Well, as this post is publishing the sun is crossing the celestial meridian from the northern hemisphere to the southern hemisphere on its journey to The Tropic of Capricorn. In more plain language, Fall or Autumn is here. While I have put out some words and text signaling my not wanting summer to leave I [...]
The fine folks at Ski Brule tweeted this sometime ago: Do you like to like chatting on facebook? Twitter? Posting video on YouTube? What about taking video or photos?… http://fb.me/FgqSn2MX Talking with Jessica she informs me the position is still open and if you are interested in the job please visit: The official website of [...]
The other day I wrote a post on on how my attitude on Twitter followers has changed with time. This article elicited some favorable feedback so I oblige my readership and explore this some more. The tool I have used most recently is called Twitter Karma. Twitter Karma has a pretty decent interface on showing [...]
I want to publicly call out another ski business. I want to welcome Windy City Ski to the Wisconsin Skier World. If you live in the Chicago-land area I suggest you check them out. I took a bus trip to a ski resort last winter and found it to be a so-so experience. The bus [...]
I read some opinions on whom one should follow and should not. The rule of thumb for many people is to rfollow and one site I read today said to do just that. Another site, said nope, automatic rfollowing defeats the whole purpose of twitter. I guess this invites the question, what do you use [...]
The ski resorts located in what we refer to as big snow country used to participate in a joint marketing adventure. In the pre-season they would sell what they titled an adventure card. Purchasing one was the same as purchasing one lift ticket at each of the participating resorts. What ever happened to that? My [...]
Oh yeah, my tweeties inform me the snow the is flying out West in the mountains. LOL, it probably never really stopped at the highest of altitudes. No one in my personal circles are really happy about this news, I know my tomato plants are not. Winter rain falling rain, we’ll see summer come again.
I am starting to hear of them. Now, I am talking about the Upper Midwest so your mileage may vary. I have heard of a number of differing scenarios one being bitter cold and little snow (BOOOOO) to one with colder than normal and about average snow (okay) to moderate temps and a fair amount [...]
Wind and rain, now tell me why, summers fade and roses die. The answer came, the wind and rain. Golden hills now filled in grey, summer’s leaves are blown away — and what remains, the wind and rain…’ That comes from the Grateful Dead’s Weather Report Suite Part I/Introduction (prior to Let it Grow on [...]
Ufda! It has been a long off-season. I am starting to post pieces again and it is taking some time to re-acquaint myself with the various procedures and customs I established last year. No doubt some of those customs and procedures are lost as I did not “document” any of them and have essentially been [...]
Oh yeah, I am anxious for ski season to start. Yes, I hesitate to let summer go, but this weekend we got a terse message from Mother Nature to get ready for the chills of fall and winter. Today was a bit better as we did get a fair amount of breaks in the clouds [...]
What (if anything) do you do to get ready for the upcoming ski season? I try to get my gear looked at, but rarely is it done. Maybe I take it in to the shop for a tuneup and inspection but sometimes it happens sometimes it does not. I am trying to get into the [...]
Saw this cross my twitter channel: via @MiSkiReport RT @IndianheadMtn MI Season Pass Holder, you get 3 days FREE skiing at CO Monarch Mtn http://fb.me/vwfVYlD3 I have skied both Indianhead Mountain and Monarch Mountain, both are great places to ski and I recommend both. For the complete deal read on! If you are comfortable on [...]
One thing I find frequently happening to myself is when certain songs come on the radio or I play them I get whisked back not only to a time but often times to a specific place. It will not take a lot of imagination or recollection to bring the times and places back. One such [...]
Being The Wisconsin Skier you can be sure I am a Packer fan. I was born in Green Bay and was only miles from Lambeau Field when the Ice Bowl was played (however being roughly six months of age at the time, I was not there) so yeah, I am a Packer fan. One thing [...]
The Wisconsin Skier is open for business again or perhaps it is better to say, getting ready for business again. I have some updates in mind for the site and some new features in mind. I will not say what they are until they are near completion. I have to say my main goal is [...]
No, I am still not ready to forget about sunshine, warmth, our garden, our yard, and so on. However, let us face facts, for those of us who live in the northern hemisphere temperate zone realize winter is not all that far away, at the moment I do not view winter with the same enthusiasm [...]
As noted, I am seeing a lot of tweets from my ski contacts and the tweets are mostly ski related. Ski Brule tweeted the other day that their ski operations for the 2010-2011 season just started up! I've been seeing tweets and FB communications from nearby Nordic Mountain and of course all the other ski bloggers I network with are getting geared up! It is nearly time for my annual ski dream!
Just wanted to give the following shoutout: Text “SNOW” to 44256 for a chance to win a free season pass!!! I skied Nordic Mountain last year and skied its sister hill Blackjack. I enjoyed my time at both sites. I texted a bit ago and urge you to do the same!
Went well. Last Saturday we had some guests both of whom are avid golfers. So I broke out my golf bag and dropped a couple of balls in the backyard. I got my pitching wedge out set my sights on a target and took a full swing. I hit the ball good and while I did not [...]
