Blondemonium

I would love to take credit for writing this, but it was in our local paper, the Pasadena Star News, a couple of weeks ago under the heading "Slice of Wry." Preparing for a Ski Trip: Stretch a small, but wide, rubber band around the top half of your head before you go to bed. If you wear glasses, begin wearing them with glue smeared on the lenses. Place a small, but angular, pebble in your shoes.  Line them with crushed ice and tighten a c-clamp around your toes. Find the nearest ice rink and walk across the ice 20 times in your ski boots, carrying two pairs of skis, accessory bag and poles.  Sporadically drop things. Secure one of your ankles to a bed post and ask a friend to run into you at a high speed. Slam your thumb in a car door.  Don't go see a doctor. Clip a lift ticket to the zipper of your jacket and ride a motorcycle fast enough to make the ticket lacerate your face. Fill a blender with ice, leave the lid off, put your face over the opening and hit t...

Those last minute adventures, vacations, dinner plans, whatever... always seem to be the best, don't they?  On Monday, the weather looked like it was holding to be a beautiful Tuesday, so plans were confirmed to join my friend (GFS) and her boyfriend (BFC) & GFS's son to fly to Mammoth for the day!  Hard to pass that one up... N even played hooky from school and got someone to cover her work shift so she could join us.  We arrived at the Corona airport at 6:30 for wheels up at 7:00, and had a beautiful flight up the Owens Valley to arrive at Mammoth-Yosemite airport an hour and a half later.  After driving that same route a few weeks ago, leaving at 4:45 a.m. and arriving around 11:00 exhausted and attempting to ski the rest of the day, I can see how you could really get spoiled if you had the option of flying your twin engine Cessna instead! Seatbelts on & passengers are ready for takeoff!! Speeding down the home turf runway... Amazing views all th...