Last ski trip to Purgatory

     Pat (my twin brother) and I had passes to Purgatory that we had to use before the end of the season.  This was the last weekend that we had free to head up to Durango and get some skiing in.  It was a great weekend.  The first day the sun was out and the snow wasn't too spring like on the back side.  Tons of good runs were crushed by Pat and I that day. 
     We ended up staying in the cheapest hotel in Durango.  I think it was called the "Spanish Trails Inn" and we were warned by Raymond and Mandy to no stay there, but $40 for two queen beds in a ski town... why the heck not.  I kid you not when we checked into the room there was an overwhelming smell of athletes foot.  It smelt like my gym bad from high school in the middle of wrestling season. Nasty.  Other than that it was just your average hotel, until the upstairs neighbor took a shower.  I started to hear water dripping and then flowing in our bathroom.  I guess the shower pan above us wasn't sealed, so the shower water ran through the ceiling and down through our shower.  Interesting.  I let the front desk guy know when we checked out in the AM and all he could muster was that some people are ass holes and don't close the curtain when they shower... right.  If you need a cheap place to stay in Durango, I recommend Spanish Trails Inn!
     That night Pat and I ate at "Home Slice" pizza recommended by Kyle and Anna.  I tell you what, hippies in Colorado sure know how to make a good pie.  They take their sweet ass time cooking it, but nine times out of ten, it's delicious.  Followed by blood marys at El Rancho, to watch UCONN beat Arizona.  We were pulling for Arizona, oh well.  There were some "native" Coloradoians in a heated discussion on how they were more "native" than the other and how "I like helped my dad build a deck when I was four years old!"  Oh, to have a trust fund and be an alcoholic in a ski town.  Just the sight of a "Colorado Native" bumper sticker makes me want to punch someone in the face.
     The next day of skiing was amazing for spring skiing.  7 inches of fresh powder and snow up till noon.  You'd be skiing around, see a run that hadn't been touched, race back to the top, find that run, and still be the first person to lay tracks that day.  Awesome! 
     After a good lunch at Dante's, Pat and I headed over to lift 8 to get some good bump runs in before our legs turned to jello for the day.  I went on a run that I've been on before, and ended up messing my knee up something bad!  I hit a mogul that wasn't supposed to move, but it did, lost my balance for a sec, fell forward, and heard my knee pop 3 distinct times.  Long story short, I got sledded down the mountain by Brett the ski patrol dude and I haven't been able to walk normal for the rest of the week.  I'm hoping it's just a sprain, but I guess I'll have to see the Doc to be sure.  It sucks for sure, but it's kind of like a milestone for me.  My first major skiing injury!  Hopefully my last for a while.  Enjoy the video of Pat and I skiing.

521 Hwy 217 Edgewood, NM dumpsters scrap out

Cleaning up the East Mountains 10 acres at a time!

     So this was a vacant lot clean up that we did for a real estate customer through our construction company.  www.seagersnm.com .  It was a good job but it was NASTY!  There used to be an old goat farm on the lot with an old singlewide that was modified, 5 out buildings full of dead things, about 2 acres of pens for animals, and about an acre of 2 foot deep goat poop.  Not to mention the various amounts of trash, wood pallets, and just general crap.

     Raymond and Patrick managed to clean it all up in less than a week working nonstop.  It was the first major site cleanup that our company bided, but we came out good in the end.  Hopefully we can get some more of these soon.

     Places like this always make me question what kind of people are out there.  There were chickens and goats living in the trailer with the people.  If this was on animal hoarders, it would have made the top spot I’m sure.  One shed had pile upon pile of dead goats.  If one died, I guess they just tossed one more on the pile.  Yuck.  We didn’t get any pics of the carnage.  I guess Pat and Ray were too busy trying to get the carnage put away instead of taking pics of it.  Oh well, anybody who was there can tell you that it was on nasty scene. 

     But it’s all gone now! 15 30 cubic yard dumpsters can carry quite a bit away.  The 10 acre grounds are back to normal and the clean lot is going to make on heck of a building site.  You get unobstructed views of the San Pedro Mountains, South Mountain, and all the way to the Sangre De Christos around Santa Fe.  I’m waiting to get the listing back from the seller, but we are going to be putting it on the market at $85,000.  The lot has power and a well drilled.  We are unsure of the condition of the well, but it was working when the previous owners were living there.  The lot should be up on the market by the end of this week.  It feels good to get that mess out of the mountains and to get it back to normal.

Videos Coming soon

I just got my Kodak Play Touch video camera delivered today!  Gonna jump into the semi complicated world of video posting.  The camera is actually idiot proof and smaller than my cell phone.  If only my grandpa could be alive to see the advance of technology.  I'm going to take some video of my listings this weekend and some of Edgewood and post them to the facebook page.  The start of something awesome I hope.
http://store.kodak.com/store/ekconsus/en_US/pd/PLAYTOUCH_Video_Camera/productID.200992300

Testing, testing, 1-2-3

Let's see if this works.

This is my dog Abbey (the lab) and Jamie's dog Blake (the beagle).  They make a great dog duo.