When the Beatles first came to the USA, screaming girls fainted at the sight of John, Paul, George, and Ringo. How could a rise to fame so fast not be met with such fanfar? When MauiSkiBus returned to a mountain top ski area in northern Montana, the rise to fanfare was a surprise, with screaming [...]
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Hot Springs Yoga Without the Booze Man
Sign, sign, everywhere a sign, bockin’ out the scenery, breakin’ my mind, do this, don’t do that, can’t you read the sign? Driving around the western USA/Canada, MauiSkiBus sees beauty, mountains and mountains, and signs. Montana, especially, open beautiful scenery, huge valleys, and signs. Everywhere it seems are signs. Signs that deter from the beauty [...]
A Lone 100 Years to Nordic Ski
A low resting heart rate means a fit, relaxed soul. Top notch free divers can be around 30 beats per minutes. Tour de France cyclists add a beat or a few more to this. MauiSkiBus hovers around 44. A winter sport can assist an heart to be around this resting heart level. This sport is [...]
Wring Your Body Sponge with Stones of Yoga
Germs. Bacteria. Mold. Where is one of the easiest places for these to grow in all homes? Where it is warm, wet, and has dark shadows. The kitchen sink, more precisely, the kitchen sponge. Let a moist sponges sit idles for a few days and then take a smell. Rank, for sure to your sense [...]
A Big, Huge, Gynormous Sky to Ski
Fear. So many different types. Fear of flying, fear of heights, fear of dogs, fear of snakes/spiders, fear of public speaking, fear of _____, even fear of sitting near rocking anchored boats making one lady seasick. Yes, this did happen once on Maui. What about fear of being alone? Many people have never spent a week alone, [...]
Be Well, Awake Santosha
Alarm goes off. Oh, just a few more minutes. Hit snooze. Alarm goes off again. Dread getting up, out of bed, to start the day. Coffee starts automatically. The smell of fresh coffee, teases the morning nostrils. OK, now a reason to get up. This is the morning ritual for millions and millions. On MauiSkiBus, [...]
Darcy’s Wind River Chimes Dedication
Stepping into so many different yoga studios the ski season 2015, MauiSkiBus seems to run out of things to write or explain. So simple will be here, however simple is not the word to describe a Darcy, owner of Wind River Yoga Studio, in Pinedale Wyoming. The entry way/front office area walls are plastered with [...]
Six Bucks of White Pine
“How did you handle the post success depression?’, was the question asked at the Explores Club in New York City. The year was 1999 and MauiSkiBusSteve, more known as DaSlippsSteve had jus been inducted into one of the most prestigious clubs in the world. A world known psychologist had been listening to the conversation pertaining [...]
Airware of Breath in J Hole
A troubled person searches far and wide for the meaning of life, trekking across the driest deserts, foraging through the densest jungles, climbing numerous mountain ranges. Upon one range, the troubled person stumbles upon an ancient monastery, knocks on the weathered oak door, and with an echoing creak, the door opens, and standing there is [...]
A Targhee is Worth a Grand
Pass. A car passes, so does a quarterback. A pass is used to get in. MauiSkiBus receives passes. Draftees get passed by. Pass the plate. Getting ready to pass, passed on by, then the past. Not here, as this pass can being passive aggressive. MauiSkiBus has ventured to this ski area in the distant past, [...]