One would hope, QOTS. By the way... you wanna dump your husband and go do a ski honeymoon with me? I promise we'll be too busy skiing to worry about any of that amorous crap that poor Roy keeps getting subjected to. It must be terrible Roy... tell Brad how bad that is!

I'm not sold on the ski HM either.

Reasoning thus:

The purpose of the HM is to stand out in memory as a truly epic experience never to be repeated let alone bested. It stands out in memory to provide courage and motivation through the tough times.

We are skiers/sliders who will keep on skiing and improving skills and gear. Therefore each next ski trip is in competition with the ski-HM for 'best overall'.

I'm not sure if I'd be thrilled with a ski honeymoon unless it was something in New Zealand or somewhere else epic. Honestly though, I don't see skiing/snowboarding being an issue with a couple if both love it, both are ready to have the ambitions during the winter of getting to the resorts etc. Quite frankly what I would look forward to in a relationship (if I ever have one before I'm 50) is that hopefully a gf would like to ski/snowboard. Not just recreationaly, but actually look forward to powder dumps, enjoy a rush down the slopes, and savor the moment of riding a chairlift when it's blowing a blizzard out. Then during the winter me and that lady can get up, head to TLine, HV, or whereever for a day or weekend out. When I think about it, if a future spouse doesn't at least have half the enjoyment for snow sports that I do, that can make for a lonely ride to and from the resorts in wishing for that special someone to enjoy something with me that means something to me.

BAWalker,
You could meet one or too many if you go out on the slopes over the weekend somewhere.

I met her the first time on the lift ride up to the top of Heavenly mtn. We hit it off pretty good after few laps down the mtn. She ski and I ride. No problem as long as she smiles. You know that cute smile when you see one. During the week stay at the hotel down in SouthLakeTahoe, I've bumped into her again few times at the Starbuck, restaurants, and the lobby so from there we end up having a pleasant convo. I was stuck with the group having its' own plans on where to hit (Squaw, Kirkwood, Northstar, etc) So she couldn't join us at that time. Anyway,that was back in March 2002.

Fast forward 1.5 years later.
Oct 2003
I thought I saw her walking past me at the corn maze area in northern VA and it was dark. I sent short msg to her pager asking if that was her I saw walking past a few minutes ago. She said yes. For some reasons, we couldn't find each other in the maze or in the parking lot. But we kept in touch by emails.

December 2003 - She and I end up in the same group of friends renting the house near Wisp for the skiing weekend. We hit it off great on and off the slope.

January - March 2004 - Just two of us, we went skiing/snowboarding at few different local ski areas.

Spring/Summer we went seakayaking, biking, hiking, camping etc.

Winter 2004/2005 we went skiing/snowboarding including the trip to Lake Tahoe.

We got married OCT 2005 and went on the honeymoon up in the Poconos (snowmobiling, skiing, horseriding, sleighride, tubing, etc) during December 2005.

Little background on my wife:
- learn to ski at age 4
- her father is a ski patroller parttime near Cleveland OH
- knew how to have fun in the snow growing up near Lake Ontario & Lake Erie (Cleveland, Rochester, Buffalo)

Last year, we bought the house on a small hill. She asked me if we could try ski down the front yard when it snow.

Now you see why I love my wife.

Some of us aren't lucky enough to make it out of the Mid-Atlantic for women hunting. lol Heck at this point, I'd be happy if a girl acknowledged me at all. heh.

If you really want a woman that bad Brad, then get down on your knees & pray for her...like I did....You'll get YOUR "sweetness" 3/4 sweet..1/4 pure hell...Woman come in all shapes & sizes & looks...But they are all pretty much the same..Trust me...Your life will change..BIG TIME!..If you think you work hard now..you ain't seen nothing yet...your ski trips will be ALTERED a little/lot...you will be a suck up & kiss ass dude for awhile but then your Manhood should kick in & the "fun" begins!....Good Luck...Your going to get your WISH!!!

Pffft, there isn't anything wrong with work or change in that manner. So far in the world of women going back to 1998, I'm 0 for 14. Go me! I'm hoping if I hit 0 for 20, someone will give me a lifetime achievement award for still being alive. lol

... if you are over 55 and would rather go to bed early for 1st tracks than drink all night ... well then PM me ... Oh, and must love dogs!

snowcone, three of my favorite things, bed early, drink all nite and first tracks, i'm amazed you could work all that into your post. Don't forget though that the early worm gets the bird . .....oh yeah, i almost forgot what i wanted to say here, i'm worried about because the topic of this thread, seems we haven't heard from Crush in a while and i'm worried, because the story of E(that's C) and M really should be told here, u know PC ski bums and all, I'm worried that some misfortune has befallen our old friend E(C) . What kind of dog snowcone?, i really love beer.

yeah eric hasnt been on for awhile.....I am considering calling him to see whats up.