Tahoe was great. Everyone had a blast skiing and partying. The skiing at Heavenly was great. Lots and lots of different trails to ski. There was something for all levels of skiers.

Had a fun time at the Toga Dinner Party Tuesday night. Everyone looked great dressed for the occasion. Food was good too.

The Penguins joined in for the EPSC Race Day on the mountain. We had 2 teams of 4 men and 3 women and there were 3 individual males that skied. Team 2 came in 5th place out of 11 qualifying teams. Those winners were; Doreen Howley, Christina Ricciardi, Dave Howley, Bill Bauer, Dan McGovern and Mike McGovern with a total winning team time of 244.71.

The following Penguins received medals for the fastest individual race time for their ski club. Our winners were;
Men:
Gold Dan McGovern - Time 26.35 & Maryanne Benner: 36.53
Silver Michael McGovern - Time 26.73
Bronze Bill Bauer - Time 29.63

Women:
Gold Maryanne Benner - Time 36.53
Silver Doreen Howley - Time 36.71
Bronze Christina Ricciardi - Time 39.46

Our day at Kirkwood was a little challenging. It was snowing heavily all day but most of our hard core Penguin skier's toughed it out and skied most all day.

Squaw was a great day too. The weather was picture perfect as well as the mountain. Everyone enjoyed the day then went on to enjoy our dinner & dancing cruise aboard the Tahoe Queen. We even enjoyed Dave Howley joining in with the band playing his harmonica. He was great.

All in all it was a great trip. It's a beautiful place. EPSC is looking at either Aspen or Steamboat, Colorado ski resorts for the 2012 western ski trip. Hope everyone that went on this trip and the Penguins that didn't get on this trip go on the next one. It's a great time. And maybe we can up our chances on being one of the top 3 winning race teams.

Jim and Kathy