Gobbling Snowstorm
Even though it was a short work week, it felt like the week dragged on for longer than a week. After last week's craziness, I started the week looking forward to some relaxation, some turkey, some snowboarding, and more sleep. Instead, I was sick Tuesday and Wednesday (aftermath of taking pictures at my cousin's wedding at 7:30 am outside in the cold). I was completely out of commission. Bleh. Turkey day came around and I didn't grub as much as I usually do (maybe not having that big of an appetite was a good thing for the extra holiday poundage). Dayquil again was my savior in fixing me up.
The next day I was up and alive and ready to hit Tahoe to test out my new (used) board. Aside from having to wait a long time to pick up the rental SUV, we set off for our adventure up to Tahoe with Van, Simon, and Kev. Usually I'm always a passenger, but this time I drove the whole way up, bouncing around with Beeker in the passenger seat as he entertained me. It was a long ride up with traffic due to roads closing from some sort of accident but we finally made it up in about 5 hours. At one point on the 50, traffic was completely stopped. People got out of their cars, turned up the music and started having a party on the street. Luckily, that was only for half an hour, which went by pretty fast since we were listening to Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. (There wasn't even any snow on the roads yet!)
Again, this sounds like an eternity but it's only Friday. We manage to get up there just in time to meet the gang for some buffet dinner at Harrah's. While we waited in traffic, they waited in the buffet line so either way, we were all pretty screwed. To walk off the food, we hit up the casinos to gamble a bit. Some stayed at Harrahs, but some of us headed to Harveys. All in all, a good night. Nothing too crazy and I went home that night with extra money, even after factoring in the cost of the buffet dinner.
Now for the fun part of this entry. The next 24 hours. We walked back to the cabin (2 blocks from the casinos) and rested up for a full day of boarding. From the minute we stepped out of the cabin, it was snowing up until we made it back to the cabin around 3pm. (Yes, I was a wuss and went back early so that I didn't have to battle for the showers..muhaha) Just my luck that the sun finally came out after we took off but oh well. I squeezed in a hot shower and nice nap before the troops made their way back.
Snow, here we come!
Damn you, snow!
Now, the whole point of this boarding trip was to just board for the day and get back Saturday night so that people could still get things done before the weekend ended. After everyone packed and was ready to head back, we left everyone in Tahoe to do just that. 6:30pm. We stopped to fill up and even dragged on to see if we could find cheaper gas. 9:30pm. You'd think we'd almost be home. We wished! Only 20 miles out on the 50 and going anywhere from 3-5 mph, 10 if we were lucky. It turns out that peopled needed to stop on the side of the road to put chains on from the amount of snow that dumped that day. To make things worse, when you got to the top of the mountain, people were pulling over once again to yank these chains off. So much for dinner anytime soon.
10:30pm. I'm carsick and we make it to Sacramento to meet up with Beeker's sister and fiancee for a super late night dinner at Elephant Bar. They were good sports about waiting up for us and telling us stories about their pre-wedding arrangements/obstacles.
2am. We're home and everyone's wiped out.
7pm. I'm still wiped out and damn, it's brrr... luckily, I'm not sick anymore.
The next day I was up and alive and ready to hit Tahoe to test out my new (used) board. Aside from having to wait a long time to pick up the rental SUV, we set off for our adventure up to Tahoe with Van, Simon, and Kev. Usually I'm always a passenger, but this time I drove the whole way up, bouncing around with Beeker in the passenger seat as he entertained me. It was a long ride up with traffic due to roads closing from some sort of accident but we finally made it up in about 5 hours. At one point on the 50, traffic was completely stopped. People got out of their cars, turned up the music and started having a party on the street. Luckily, that was only for half an hour, which went by pretty fast since we were listening to Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. (There wasn't even any snow on the roads yet!)
Again, this sounds like an eternity but it's only Friday. We manage to get up there just in time to meet the gang for some buffet dinner at Harrah's. While we waited in traffic, they waited in the buffet line so either way, we were all pretty screwed. To walk off the food, we hit up the casinos to gamble a bit. Some stayed at Harrahs, but some of us headed to Harveys. All in all, a good night. Nothing too crazy and I went home that night with extra money, even after factoring in the cost of the buffet dinner.
Now for the fun part of this entry. The next 24 hours. We walked back to the cabin (2 blocks from the casinos) and rested up for a full day of boarding. From the minute we stepped out of the cabin, it was snowing up until we made it back to the cabin around 3pm. (Yes, I was a wuss and went back early so that I didn't have to battle for the showers..muhaha) Just my luck that the sun finally came out after we took off but oh well. I squeezed in a hot shower and nice nap before the troops made their way back.
Snow, here we come!
Damn you, snow!
Now, the whole point of this boarding trip was to just board for the day and get back Saturday night so that people could still get things done before the weekend ended. After everyone packed and was ready to head back, we left everyone in Tahoe to do just that. 6:30pm. We stopped to fill up and even dragged on to see if we could find cheaper gas. 9:30pm. You'd think we'd almost be home. We wished! Only 20 miles out on the 50 and going anywhere from 3-5 mph, 10 if we were lucky. It turns out that peopled needed to stop on the side of the road to put chains on from the amount of snow that dumped that day. To make things worse, when you got to the top of the mountain, people were pulling over once again to yank these chains off. So much for dinner anytime soon.
10:30pm. I'm carsick and we make it to Sacramento to meet up with Beeker's sister and fiancee for a super late night dinner at Elephant Bar. They were good sports about waiting up for us and telling us stories about their pre-wedding arrangements/obstacles.
2am. We're home and everyone's wiped out.
7pm. I'm still wiped out and damn, it's brrr... luckily, I'm not sick anymore.
