Showin' out for the team.

As you may or may not have heard, Mt Hood Meadows has suffered a major blow to the ski season. Our nonstop "pinapple express" weather pattern has left us drenched with warm rain this fall. Not only is it not snowing it also has rained in such Hestonesque proportions that it has damaged the roads to the ski area. One bridge to the area is likely dammaged. DOT officials can not make a realistic estimate for its repair due to the 5 feet of rocks and mud jammed under, on and around the bridges structure. It is basically covered with mountian where it used to be 15 - 20 feet above the water.

The other road to the area sustained a tiny little washout when the swolen creek jumped the road and created a river on both sides. The road is basically gone for a stretch of 8 to 9 miles. (It is actually very impressive how much it has been destroyed, check it out at http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_110806_weather_highway_35_.1ae8805e.html ) The best estimate for any traffic to get to the ski area is sometime around the end of January, to which I say "NO PROBLEM". Hunting season dosen't end untill Jan 28th anyway.

I had my pass photo, seen above, taken well before any indication of these events. As you can see I am hypeing the HOY7 hunting team above all else. Coincidence?..... I think not!