Plant - paid 11/7
Bru - paid 11/7
Spam - paid 11/7
Waldo - paid 11/7
Guano - paid 11/10
Doug - paid 11/14 (mid week shifty shifty)
Yuji paid 11/25 (mid week switchy switchy)
Alex - paid 12/19
Sparky - to pay 1/21
Oddly enough, 3 checks arrived the first, so four of us are tied for first room rap. Clearly, the only way this can be equitably resolved will be with the application of gin. We will have The Guano adjuciate that.
Bottom line, I think we may want to recruit one more person, to keep costs in line, especially if someone cancels. We do have the beds so that's not an issue. I have not solicited the PiLam web, but if that is something that is going to be done, sooner would be better than later since we are at T+3 weeks.
I sent two checks for $6500 (total and including deposit) to the owner to hold the place. Also, if the last few of you have finalized your flight bookings, please let us know so I can add them to that blog. My hope is that a number of us can either taxi pool or share a rental from various landing zones.
As far as I can determine, a few of you will need to arrange for the shuttle bus or a taxi bus to get you to the house. CME (the link is in the upper right corner) is pretty good for this; I used them about ten years ago or so. Here is my ground travel summary:
Plant & Waldo: We will drive from Vail to Aspen with the rental truck on arrival date. Waldo will need a shuttle back to Eagle for his departure date. (Can you get that moved possibly?)
SPAM: please take taxi from airport to house on Saturday when you arrive. If your flight is late for some reason then we can pick you up when we get Doug at 2pm. We will have the house keys and assume we'll arrive by 3pm.
Yuji: One of us will pick you up on Wed 1/25 arrival date. Presumably for your departure you, Guano and SPAM can share a cab to the airport.
Bruha: We will pick you up at Eagle Vail Airport at 12pm. If you wanted, we could take you back to Eagle on 1/28 but I'm not sure if that's much help.
Doug: We will pick/drop you off on your arrival/departure date, assuming no drastic weather issues for either.
DH: We will pick/drop you off on your arrival/departure date, assuming no drastic weather issues for either.
Guano: We will pick you up on your arrival date. Presumably for your departure you, Yuji and SPAM can share a cab to the airport.
Sparky: We will get you from the Snowmass post office on arrival date , but we need you to call us on arrival, or impending arrival.
Plant
PS: Despite the recent tragedy, we are still having the PiLam New Years weekend ski fest up in Vermont so consider yourselves all requested and required to be there ! Some of you may be alarmed or delighted that el Diablo (Ed Herranz) is going to be joining us then. He does not know it yet, but his old nemesis, Ron Bacardi, will also be paying a visit. The trip will be a little shorter than usual so that we can return back to NYC in time for the Jan 2, 5pm eulogy for Paul Valentin.
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