mbike here, enough with the mulch talk

i am convinced, nobody ever drives by my house and says "oh wow, his mulch looks so good". In fact, im pretty sure people drive by my house and say "those arbovities look like huge penis's", due to the deer eating them. Im over the mulch as far as looks are concerned, but i do think it does keep some of the weeds down. I do have an area with landscape stone, and still have to pull weeds out of there. At my last house, i did the whole fabric thing, and then stone, and was good for a while, but then eventually it still would produce weeds.

It's a flannel. Baller Style...unbuttoned With T shirt. 90s are coming back yo and I'm here for it

Here's another one. I saw Pat (guy who's always stretching before open at Blue) around the 14:00 mark.

There is a Facebook group called Bumping Big Snow where the members post about their plans to bump up the fridge. A lot of Blue and Hunter skiers are members. They are planning to be there this Thursday (May 11) from open to close and will be seeding a line or two. I think they have a group on Instagram too, probably with the same name.

Awesome, they seem really cool about that sort of stuff. Staff and everyone enjoying the scene is just a solid good vibe there.

It's a Mennonite farm just north of Bowers where they hold the annual Chili Pepper Festival. We stop at the farm for the Jalapeno ice cream after going to the festival each year. The farm grows a ton of peppers and also has homemade desserts and such. The seedlings are very cheap too.

Wonder what they’re charging for tickets. If I didn’t have to work, I’d seriously consider a trip out there. Hike the Superstitions, head to Sedona, ski a couple days, then to GC. Dream vacation.