Ski Paoli!

Gentle Reader:

Apologies to any who read my 50th Anniversary post and then came back on Monday (26 Feb, and tomorrow according to the time-stamp on this post) looking for the ski pictures that i promised. Things got busy. Unfortunately, pictures weren't that good, either. But here we go.

Point of order, BTW -- is it considered poor "form" to blatantly manipulate the date of Blog postings and write as if it were really that day? I have decided when doing so, i shall set the time to 12:00 a.m. on the fictional date. So, midnight posts don't mean i've been up all night blogging, but that i am fudging it.

Now, on with the post!

"Today" (see note above) we had the wonderful opportunity to go skiing with our neighbors. Despite the less-than-ideal weather (it rained about half the time), we had a great time! Pictured, at left, is Petite with our neighbor... we'll call her "L". (Note smiles indicative of having a great time, and gray sky, indicative of poor weather. I'm not making this stuff up!)

Paoli Peaks, about an hour south of Bloomington, turned out to be a pretty decent little ski resort. It wasn't Deer Valley or Alta or Loon Mountain or Breckenridge... but for the difference in plane fare, it was darned nice! (And huge props to them for actually having snow, in Indiana, near March, after a week of 40 degrees and rainy.) We'll likely go back next year now that we know.

As for this trip, we lucked into free passes that our wonderful and very generous neighbors had received and were awesome enough to share with us. We'll call our neighbors "C&L" due due the semi-anonymous policy of this Blog. "C" and myself are not pictured. Sorry.

After skiing we stopped in the charming Paoli town square for dinner at Los Compadres, an adorable (and colorful) little Mexican restaurant. Unfortunately i was the only one desiring dessert, and was actually pretty full after my "Dos Chimichangas" so i had to pass on the Flan. (Cry.) If anyone has tried it, let me know how it is.

One thing I noticed on the trip that i've not noticed at other resorts before -- and which betrays the fact that I am a boy, with tendencies toward geekiness -- was how they counter-balance the lifts. There is this huge block of limestone (pictured at right) that would rise and wane with the weight of skiers on the chairs. Is this how it's done elsewhere, or just at ski resorts within a stone's throw of the Limestone Capital of the World? (Folks, you won't find this kind of introspective musing on any other Blog.)

Thanks for stopping by!