Colorado skiing distracted me. I went to Vail, Keystone, and Breckenridge.
Of the three, Breckenridge was the best deal (ate at the outside grill). Simple access from free parking, Good runs, solid all around.
Vail was a disaster in the morning due to strangely perfectly gray clouds, which created strange white-out zero-visibility conditions. In the afternoon, the sun came out, but too late, where the legendary aspect of the legendary back bowls became apparent. Go to Vail when it's sunny. If it's windy and overcast, do China bowl and Blue Sky Basin. Vail's parking is $16, make sure you drive to the bottom level of the parking garage, so you don't have to do any stair climbing in ski boots. Vail did really distinguish itself with the best touches all around, you really have to go skiing in Vail if you go to Denver-area resorts.
Keystone was the worst of the three, even besides the fact it was the coldest and windiest that day. They have some good glades, and I got substantially better skiing moguls on this, my third consecutive day skiing. The walk to the mountain is long, consider bringing some cheap shoes and a bag so you can walk to the base of the mountain (it's at least a quarter mile of walking), and put the shoes in a bag under one of the benches. The runs were short-ish on the backside. Food was as expensive as Vail, without the service. Not that it's awful, but I think I'll try A-Basin next year, despite it's bad rep for being cold and windy.
Maybe I'll go to Aspen for a weekend trip with a group too.
Anyway, the Colts just played the Steelers, I only watched the first half, but Tarik Glenn (Colts' LT) singlehandedly ruined the offense in the first half. False starts, blown blocks, just terrible, looked like a Vegas fix. Especially that blatant false start on the goal line. Terrible. The defense gave up two touchdowns to the Steelers and looked lackluster too. At least it wasn't the Patriots, and Manning really did well when his offensive line decided to block, so the Sports Guy can't do his annoying anti-Manning screed without looking like an idiot.
I like the Steelers, so it is win-win, and the Steelers-Broncos will be a great game. I'll probably be rooting for the Steelers, since Cowher has had so much disappointment in the playoffs, the Bus hung on for this season in a reduced role to go to the Super Bowl, and I really like Antwaan Randle-El, Troy Polamaou.
Much like the NFC championship of the 80s and 90s, the AFC championship is for the NFL championship. None of the NFC teams stand a chance, they're all worse than the Eagles from last year, whereas the AFC teams are all equal or better than the Patriots from the year before: equivalent defense, better running games, equivalent passing offenses and quarterbacks. The Bears or Panthers will win the NFC berth, which shows how horrible they are.
BTW, to complete the weekly rant about how shitty the news is, the #1 problem with TV news has to be the emotionalization of the news, rather than any sort of logical dissection and analysis or insight. Instead, everything is raw emotional or instinctual relation, from 9/11 to Iraq to hurricanes.
Of the three, Breckenridge was the best deal (ate at the outside grill). Simple access from free parking, Good runs, solid all around.
Vail was a disaster in the morning due to strangely perfectly gray clouds, which created strange white-out zero-visibility conditions. In the afternoon, the sun came out, but too late, where the legendary aspect of the legendary back bowls became apparent. Go to Vail when it's sunny. If it's windy and overcast, do China bowl and Blue Sky Basin. Vail's parking is $16, make sure you drive to the bottom level of the parking garage, so you don't have to do any stair climbing in ski boots. Vail did really distinguish itself with the best touches all around, you really have to go skiing in Vail if you go to Denver-area resorts.
Keystone was the worst of the three, even besides the fact it was the coldest and windiest that day. They have some good glades, and I got substantially better skiing moguls on this, my third consecutive day skiing. The walk to the mountain is long, consider bringing some cheap shoes and a bag so you can walk to the base of the mountain (it's at least a quarter mile of walking), and put the shoes in a bag under one of the benches. The runs were short-ish on the backside. Food was as expensive as Vail, without the service. Not that it's awful, but I think I'll try A-Basin next year, despite it's bad rep for being cold and windy.
Maybe I'll go to Aspen for a weekend trip with a group too.
Anyway, the Colts just played the Steelers, I only watched the first half, but Tarik Glenn (Colts' LT) singlehandedly ruined the offense in the first half. False starts, blown blocks, just terrible, looked like a Vegas fix. Especially that blatant false start on the goal line. Terrible. The defense gave up two touchdowns to the Steelers and looked lackluster too. At least it wasn't the Patriots, and Manning really did well when his offensive line decided to block, so the Sports Guy can't do his annoying anti-Manning screed without looking like an idiot.
I like the Steelers, so it is win-win, and the Steelers-Broncos will be a great game. I'll probably be rooting for the Steelers, since Cowher has had so much disappointment in the playoffs, the Bus hung on for this season in a reduced role to go to the Super Bowl, and I really like Antwaan Randle-El, Troy Polamaou.
Much like the NFC championship of the 80s and 90s, the AFC championship is for the NFL championship. None of the NFC teams stand a chance, they're all worse than the Eagles from last year, whereas the AFC teams are all equal or better than the Patriots from the year before: equivalent defense, better running games, equivalent passing offenses and quarterbacks. The Bears or Panthers will win the NFC berth, which shows how horrible they are.
BTW, to complete the weekly rant about how shitty the news is, the #1 problem with TV news has to be the emotionalization of the news, rather than any sort of logical dissection and analysis or insight. Instead, everything is raw emotional or instinctual relation, from 9/11 to Iraq to hurricanes.
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