total feet skiied so far: around 22,963 feet
So, the “Tropical Ski Bum” adventure has started, MauiSkiBus.com left Maui {11/04/2011} on the Matson barge and two weeks later arrived in LA. A few days there getting suppiles and off to Big Bear, CA. for a hike up and a ski down, as the conditions there did not warrant buying a lift ticket. 1 down, 99 to go.
From there is was off to Mammoth, CA. to get my brand new set of Fischer skis, bindings, and boots. Travis at Footloose Sports in Mammoth did an excellant job fitting the boots and Tony, Andrea, and Shirley were awesome too. I have been into numerous ski shops and I believe that this is one of the best that I have ever seen. Skied there on decent early season snow conditions with Carolyn part of the day and then on my own to get some vertical feet in.
After a five hour drive to Tahoe, we were able to check-in the Olympic Village Inn in Squaw Valley, Lake Tahoe. There is not that much snow here, so I will take the oppurtunity to do projects on MauiSkiBus.com. The dogs are doing fine and love the snow. Gykaiya really comes alive in the snow and both {Franklin}are protecting MauiSkiBus.com when we are not there.