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  1. Nice! Are you driving or flying to CB? Have you looked into JSX? This year I will do the same as last - book monthly trips Jan/Feb/March to Taos on JSX - Leave Dallas Love Field on Fridays at 7 am - arrive in Taos at 8:30 am MT and ski Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, Return on the 5 PM Sunday Flight and have dinner at home in DFW. It is a gamechanger for me - miss one day of work per month and ski 3 days....Also going with family to Big Sky MT/Bridger Bowl MT the week after new years for 5 days of skiing...thats the plan for next year just for starters....Will slip in more I hope
  2. I highly recommend driving to the Verzasca River/Valley up to the medieval town of Lavertezzo - very small town with a church - cool architecture. There is a double arched stone bridge near Lavertezzo that was built in the 1300's....We visited the river in August so it was warm weather. River is stunning aquamarine color and great place to sunbathe or swim, hike or picnic - water is butt ass cold though - like a polar bear plunge. We visited here from Lake Maggiore and then drove to Lake Como in one long day. Have fun!
  3. Honeymooned there in 1997. Booked through a tour guide. 13 day trip included 3 nights in Quito and day trips to the Equator and Cotacachi - a village famous for leather goods - really cool. Quito and day trips were great. We then flew to Guayaquil for one night (we went to the mouth of Amazon River there to see the rafts of biomass floating out to sea - precursor to the Galapagos story). I thought Guayaquil was very 3rd world, sketchy, would not wander around in that City without being in a group. We then flew to Baltra and then on to Santa Cruz where we stayed at the Finch Bay Hotel - nice but nothing fancy - no ac just leave windows open at night. We would board a 90 foot yacht everyday (Delphin II? i think but not sure - nice touring yacht with full bar) and tour a different island every day. I loved being on the boat all day but then coming back in the evenings to sleep and eat onshore. The other tour groups we would encounter that were staying exclusively on the boats always looked a little disheveled and haggard from staying on the boats fulltime. I am sure the fulltime boat experience is unique in its own way (like camping on a yacht?) and works for some folks but I preferred going back and getting a shower and nice dinner and nice breakfast every day before heading out. Highly recommend visiting Ecuador and the Galapagos - amazing experience.
  4. Another vote for already mentioned is Hilton in Southlake town square - 6 miles west of airport - easy Uber - walk to high end shopping and restaurants. Eat at Moxies and enjoy local talent wait staff….another rec woukd be Hotel Vin in Grapevine (maybe 3 miles west of airport) . Nice restaurant and bar and walk or easy Uber to Grapevine shops and bars on Main St
  5. I’m fond of Mystery ranch - started out for backpacking and hunting but now have travel products - I have a few of these and love them https://www.mysteryranch.com
  6. They kinda look like this...
  7. Outside of USA and a several trips to Switzerland, France, Italy, and Germany - top 3 most exotic trips and most scenic places I have been: 1) Quito and Guayaquil, Ecuador and Galapagos Islands - honeymooned there in 1997 - still #1 most interesting of all places ive visited to date 2) Tofino and Pacific Rim National Park - Vancouver Island, BC - Drove 5 hours from Victoria - maybe the most beautiful place ive visited to date 3) Santiago and Portillo, Chile - Visited Santiago then snow skied in Portillo, Chile - I loved Chile, the people and scenery, Andes, Wow. Bucket List: Japan, Columbia, Brazil, Australia to name a few....
  8. On my 4th trip of the season. Taos is incredible right now- 100 “ base and 6” fresh overnight and bluebird day today. I just got in and my legs are noodles and the cold beer in my hand is the best beer I’ve had in awhile .
  9. just plucked this photo randomly off the inter webs. This is the place as I remember it and that photo looks to be from my time period…damn I’m old …
  10. Crossed several times into Matamoros in the early to mid 80's on Spring Break- Always went to Blanca White's (is that place still there?)- I remember doing shots in a barber chair.... I remember always walking back across the bridge with a case of baby coronas or coronitos I bought for cheap...My brother and I went back there on New Year's Eve in the early 90's when we were on a family trip to South Padre and we were dining on the patio of some restaurant when multiple shots were fired into the air from some guys riding around in a convertible - we got the hell out of there and Ive never been back...
  11. The view from our room at Portillo looking out on Inca Lake and the famed Tres Hermanos in the distance - the rooms are well kept and comfortable but no luxuries- no tv in rooms for example steep terrain if you want it the hotel only sells week long stays and now what they call mini weeks (no day skiers) so it remains uncrowded and exclusive - breakfast, lunch, apres and dinner - they assign you a table and times for dining - very cool because you end up meeting a lot of folks from around the world including ski teams there from around the world train there- highly recommend
  12. My family enjoyed Ski Portillo in Chile. All inclusive place once you get there-excellent slopes and service - highly recommend going during Chilean wine week which is last week in July I believe. Early July is early season so snow conditions may be questionable then....Ive heard good things about Valle Nevado - more of a do it yourself planning trip - Valle Nevado is on the IKON pass as well....
  13. Against all of what little good judgement and common sense he has left, Deadshank had a few of his ol buddies out to his place including me this past weekend for a management hunt and some good ol fashion lying, eating and drinking contests. 2 doe and 1 mgmt Buck and 1 cull Buck were taken and several brain cells and keto diets were killed. Great time and a great place and setup you have Deadshank! Frio River needs some rain badly but enjoyed exploring the dry riverbanks post hunt!
  14. Looks like Dallas developer bought it and has plans for gated community and golf course.....Was listed for 110 million...https://www.star-telegram.com/news/state/texas/article272507297.html
  15. I remember fishing and camping there with you and some other crazies many moons ago. Trolling for redfish was really unique for inland freshwater lake.....
  16. Had an amazing weekend in NYC! Hamilton and Hadestown blew me away! Went to China Town for lunch today and caught the last New Year parade for the year of the Rabbit! Crazy fun! I recommend Wo Hop - 2022 James Beard award - very unsuspecting dive so authentic with an amazing array of selections on the menu
  17. Going to Hadestown tomorrow night and Hamilton on Saturday. We have dinner planned for tomorrow but still trying to decide on dinner after Hamilton on Sat - any Recs ?
  18. Yes, I am signed up. I dont think we have a chance for placing the heaviest hog which is always 350lbs or greater. We are going for the sidepots of closest to 245 lb and 285 lb.....we might have a chance at those weight categories...
  19. Classic fuzzy photo but I keep thinking it’s awful large to be a yote?
  20. I have skied Big Sky 5-6 times in last 3 years and still havent seen/skied more than 50% of the resort. Huge place - any terrain you want. Big, wide and long cruiser Blue runs if you are into that to the Headwaters terrain which can get really spicey and everything in-between. Fly into Yellowstone airport in Bozeman/Belgrade and it is about an hour drive. They have had sketchy snow the last few years but this year may be their year! Huge dumps have occurred weekly and the base is looking really awesome! It is never crowded. Being close to Yellowstone NP, we have booked side excursions to include snowmobiling in park to see Old Faithful and also backcountry skiing excursion inside of the park as well-seeing the park in the dead of winter is surreal - less animal watching but absolutely amazing contrast of scenery from the summer scene. If you stay closer to Bozeman, I love to ski Bridger Bowl - local hill that has serious terrain where most of local Bozeman skis and their are some amazing skiers there....great place to ski 20 minutes from downtown Bozeman which is why most locals choose to ski there instead of driving the Gallatin canyon to Big Sky....
  21. Happy Thanksgiving !
  22. Wow!! Super nice! Congrats to you both!
  23. Beautiful day here! No wind and sun made it quite tolerable. Cats win big!
  24. I’m going to game tomorrow. Flew in today…high was 12 today. Should be 28 by noon and a high of 30 so twice as warm tomorrow - yeah! Pics from plane coming in to Bozeman. Bottom pic is of Big Sky Resort from the air . I’ll post some tailgating and game pics tomorrow …,
  25. Nice weekend to hunt with the cooler temps! The rut seems to have kicked in pretty good in our neck of the woods. (Hill County). My buddy shot this 10 point literally right after he pulled into our front gate on Saturday at 12 noon! I passed on several beautiful young 8 pointers that need another year or 2. I’m looking for a few 10’s we have on game cams, especially the one rubbing right behind one of our blinds- cocky sob. I really enjoyed hearing all the sandhill cranes constantly streaming overhead all weekend riding the north breeze south and yes those sunrises and sunsets were great.
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