Category Archives: vacation

Skiing with the Family

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Dave

This weekend finds my family on the mountain again. The temperature today is just below freezing, but warmer temperatures yesterday and a few hours of freezing rain left the snow granular and hard packed in western Maryland.

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It Was a Precious Moment

Posted on August 15, 2010 by Dave

While traveling home from Arkansas, my wife and I stopped at the Precious Moments Park and Chapel in Carthage, Missouri. We expected to find a small gift shop selling figurines; instead, we entered a magic kingdom for obsessed collectors.

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Not Too Much Snow To Ski

Posted on February 6, 2010 by Dave

Soon after I wrote my last post, a snow thrower came into our neighborhood, cleaning not only the primary access road but the street in front of our mountain retreat. Within a few minutes my family was dressed and ready to ski.

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Too Much Snow To Ski

Posted on February 6, 2010 by Dave

When is there too much snow to ski?

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