Stephen's Thoughts

Chocolate chip cookies. The most important part of any ski experience.

Behind the scenes was developing a long and passionate love affair between Jawaharlal Nehru and Edwina Mountbatten.

Bud led Mom and Mynduveroan into some dense bushes off piste off Mountaineer lift. I took an easy run. After waiting too long, I had ski patrol go look for them, but they emerged unscathed after a hairy exit. Told the two kids to make an adventure short story out of the experience for school.

Thank heaven.. for...

I love traveling in India. This trip only confirmed that love further.

Parade, on Rajpath, India ground zero, is the beating heart of an aspiring nation. Palpable energy radiates all around us...the crowds, the marching regiments, the flyovers...all are charged.

The two young men, Churchill and Gandhi, together on the South African veld during the Boer War, would go on to become two of the most recognizable icons of the twentieth century. Their forty-year rivalry would seal the fate of India and the British Empire.

One can never have too many Cristina blouses.

She's Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!

Suddenly, after we have been parked for over three minutes on a ridge line above the lake, T 24 appears. He's walking up the ascent to our right.