Skiing in New Hampshire

Jane, Elizabeth, John, David, Kate, Ron and I had a great time this weekend skiing and celebrating Ron's 50th birthday.

Elizabeth and John got out ahead of the Friday storm, coming to Durham late Thursday night, and David hopped a bus to Durham on Friday afternoon, and we caravaned in two cars up to North Conway toward the tail end of the storm that night.

Saturday dawned partly sunny and Kate, Elizabeth, John, David, Jane and I headed up to Attitash Bear Peak. The Friday storm left about three inches or so on Bear Peak, so the skiing was very, very good, but got icy where it got pushed off late in the morning. We stuck to the lower half of the mountain during the afternoon and had a ball.

Ron's 50th birthday on Tuesday was excuse enough for a big dinner at Delaney's on Saturday night ... ribs, steak, wings, nachos ... we went whole hog and had a great dinner, followed by a trip to Cranmore for a night of Cranapalooza -- band in the bar and fireworks on the mountain.

Sunday was spectacularly sunny with warming temperatures, so we skied a half day morning at Black Mountain, and it was one of the more wonderful days of skiing I've had in a long, long time. Every run was perfectly groomed, the sun shone brightly, and there was hardly anyone on the hill, so Elizabeth, John, David, Kate, Ron and I skied really hard for our half day. Jane sat this one out but enjoyed the morning with a book sitting on the beautifully sunny deck.

Check out the picture to the left.

I'm hoping Margaret will post once she settles in from the Wolfepack trip to Idaho.

Paul