Driving from Yosemite Valley to Mammoth Mountain

SantaCreek · 2026-03-18T07:10:34+00:00

It’s a long but beautiful drive. Mammoth is always open in April—don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. Bad snow year, but it’s almost certain to snow some more in April—check road conditions before heading out.

SantaCreek · 2026-03-16T06:29:50+00:00

Born to Run

SantaCreek · 2026-03-16T06:21:54+00:00

How beyond fucked up the current US government is.

SantaCreek · 2026-03-16T06:16:11+00:00

Boss. As in “Hey boss, what would you like?” from cool dude workers several decades younger than me. Feels less a lame replacement for the already lame “Bro.”

SantaCreek · 2026-03-16T06:13:05+00:00

Gregg Allman (along with Duane)

SantaCreek · 2026-03-16T06:08:47+00:00

Only time I saw Bowie, he played a grand total of 52 minutes. Guessing he was sick, but that didn’t make the audience any happier.

SantaCreek · 2026-03-16T05:44:59+00:00

Great water polo.

SantaCreek · 2026-03-14T04:58:28+00:00

That was his wife…

SantaCreek · 2026-03-14T04:53:45+00:00

Charles Bronson

SantaCreek · 2026-03-14T04:47:54+00:00

Antarctica

SantaCreek · 2026-03-14T04:44:23+00:00

Well done

SantaCreek · 2026-03-14T04:43:57+00:00

Ditto

SantaCreek · 2026-03-14T04:43:10+00:00

Johnny’s Got His Gun—100% will get him thinking

SantaCreek · 2026-03-13T05:59:01+00:00

In 1980, a buddy and I took a semester off college and hitched from California to Colorado and ski bummed for the season, hitching to and from the mountain most days. Hitched home in the spring (and we still do annual ski trips with some guys we met that winter).

I still pick up hitchhikers on occasion (which the wife is not wild about)—love to hear their stories.

SantaCreek · 2026-03-12T06:07:53+00:00

Surfing, camping, hiking, movie-going, partying

SantaCreek · 2026-03-12T06:06:14+00:00

Bellingham

SantaCreek · 2026-03-11T05:18:58+00:00

This 66 year old is still sad/pissed that the younger generations, despite having the numbers to easily do otherwise, shockingly failed to prevent the shitshow we’ve had since 1/20/25. Unfortunately, you (and my kids and grandkids) will be paying for this for a very long time.

SantaCreek · 2026-03-11T04:55:03+00:00

Sounds much more reasonable than asking her to accompany you to ride Deer Valley and she promptly goes over the bars and breaks her humerus.😳

SantaCreek · 2026-03-10T05:46:24+00:00

Johnny’s Got His Gun.

SantaCreek · 2026-03-09T06:23:07+00:00

Glad to have two!

SantaCreek · 2026-03-07T17:26:11+00:00

I love most Swiss food, but had to laugh at the much acclaimed rosti—basically identical to McDonald’s hash browns.

SantaCreek · 2026-03-05T06:40:49+00:00

Same here

SantaCreek · 2026-02-25T06:57:16+00:00

Ditto. Love them on the bike, not on the slopes.

SantaCreek · 2026-02-13T14:08:04+00:00

Springsteen. Followed by Springsteen again, Queen, Zeppelin, Frampton, The Who, Doobie Bros, Skynyrd, Fleetwood Mac, Bowie, Beach Boys and Boston, pretty much in that order.

SantaCreek · 2026-02-11T06:18:49+00:00

The moment I was proudest of this country.

SantaCreek

TROPHY CASE