[Lew Ledyard]

If you guys want to go skiing, check out Alta. It is 45 minutes outside of SLC and it is phenominal, but not glitzy. You can also ski over to Snowbird from there. The Peruvian has the friendliest staff, lousy rooms, but great food. It can also be really cheap if the person behind the desk when you check out has gotten ahold of some good "tobacco". I stayed there for 10 days with meals, lift tickets, lots of booze and ski demos and the bill came to about $380. I told the guy at the desk that that was definitely not enough and that I owed, and wanted to pay more. He was a little "foggy" and baffled by the complex math. He asked, "Would $400 make you happier?" Answer: "Sure, as long as you're happy." He was.

I am going back in January.