Nine Inch Nails just updated their summer tour page and they're playing at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. That's 15 minutes from home.
I ... am ... so ... there.
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It's raining. That's not good for what's left of the snow here in the Northeast. Bummer. It's also going to make for less-than-stellar conditions for the U.S. Open Snowboarding Championships.
Thankfully, there were better-than-decent conditions at Stratton this past Saturday. It was warm and partly sunny, which made for some fun "mashed potatoes" in the afternoon. The crowds weren't all bad except for the 2 times coming from the top where one of the mid-mountain lifts was first time, closed, and second time, down for maintenance. That meant cattle conditions in line for the gondola. But, the wait was only 15 minutes, so I guess it's all good.
I finally got a chance to really break in the iPod jacket. This jacket is the bomb! It really is a different experience charging down a double black and having music to affect your mood.
And I'd say that my trip to Whistler/Blackcomb really affected my snowboarding in such a positive way. In 2005, when I started snowboarding, the last place I went was Stratton at the end of March. It's been just over a year since getting into the sport and coming back to Stratton, I could tell that I felt entirely different on the snowboard and about the mountain. Whereas last year it was the land of the green and blue, this year it was the land of the black and double black.
In April, I'm contemplating a trip to Killington for some real Spring riding.
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