Ahhhhh.....winter......
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There is nothing quite like the drive up the eastern sierras. It is absolutely unbelievably undeniably indescribably awesome and beautiful.
We left LA at 5 am on new years eve and drove 4.5 hours north to Mammoth Lakes. We headed straight to the resort and got in a half day of skiing on the mountain. No pix of skiing unfortunately, but i will post some fun helmet camera video later.
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Brianna J. wrangled us a cabin in the Snowcreek condo development that housed our motley crew comfortably. It was a New Years/Bri Bday party. Thanks Bri!!!!
The view from the deck on NYE.
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It was a merry bunch of close friends.
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To summarize the weekend I'd say -
20 bottles of Champagne - 13 people - 6 different illnesses - 4 days of fun in the snow.
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Drink from 6 - 12.
Midnight - 2010 - the NEW DECADE. See ya 2009 and the last 10 years! WOOHOO!
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(I must say, in my opinion, this was the worst NYE New York show I've ever seen.)
Just look at the excitement.
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Make-out at 12:01.
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Take some pix on the deck at 12:30.
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Take pix inside at 12:35.
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Laugh and have fun at 12:45.
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Play games at 1am.
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2am refuel with Jetfuel.
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pass out at 2:30.
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It actually didn't happen just like that, but I thought it'd be more interesting as a time-line.
Some of the party players...I'll add more later.
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Erika is camera shy...why? I don't know
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Beards are mandatory in the mountains. Doug would never let us down.
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The ever presentable Kearney-meister.
Oh yeah...In case you were wondering....
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All the world IS a beer cooler.