2006
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Saturday with all 4 snowboard supervisors. I taught a level 4 lesson (1 guy) in the morning. A nasty rain squall passed through right at lunch time, then it sorta drizzled for a while. All the supervisors and managers had a meeting all afternoon. That night was the Learning Center end-of-season party and my video presentation seemed to go over well.

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Took the dogs over to Healdville to walk, but didn't find the actual trail to the top of Okemo mountain until we were driving back out. I took the day off since i'll be the only supervisor working all this week due to everyone else being off at AASI clinics.

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Dead, dead, dead. I was the only snowboard supervisor working today. No lessons. A bunch of us rode around jumping things in the morning, then some people watched "The 40 Year Old Virgin" up in the locker room in the afternoon.

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Heavy rain/snow mix all day (snain?). No lessons of any kind. Hardly any customers. I took a couple of runs but the snow was like glue and i couldn't get any speed to go anywhere. Dan let all the instructors go home after 10 o'clock line-up, then let the supervisors go home at 2:00.

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They groomed out all the new snow, but it was still pretty nice carvy stuff. The halfpipe was cut and i was getting air out of it, plus i stalled out on the top of the quarter-pipe, which was way cool. The memo went out today that the mountain's closing on Sunday the 9th. Yeah, we're all ready.

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Aaron and D2 were in today, so i wasn't the only supervisor. No lessons again, but the snow was pretty nice. I took Shannon, who works at the Learning Center desk, out for a lesson in the morning. In the afternoon i shot some pics of Dane sliding over the C-box.

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Walked the dogs over on the Healdville trailhead. It started to rain as i was driving over there so we didn't walk for too long.

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Supervisors had to teach first, so i taught a morning level-1 group of 2 adults and missed the "Huck and Chuck", then taught the same two in the afternoon and missed the Slush Cup. Oh well. That evening i drove down to Londonderry for Curt's end-of-season party. I brought the dogs down and invited my friend Daphne, who lives down there. Turns out she knew a couple of the Okemo people at the party.

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Last day of the season. Aaron taught a morning level-1 group (1 kid) while i rode the halfpipe and the C-box (C-box photos by Gary Caviness, Me yawning photo by Ian Cunningham)
and i taught the last snowboard lesson of the season, a level-1 group of 3 kids, in the afternoon. So i taught the last lesson of last year,
the first lesson of this year, and the last lesson of this year. I gotta stop this.

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Spent the day working on the end-of-season DVD. Walked the dogs up at Okemo and picked up all my gear from the Wernick House.

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Met Aaron, Nicole, and some other folks up at the half-pipe and hiked it for a while (took 4 runs). Later in the afternoon i drove over to Wallingford to play ultimate.

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Took the dogs to the vet for their heartworm tests.

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Walked the dogs along the AT/LT.

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Aaron and i hiked with the dogs up to the top of White Rocks. I spent most of the rest of the day packing.

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Easter. Finished packing up and drove to Shunk with a full trailer.

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Lake's low.

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The fruits of my wintertime eBaying...

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We're having some logging done on our property.

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I got the DVDs of the Okemo End-Of-Season video and started mailing them out to people who ordered them (www.blankpub.com/okemo).

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Cleaned up the Scamp and packed up for a road trip.

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480 Miles

Drove from Baumunk's Lake to Rod & Karen's house in Athens, WV.

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354 Miles

Drove from Athens, WV to Dale Hollow Lake State Resort Park, KY.

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343 Miles

Drove from Dale Hollow Lake to Linda & Brett's house in Memphis, TN. They were having a party that night for Linda's department at the college where she teaches.

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265 Miles

Hung out with Linda, Brett, and their kids Alex and Callum while heavy weather raged through Arkansas. Finally left at about 1:30 and drove through a couple hours of rain and out the other side of the storm. Camped at Bear Creek Recreation Area in Kirby, AR next to Lake Greeson.

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597 Miles

Put down some miles today. Kirby, AR to Lariat, TX. I was pushing into a headwind most of the day and was a little nervous that my truck was running so hot. But it survived the day. I camped at a small rest stop outside of Lariat.

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