I've been quiet here for a couple of days. It's been a weirdly busy week. I found good hot chocolate, wrote some stuff and now I'm disappointed the forecasters are predicting rain and not snow. I was really hoping to head up to the Pocono's to take my first turns of the season, but now I'm unsure. We'll see.

If anyone ventures north or south, I've learned there is some great skiing and riding in West Virginia while doing some sidework for onthesnow.com and would love to hear about anyone's trips, feel free to e-mail me pictures and I'll see what I can do about getting them up. Send them to justinm@dailylocal.com.

That's all, my weeks is almost over and I'm sure there's something somewhere I can do.