"The Turn"

[byates1]

https://apnews.com/article/californi...a55384676ed1d3

White gold in Cali heading east

[Buster Highmen]

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[Shredhead]

Paid for my pass.

[Norseman]

[byates1]

Fkin 90 plus in Bozo hard to believe but rad fcast...

[byates1]

I should take the bullshit skis and try and xc around pole bridge in August. Would be unusual

[BFD]

had to move my bike stand to a new spot in the yard. Losing the sun in the dwy.

[Hood26]

First morning in the 40s in my area. That always signifies the turn for me. Makes the forecasted high 90s more tolerable.

[interloper]

34°f last night, 100°f Sat. that's nice.

[The AD]

First morning in the 40s in my area. That always signifies the turn for me. Makes the forecasted high 90s more tolerable.

Same here. Thermometer at my house said 47 around 6:30 am. Not supposed to get out of the 60s for a high even though it's sunny. That's sounds like fall to me.

[byates1]

" all the fly ladies are making a fuss, but I can't pay attention cause I'm on that dust"

Beastie boys

( In reality, no fly ladies are making a fuss)

But the dust is nice.

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[romeo tango]

it was 103 in town yesterday,
that was quite a change ....

[interloper]

Went for a ride on Santiam Pass area yesterday. Only a few trees were starting to change color and 100 at the end of the week.

[Rasputin]

Well, the leaves on the red willows by the river are turning yellow, so that's something, and also there are no longer hoot owl fishing restrictions on the local rivers, so the seasons are definitely changing.

[m2711c]

what type of casting rig is favored when fishing for hoot owls is allowed?

[pfluffenmeister]

what type of casting rig is favored when fishing for hoot owls is allowed?

A hooter scooter?

[Foggy_Goggles]

Seen a 2 as the first number on the T Stat a few times...and the paragliding has been awesome

[liv2ski]

Hottest 10 days of summer starting this week. Praying it turns next week.

[shera]

I haven't posted alot here this summer, not because I don't have anything worthy of posting - but more so because I'm truly tired of the "jack-ass-ed-ness" that takes over this place in the summer and the recent influx of new fucks that have'nt a fuckin' clue about what's up in the "real" world of skiing and are best left at Gapicski.com.

anyways, I'll go ahead and stick it up and let the flamers flame away and once again contemplate calling it quits 'round these parts like so many more "old timers" from here i've heard say recently.

"The Turn": tonight for the the first time since the middle of last november here in slc, i am feeling, smelling, sensing the first minor wave of what i will call "the turn". Kind of like the first wave that is slightly bigger than what has come, but is way smaller than what is to come of a tsunami (sorry for the horribly bad analogy - it was all i could think of). here in slc, the air has cooled consistently this past week to a sweet feeling low of 75 degs at 11 pm as i type this (down from almost 90 degrees of last week) and it smells of the great salt lake (indicating a cooling, refreshing nw flow - the kind of flow in the winter will without a doubt yield 2-3' of blower bounty that alta is known for).

"The Turn" is like when the front wheel of your bike rolls over the final inch of uphill and all you've got left is miles upon beautifully, blazing fast, dust blowing, downhill miles after a sweat inducing, borderling puking uphill grind. it is like the half way point a long trail run when you make that 180 degree turn and all of a sudden, un-expectedly life looks completely different than it did a milli-second ago and is 10x better and your body feels 10x lighter and there is a new (second wind, induced) spring in your step. it is like pukering through the crux of a climb, pumped outta your gord, heart beating un-controllably fast and you know all you gotta do is stay focused and keep it together to the chains and all will be good. all incomposing, you've made it through the toughest part and all you've got to do is keep on keeping on - persever - and you will reap the bounty of the harvest.

i haven't been climbing super strong this year yet (unlike last year at this time) and have been "slightly" discouraged thinking and partially believing my body has succome to that devil on the shoulder known as "old age". couple that with the new teasers - which are almost as bad as the actual premeires themselves - and you have one "turning" soul. throw in some McReynolds pow turns in the Respect teaser and my soul has fully and completley made "the turn". add to it the coolness in the air and thoughts of beginning ski specific training and my mind and body aren't to far behind.

have YOU made the turn yet??? if not, how far are you from it?? your soul knows and it is surely closer than your mind or heart actually realize!!!

Wow that was beautiful. Yes, turning now.

[shera]

Which turn?

When Xover made this thread I figured he was actually talking about getting older, but the board just immediately warped into meaning the coming of the new ski season.

So if we are talking about the colder season coming, there are two turns:
- The first is when the summer starts getting cooler at night, and while it's still summer, it's clear it's on the second half.
- The second is when it turns from summer to fall.

And most of our arguments here are about which definition should be used.


The answer is the second one, ya dumbasses.

I like them both.

[whipski]

I like them both.

summer is why you live there...all 3weeks of it

[shera]

summer is why you live there...all 3weeks of it

I had frost late in July and last week, so that's about right.

[byates1]

Has to mean something

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[skiJ]

' went to check the 'crops' today
( a little attended garden, still heavy with tomatoes and pumpkins ) -

Today, Almost all of the field grasses are dead - despite only one night in the fortiesF ( - and I saw 90F (ninety) today ) ;

around here, I would not call it even pre-season, yet, But

A strong "turn" away from Summer.

Lots of Red and orange in the maples -
I expect the leaves will be Down in four weeks, and then

we will have eight weeks of dark, Gray, with ( already) daily longer darkness...

( usta) be we 'd have seen snowflakes by now
( coolest morning so far - I've seen 42F )


Rock on mountain magg.s -
I saw Snow on Lassen (on) August 23rd !

New 'turn' ideas to me.

skiJ

[shera]

Tonight looks like the first hard freeze (below 30F) at my house. Taking patio plants inside - hoping to have indoor strawberries this Christmas.