TOP: Crew at dinner
2nd: Judy and her love slave toasting another night of wild sex
3rd: Separated at birth?
4th: Fran training to take over Judy's "Cosmo" title
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Last weekend we headed off to the Tug Hill area of NY (read: buckets-o-snow) for our occasionally annual "CARP Big Chill Weekend". This year we had a good crew, 9 in total, and were looking forward to a fun weekend of snowshoeing and XC skiing...oh, and booze, and chocolate, and did I mention booze yet? I did? Well, OK then, booze was evident.
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Tug Hill is an interesting place. They get something like 20 feet of snow a year, the snowiest place in the US east of the Rockies. A geographic anomoly positioned a small ridgeline just east of lake ontario, and when it snows, it really snows. There was barely a covering in Syracuse, just 30 miles away, but Tug Hill had easily 3-4 feet of base everywhere. We saw drifts that were up to the roofline of several houses, probably 10-12 feet tall. It's something like June before all the snow is melted up there.
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We're staying at a cool little fishing camp, as this area is a major Salmon fishing area. Gill, Kathy and I got in early and got a couple of hours of snowshoeing in to loosen the legs before the big workout on saturday. Once the rest of the crew arrived, we headed off to a really nice dinner in town (pulaski), highlighted by very fresh salmon filets. Luckily the restaurant had cosmos, so Judy and Fran were able to start their competition for "Drunken Cosmo Chick of the week". We're expecting a good one this year, as they've finally dried out since last year's slugfest in Ithaca.
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Tomorrow....hitting the trails with 50 year old bodies....
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"Downhill" Lumpy out
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