* St. Patrick's Day
this year was celebrated in spite of the rain and in spite of missing a day of
skiing for the first time in memory. The pictures tell of our celebration
at home in the homemade Irish sweaters made by Buffy.
The rain may have prevented skiing but it did not prevent having fun |
Thanks to friend Bonne the celebration continued at home |
* Buffy's birthday
celebrated on March 14th not only was time to celebrate her special day but
also the promise of new snow. This was true again this year.
The photos below document the new snow and a full day of birthday celebrations
at the lift where friends and MC staff sang "Happy Birthday", honored her by
first chair and first tracks followed by another celebration on the deck at MC
South with more ski buddies. It was a fun day.
Buffy points at measured "Birthday" snow |
Lift attendants & ski buddies sing "Happy Birthday" Buffy |
The Birthday party continues on the MC South deck |
* For years John
has been well served by his old Rossi skies. As a late birthday gift
Buffy sourced a pair of replacement skies the could not be resisted since the
old skies were on their last legs. John gave the oldskiers a kiss and
said good bye and celebrated the new skies on the lift at Mountain Creek.
John kisses his old skies good by after years of service. |
Then donates them to the great ski heaven in the sky. |
John & Buffy with new skies on the Cab at Mountain Creek |
* John's birthday was
celebrated on March 2nd with friends skiing, enjoying après ski on the deck of
Mountain Creek South and capping of a GREAT day with a delicious cake and
homemade ice cream with Buffy.
John Enjoys celebrating his birthday with ski buddies |
John ready to blow out the candles on Buffy's ski cake |
John ready to blow out the candles on Buffy's ski cake |
* Buffy & John
continue to support and have pride in the Adaptive Sports Program at Mountain
Creek they helped found. They enjoyed skiing with their friend Nick Cerrato the young man who inspired them to start the program along with Tim
Stone and Steve Baumann who administer the program. To see more Nick
skiing photos click HERE.
Buffy with Tim, Pattie, Nick and Martin prior to Nick's skiing |
Nick heading for the slopes after leaving the Cabriolet lift |
* Tuesday 2/2/2022 was
made more special than it being 2222 by some of our ski buddies from our days
as ski coaches at Hidden Valley showing up to enjoy a day on the slopes at
Mountain Creek. It was a fun reunion.
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Rich, John, Buffy with Gary Jimbo, Davy & Super G on the Sugar Slope
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* Buffy & John
kicked off the month of February with a "Blue Bird" ski day at Mountain Creek
that began at Vernon North at 9 AM with excellent runs on perfect corduroy
until 11:30 when the couple headed to Mountain Creek South for a few more runs
on new corduroy on beginning at 12:00 noon. It was the best ski day of
the season celebrated with a few adult beverages on the deck with friends Rich,
Bonnie and many of the regulars.
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Buffy & John celebrate another rotten day in heaven
at Mountain Creek South |
* Half the fun of
skiing is après skiing on the deck of the lodge at South. Buffy, John,
Rich and Bonnie enjoyed another rotten day in heaven with a few adult beverages
at South on Tuesday, January 25th to complete a fun day on the slopes.
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* Buffy & John
attended the ribbon cutting ceremony and celebration of the opening of Hef's
Hut at the Great Gorge Golf Club and produced a press release for the local
papers to share the news. Great Gorge is on the site of the old Playboy
Club and where the Buffy & John learned to play golf. Additional
photos can be viewed on Facebook by clicking HERE. See the article posted online by the Advertiser News by clicking HERE.
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Buffy & Mayor Howard Burell & Chamber of Commerce
President |
Buffy with some of the guests celebrating Hef's Hut opening |
* January 2022
delivered some of the coldest days in recent memory with the temperature
falling to 0 degrees on Sunday, the 16th but that did not prevent Buffy and
John from hitting the slopes. Neck cowls knotted by Buffy helped keep out
the cold.
Snowboarding buddy Mark took this photo |
Buffy took this selfie on the Sugar Lift |
* Ski season was
advanced by the first real snow of the 2022 season. our snow man snow
depth indicator measured 3.5 inches. With the gift of fresh snow we
headed to Mountain Creek for our 15th day of skiing.
1st snow of 2022 measures nearly 4 inches |
Buffy enjoys some runs at Mountain Creek in the fresh snow |
* The 2021-2022 ski
season kicked off at Mountain Creek on Thursday, December 23rd with a early
Christmas gift of cold snow making weather from Mother Nature. Buffy &
John were again given the honor of riding the first chair on Opening Day with
friends Mike and Lou.
* Buffy & John continued the tradition of thanking their
lift attendant friends with a gift of homemade cookies following Christmas Day.
