Browse Month: January 2005

A gas station!!

I went to Mammoth for the first time this weekend. Jes and I brought my brother; and Debbie (my cousin-in-law) met up with us on the mountain too. The snow conditions were great and we got in a full day of skiing/snowboarding. We also got to try out my new toy…a new BMW X3! Yup, we ordered it a week ago and it got delivered just in time on Friday evening for us to take it up to Mammoth. It was sweeeeeet. There was snow and ice on the road and it handled it just fine. The only near disaster we encountered this weekend was on our way back. We miscalculated the gas station locations and almost ran out of gas in the middle of the desert. The trip computer even said that we had zero miles left on our gas tank but we had enough fumes to go around a mountain to a small gas station that was actually for dirt bikes. Phew! I was totally getting ready to call for roadside assistance and sit for 2 hours.

We salute you, Jawbone!

“Sorry, we’re booked.”

With all the rain and snow we figured that a trip to Mammoth was in order. Unfortunately, I had never been there and didn’t realize how hard it is to get a place to stay on weekends. So, we’re staying in Bishop, which is 40 miles away for a cool $59/night! What a deal! It’ll make up for the ridiculously expensive lift tickets at Mammoth Mountain. I hope it starts to snow a bit more down here too. We need to use our discount Snow Valley tickets soon. The plan is to go on Saturday, February 5th…anyone want to go?!

I’m melting.

Is it still winter? It’s mid-January and it’s super hot outside! Pretty strange when you can see the snow-topped mountains outside while you’re in shorts and a t-shirt.
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Speaking of melting – I had to turn off the tv tonight b/c it felt like I was melting into my bed. I got home from work around 4 and went straight upstairs to my room. I got into my pj’s, turned on my laptop and tv, and the next thing you know it’s 9 pm! With Jes out of town today I had free access to the clicker and went nuts on all the stuff I Tivo’d. My brain is fried and my body is mush. Time to go for a long walk with the dog.

The sun is back!!

It has been sunny and warm this weekend and we took full advantage of it. On Saturday, we took Koa to the dog park. I also did some gardening/pruning out in the patio while Jes cleaned out the filter in the fish pond. This morning I went for a 22-mile bike ride with Jes and our two neighbors. Irvine is an awesome place for bicyclists!! The bike trail is well-paved and by-passes all the street lights. It was a good workout and a great way to enjoy the Southern California weather that I forgot about.

It’s not too late!!

I just heard on the news that President Bush announced that any donations made to Tsunami Relief during the month of January can count towards your 2004 tax deductions. Cool, eh?
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In other news, it has stopped raining and we’ve been wanting to go snowing in Big Bear but the roads are still closed and won’t open until this weekend. Anyone want to go this Saturday?! There are discounted lift tickets to Snow Valley at Costco!

It just keeps coming down.

It’s been raining for almost 2 straight weeks here in the O.C. It’s quite nice. My plants don’t need watering, our house is being tested for leakage, and my car is always clean. We were supposed to go snowboarding in Mammoth with Hols this weekend but we bailed due to the weather and we didn’t feel like sleeping on the floor again. Then we were thinking of making a day trip to Bear Mountain but fortunately we didn’t. We turned on the news on Saturday morning to find out that 200+ cars were stuck in the snow on Highway 18 on their way to Big Bear. Whew!! We could have been stuck in a shelter all weekend. Instead, Jes made rib eye for the brothers and our neighbors on Saturday night; we went to the bike store to look for bicycle trainers; Jes exchanged his TV; and we had Korean BBQ last night with Jes’ family.
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