March - Fall Line Ski Club

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Steamboat Springs
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the operation and get back in time to
catch the plane with the group home.
He still had two unused days on his
lift ticket. Most likely, he will get the
refund for the tickets just in time to
pay the down payment for a trip next
year with the club. Scott, you have to
come back and ski with us again!
Unfortunately, the time came to an
end and we had to start heading
home, but not before a breakfast of
champions- oatmeal, grapefruit, wine
and anything you could mix with
vodka. Now that is the way to start
the day - no alcohol abuse in this
club. Getting back proved to be a bit
more challenging then getting there.
Jim Daisey almost got kicked off the
airplane for drinking beer that was
not purchased on the plane. It must
have been a tough day for Dennis
Halterman, rumor has it he was
drinking water on the plane- some
one has the photo to prove it- but, it
could have been vodka. The airport
in Colorado refused to accept ski
bags or boot bags that had any
clothes in them so everyone was
frantically repacking their bags so
they did not have to pay extra when
they got to the “Bag Nazi”. Getting
the bus driver at the Newark airport
to the same level where 42 people
and their bags were located so we
could load up took some sweet talk
with the police officers. They must be
skiers or we would have been
schlepping our stuff up to the next
level.
We all owe a big thank you to
Colleen Family whose snow dancing
gave us fresh powder three days
while we were in Colorado. She has
improved her snow dance to such a
level as to have it snow where ever we
go and we even had a nice coating of
snow to welcome us back to Cherry
Hill. I would also like to thank Jody
Sandberg my “assistant” for her help
through out the trip especially her
awesome negotiating skill that
resolved the mid-week party mess up.
Thanks to Deb Taraska for all of her
help setting up the mid-week party
and for everything else she did
during the week. Thanks to David
Schuld also known as Dr. Love (he
must have gotten that nickname the
day he showed up at the hot tub in a
red bra, boxers and helmet) for all of
his help with Scott Beckett’s
emergency. Thanks to Al Pribula for
not only carrying Scott Beckett’s
poles for me but for always being a
great guy. I am sure Maryanne
Teesdale is also thankful that you
didn’t take pictures of her window
dance. Thanks to Ralph & Nancy
Perrino who took a trip around the
Newark Airport to make sure we were
not leaving anyone behind. Thanks
to everyone who help load and
unload the buses. Also, thanks to
Nona Luce, Jody Sandberg, Maryanne
Teesdale, Colleen Family and Deb
Taraska for being great condo mates.
“2 tie- all tie” “5”. And of course
thanks to Steve Comroe and David
Schuld for being our powder babes
(you know what we called you but, I
had to make it nice for the article).
As I said in my pre-trip article in
July, “Steamboat is my favorite
mountain”. I am already looking
forward to the club going back. I
know I will be on that trip and hope
all of you who were there this year
will join me next time. Anybody that
missed out this year- make sure you
don’t miss the boat- see you at early
sign up!
Jackson Hole
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And the next morning they would
be out and ready.
There is so much to do in Jackson
and the surrounding area that some
of our members took a day off from
skiing. They went dog sledding,
snowmobiling, took the horse
drawn sled ride into the elk
preserve and went on the wildlife
sightseeing tour. Janice Wortham
organized a group of about a dozen
skiers to go to Grand Targhee for
some great powder skiing. Thanks
Janice. Russ Wortham went power
shopping and came back as a
Marlboro Man with a Wyoming
cowboy hat, a silver studded belt
and a bucking bronco belt buckle.
On Wednesday well over half our
group was seen in the Silver Dollar
Bar listening to Steam Powered
Airplane, a terrific blue grass
band. We even saw Bruce
Cunningham arrive after a 10 pm
wake up call from Billy McCoy.
Rumor has it that Bruce slept
through dinner until the following
morning almost every night.
The prepaid breakfast was
always excellent and we could
order anything from the menu
including steak and eggs or more
exotic things like elk sausage.
There was entertainment several
nights in their Silver Dollar Bar
and Grill. Sometimes we would see
the same friendly waitresses
serving dinner that we saw at
breakfast, but then they had days
off to ski or mingle with the
customers in the Silver Dollar Bar.
One evening one of the waitresses
fell out of her chair leaning over to
greet us as we approached to chat.
The rest of them had fun laughing
at her as soon as they knew she was
not hurt.
Apparently people in Jackson are
more trusting than those of us on
the east coast and are not
accustomed to giving out receipts
for skis left at their shops. When
Jim Gargle asked for a receipt the
shop keeper tore off a post-it note
and wrote, “I have your skis,
Wally”. That was Jim’s receipt.
To squeeze the most out of the
vacation Janice, Russ, Kati and Bill
Dodds were the only ones to close
the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, and
then get up several hours later at 4
am for our early departure.
Following are a few comments
from club members on the trip.
“There is so much to do there and
the snow is usually great”. “The
only problem with the Wort Hotel
is getting used to not being
pampered now that the trip is
over”. “I think Jackson and the
Wort are a place we should go to
every other year”. “We might not
have had any whiners on the trip,
but it wouldn’t be a Fall Line trip
without WINE-ers”.
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