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Day 3. I have had another idea: I can sell the black beast on Ebay! If you search "black beast" at Ebay, what turns up are Brooks Beast running shoes. So now all I have to do is figure out how to make the beast look like a Beast. With a little duct tape, a few safety pins, and some peanut butter, almost anything is possible, so surely this will be, too.
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I saw an interesting report this morning from an analyst who focuses on the golf industry. The report was about the implications of the record non-winter winter weather up and down the East Coast. In part, it said: "We estimate that if the present unseasonably mild winter conditions continue, as much as 10% of New England golf courses are in danger of becoming mobile home parks. Most people don't realize that these New England golf courses are too stony and plagues with ground hogs to make for quality golfing, and that they are mostly cash flow negative during the summer months. They count on revenues from the winter XC ski crowd to build reserves for the lean summer months, and without that income this winter, a good many are going to be toast."
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Some good news this morning: our request for an event (Rocky Mountain Orienteering Festival) in the Medicine Bow National Forest next summer, June 29 - July 4, has been approved. It may even include a One Cowboy Relay. RMOC will be seeking sanctioning for 3 days of racing (July 2-4), and the other 3 days will be handled by me, cowboy style.
One extra nice thing about these dates--at least for folks who are appreciative of natural beauty--is that they fall right in the middle of prime wildflower season, and in a good year, the contrast between how the mountain prairie looks in late June and in mid-August almost can not be greater.
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Trace of new snow on the trails today, with some light snow falling during portions of the ski. Opted to pass on running and skied longer instead, in falling temps as dusk approached, and we're not talking the 70s (F) of the balmy East.