Day 1: Grafton Notch to West Baldpate Shelter, 2 miles, 2 hours, 1095'
Saturday dawned with mixed weather in the forecast. It wasn't a particularly nice morning, but that was okay, as we expected to hit the trail around dinnertime. We took care of last-minute house issues and packing, then hopped on the road.

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After 8 years I *finally* got up on Franconia Ridge in winter! While I'd done the hike in winter conditions not too long ago, this was the first time I'd been up there in calendar winter, and quite likely the strongest winds I've ever hiked in ( Read more... )

The snow came down Sunday night, Sabrina had Monday off, and so did I. I had taken it just to spend the day together skiing somewhere, since she had to work the weekend. As it turned out, Cannon got over a foot of fresh powder. It was windy as heck, low visibility up top, snow drifts everywhere, and not a light, champagne powder but a little denser ( Read more... )

This was only my third time skiing out west, and what an amazing trip it was! I got to experience two new ski areas, Heavenly and Squaw Valley, and what it means to ski fresh powder. The trip was arranged by my friend Kathryn, but regrettably her husband Bob was fighting the death flu and wouldn't be joining us. We would, however, be meeting up ( Read more... )

For all you coders out there, just a reminder that time_t hits decimal 1234567890 on Feb 13, 2009 at 18:31:30 EST.

Both Khan and Number Six passed today beyond the veil. A sad day, indeed.

Not sure when folks will last be online, so I wanted to make sure to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy Holiday Season!!!

Governor orders state workers to stay home.
Schools are closed.
Events are cancelled.
Many businesses are closing early.

I bet all these people won't stay home, but will try to go out Christmas shopping and make an utter disaster of the roads when the snow comes.

Idjits.

Have a wonderful, love and family-filled Thanksgiving everyone!

Water coming out of the kitchen tap when set to hot is scalding hot, so I set the hot water heater back from 'B' to 'Normal'. Now it seems just right, but the shower and bath run too cool. Do pressure-balanced faucets have a mix control that I can set, or a limit stop that I can raise? I don't want to leave the heater set as high as it was, but ( Read more... )