Define PontingClarkeHaydenSymondsism: the belief of an Australian cricketer that being aggressive means hurling personal abuses at the opponent, opponent's spouse, mom, dad and everyone in between...but call one of them a monkey...and it is racial vilification.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
White Gold
State Route 49 is a north–south state highway in the U.S. state of California that passes through many historic mining communities of the 1849 California gold rush. Highway 49 is numbered after the "49ers", the waves of immigrants who swept into the area looking for gold. It's a beautiful highway that also gives access to some of the less crowded scenic spots in the central sierras.
We have I-80 connecting the bay area to most of the ski resorts on the north side of Lake tahoe, US-50 and SR-88 connecting to resorts on the south side. Now, route 49 cuts through these highway systems at Auburn (I-80), Placerville (US-50) and Jackson (SR-88).
On days when we have the Epic Tahoe Storms (tm), it is difficult to predict which of these highways close due to low visibility, avalanche danger, hazardous driving conditions, multi-vehicle pileups etc. So people pick their favorite resort and take one of these highways, but as they reach the 49er towns of Auburn, Placerville or Jackson, it is time to check on road conditions and decide whether to continue east or switch north/south on route-49 to the other unclosed highways and hope to reach a ski resort of some kind.
I ended up using this scenic route-49 twice this way.
- Epic storm on President's day long weekend 2010: Driving to Kirkwood, SR88 closed at Carson spur, decision @Jackson, switch to route 49N, drive to Placerville, onto US 50, SR89 and SR88 to go around and reach Kirkwood.
- Epic storm on Mar 19th 2011: On a bus to Sugarbowl, I-80 closed due to zero visibility, decision @Auburn, switch to route 49S, drive to Placerville, onto US 50 to reach Sierra-at-tahoe.
It is interesting that now, in the 21st century, fellow crazy "neo-9ers" (skiers and boarders) are using route 49 in pursuit of another kind of gold called 'snow -- of the powder kind'.
We have I-80 connecting the bay area to most of the ski resorts on the north side of Lake tahoe, US-50 and SR-88 connecting to resorts on the south side. Now, route 49 cuts through these highway systems at Auburn (I-80), Placerville (US-50) and Jackson (SR-88).
On days when we have the Epic Tahoe Storms (tm), it is difficult to predict which of these highways close due to low visibility, avalanche danger, hazardous driving conditions, multi-vehicle pileups etc. So people pick their favorite resort and take one of these highways, but as they reach the 49er towns of Auburn, Placerville or Jackson, it is time to check on road conditions and decide whether to continue east or switch north/south on route-49 to the other unclosed highways and hope to reach a ski resort of some kind.
I ended up using this scenic route-49 twice this way.
- Epic storm on President's day long weekend 2010: Driving to Kirkwood, SR88 closed at Carson spur, decision @Jackson, switch to route 49N, drive to Placerville, onto US 50, SR89 and SR88 to go around and reach Kirkwood.
- Epic storm on Mar 19th 2011: On a bus to Sugarbowl, I-80 closed due to zero visibility, decision @Auburn, switch to route 49S, drive to Placerville, onto US 50 to reach Sierra-at-tahoe.
It is interesting that now, in the 21st century, fellow crazy "neo-9ers" (skiers and boarders) are using route 49 in pursuit of another kind of gold called 'snow -- of the powder kind'.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Microblogs
I tweet/buzz my blogs, but I wanted to blog my tweets/buzz.
https://profiles.google.com/u/0/hemant.t3/buzz
http://twitter.com/#!/hemant_t3
https://profiles.google.com/u/0/hemant.t3/buzz
http://twitter.com/#!/hemant_t3
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