Hello Red Eyes:
If you want up-to-date information on the Red Eye Ski Club, don't
look at the Yahoo group anymore.  Instead, check out our brand new
high tech REAL website:  redeyeskiclub.org

You'll find up to date meeting notices and announcements of upcoming
ski trips and reports from previous ski trips, and our bylaws, our
officers, our meeting location and times, and much more.

I am posting new information to the site every week. And best of all,
no advertisement or spam mail can reach you by looking at the new
website.  Only members can get a copy of the membership list or get
anything posted to the website.

We've been invited to the Slope Slurper's Halloween party.
Here's the invitation from Gerry P:
I'd like to extend an invitation to the Red Eye's to our Halloween
Party on Saturday, October 26 at 8:00.  It will be held at Nancy
B's home at 2070 80th St, Eau Claire, WI  54703.   Feel free to pass
this along to your fellow members.  We'd love get together with you
folks for a night of fun and games. Please RSVP to Gerry at
gerard.postl@...

Slope Slurpers Annual Halloween Party
When: Saturday, October 26th from 8pm 'til ???
Where: Todd & Nancy's house at 2070 80th Street...just outside of Eau
Claire (For directions, see below or email nancybrenner@... )
Who: For Slope Slurpers and their nutty friends!
Why: There will be a prize for the best costume!
What: Beer, pop and snacks will be provided.
What else: The new Slope Slurper Boxer Shorts and Can Coolers will be
available to purchase at the party. Check them out!
Hope to see you ghastly people there!

From North Crossing, take Jeffers road CTH F North around two corners
to 80th   Street (Right hand side about 2 miles).
Take a right on 80th.  Todd and Nancy's is about a mile on the
left.

Look for the signs!

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RIDE ALONG IN THE ELEVA BROILER FESTIVAL PARADE.
SUNDAY, June 2nd 2002.    For FUN and for PUBLICITY, the Red Eyes &
the Slope Slurpers are putting together an entry in the parade to
encourage people to JOIN THE CLUB.  We need you!!   Our float is a
hay wagon pulled by draft horses, and we will have a mini mountain
(straw covered by white sheets) and a chair lift and more. We will be
adorning the float with ski poles, skis, and snowboards.  We need as
many of you as possible to ride the wagon, wearing lots of ski gear
(goggles, helmets, hats, gloves) and LOTS of RED EYE merchandise,
especially BANDANAS.  We will be either giving out root beer or
tossing candy, and passing out business cards.  Parade line up starts
at 11:30 (from EC, 2nd driveway left into the park in Eleva), and
parade starts at 1:30.  We need people who want to roller blade or
skateboard alongside or behind (attired as skiers/boarders, of
course), and people to ride the float, include two to sit on the
chair lift with your boots and skis on.  We also need people to help
assemble the float on Saturday June 1.

Please call or e-mail Gloria if you can help with any or all of the
following:
1. Ride the float or rollerblade the route with us,
2. Help assemble the float the day before
3. Lend any white sheets to resemble snow
4. Lend 50 feet of heavy rope to resemble cable of chair lift
hochstgj@...

Bring your photos, momentos & ski stories. see Eyewitness newsletter

The redeyes had a great time in Banff this year, I know I sure did!
Thank you Gloria and Maggie for making the trip another great
memorable ski adventure.

Just wanted to drop a note an say thanks to everyone, this was one of
the best trips yet!  Three Cheers for the champion Pub Crawling team,
"The four hot-shots and one old fart"!  Now let's try and get those
pictures posted as soon as possible!

Until We Ski Again,
Al

The Lutsen trip, March 1-3, 2002, is in danger of
being cancelled because only 17 people have signed up
as of 1/10/02. The deadline for paying for or
dropping the rooms is Feb. 1. To pay for the bus and to
get group rates, we need 30 people signed up. So, if
you are thinking of going, or you know someone else
who is thinking about going on the Lutsen trip, NOW
is the time to stop thinking and DO something,
namely call Coral or Jim, the trip leaders. Their phone
numbers are in the latest Red Eye newsletter (I don't
want to post them here.) Remember, Feb. 1 is the
deadline--if 30 people haven't signed up by Feb. 1, the trip
will have to be cancelled.<br>Signed, Gloria, your
nervous Red Eye President

2002 YEAR OF THE TRAILS EVENT<br>The Friends of
Lake Wissota State Park are co-sponsoring this event
with the Lake Wissota State Park.<br>All activities
originate from the (heated) Karen Lea Nature Center on Jan.
26 from 1 to 4 PM and include a dog musher (who will
be giving rides), a gueded snowshow hike on the
nature trail, also a cross country ski and snow shoe
instructor to show you how. Snowshoes and skis will be
available to rent from 1 to 4PM. Other activities will
include a winter camping demo, making bird treats and
snow ice cream, and much more. Refreshments (hot and
cold) will be available in the nature center.<br>The
invigorating day in the outdoors will conclude with a
Candlelight Ski from 6 to 9 PM beginning at the cross country
ski trail head (boat landing parking lot). Bonfires
to get warm by and good camaraderie, hot soup,
chocolate and cider will be available, provided by the
Friends of the Lake Wissota State Park<br>Many of the Red
Eyes are planning to make this a day long event - hope
to see you there!!!

Rescheduled for 1-6-2. U should have a letter from Trip chair if signed up.
There is room for more. Vicky F.

Welch will have two runs open on friday, December
14th at 4:00pm according to their website this
afternoon. The only other ski area currently open is lutsen
and they have less then half of their runs open. The
majority of ski areas will try to open on this friday or
saturday with possibly 2 -3 runs open. I spoke with
northern tours today as to when we need to cancel our bus
for the welch village trip and we can wait until
friday am after the general ski club meeting on
thursday.<br><br>Jim Block

What is happening with the Milk and Cookies Trip? Welch is not open.  Is the
trip canceled or moved?

JOIN THE SLOPE SLURPERS SKI CLUB<br>Ski Lake
Tahoe<br>January 25 to February 01, 2002<br><br> We will be
leaving from the cities at 9:40 A.M. on Friday and
returning on Friday February 1st. We fly non-stop from
Minneapolis to Reno with ground transfer to South Lake Tahoe
where we stay at luxurious “Embassy Vacation Resort
Lake Tahoe”. You can enjoy several different things to
do. Within two miles of the resort, enjoy
cross-country skiing, downhill skiing at Heavenly Ski Resort,
world-renowned casinos, restaurants and live entertainment. On
site, enjoy the resorts pool, exercise equipment, sauna
and hot tub. Shuttle service will be provided to the
other resorts around Lake Tahoe.<br>The price of the
trip is only $600.00 per person.<br>INCLUDED IN THE
PRICE OF THE TRIP:<br>·Round trip airfare <br>·Ground
transfer from and to Reno<br>·7 nights lodging in
luxurious 2 bedroom condos<br>·Boat cruise on the “Lake
Tahoe Queen” to Squaw Valley. Includes breakfast in the
morning and enjoy live entertainment on the way
back.<br>·Meals at the condos and a buffet meal out on the
town<br>·Annual Chain saw toss competition<br><br>If you are
interested in going on the trip, please sign up
a.s.a.p.<br><br>CONTACTS:<br> <br>Scott
Barth<br>thisbetterbegood@...<br><br>Tony Swerman<br>ssmusicman@...

It's been years since I did a X-country candelight ski and I'd love to do one
again (assuming we have SNOW by then).  Where is the Ski Trail Head?

Forwarded message from Red Eye member: <br>There
will be a Candlelight Ski and Walk on Saturday, jan.
26 from 6pm to 9pm at the Ski Trail Head (boat
landing parking lot) in Chippewa Falls. X-country ski a 1
or 2 mile trail through a winter wonderland
illuminate by glowing candles. If you don't ski, a .75 mile
candlelit trail will be available for hiking and
snowshoeing. Weather permitting.<br>Sounds like fun - anyone
interested post a message. <br>Thanks

Hello Olympic fans, there will be a contest up at
<a href=http://www.attwireless.com/xplore
target=new>http://www.attwireless.com/xplore</a> where you can sign-up to win an
all expenses paid
trip to the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, pick from a
variety of would be VJ's vying for the title’s of the
official online VJ’s for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games and
even weekly cash prizes. We are putting together an
online team to help spread the word about the Xplore
Your Dreams promotion and most importantly to garner
attention for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in general. If
you would like to help get the word out on the
internet feel free to join the team at this link:
<a href=http://groups.yahoo.com/group/xploreyourdreams
target=new>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/xploreyourdreams</a> I am sure you have
questions as to what's in it
for you? Well not only can you help drive awareness
to (fill in athletic community here) at the 2002
Olympic Winter Games but I will be running team contests
for prizes that you can win.

Earn some $ for the Red Eyes and get into the
MPLS Winter Sports show free by working a shift at the
MSC ski swap. I have 8 slots reserved, but I need to
sign you up or give them back by Nov. 3. I have spaces
at these times:<br>Sat. Nov. 10 1-4 pm or 4-7 pm or
<br>Sun. Nov. 11 10:30-2 pm or 2-5:30 pm. <br>Call Gloria
or email hochstgj@... right away.

First snow of the season....

It is snowing today at Lake Louise.

Powderhorn, N.Michigan

Join the members of the Red Eye Ski Club for a
fun skiing weekend in Northern MN..Giant's Ridge
resort is located about 1 hr. west of
Duluth.<br><br>Groomed hills make for some fun skiing. Cross country is
also available on this weekend ski
package.<br><br>Cost is $212.00 for bus transportation to and from Eau
Claire, lift tickets, slope-side lodging, and Sat.
evening meal.<br><br>Contact via this site. more details
later.

Hi everyone<br>Found snow in the Grand Tetons
last week!!!!<br>Time to start planning....<br>The
websites of our planned trips are now on the <br>links
page. Will give a prize to the 1st person to report
snow from any of our trip resorts.<br>Hammer

OK PREZ!!! THE DATE ON THE BIKE/CAMP TRIP IS OCT 13/14 NOT===OCT 6/7.  SORRY. (I
WAS JUST TESTING THE PRESIDENT'S CORRECTING ABILITIES - GETTING HER READY FOR
SCHOOL!)

WALK ON THE WILD SIDE--THE ICE AGE TRAIL--
SATURDAY OCTOBER 6. We will hike the 4.5 mile loop of the
Ice Age Trail starting at 10:45 am from the Visitor's
Center 7 miles east of New Auburn on Hwy M. 10 am--meet
at the Hallie Shopko to car pool. Afterwards, we're
going to the Pickled Trout for late lunch. Questions?
Call Gloria or email hochstgj@...<br><br>P.S.
Ignore Maggie's previous message about the Elroy Sparta
Trail--she has the date wrong and you will probably get a
new message from her soon telling you that the
camp/bike weekend is October 13-14. Please forgive her--she
is only the President-Elect.

Interested in biking Elroy/Sparta trail & camping at resort along trail. Date
Sat/Sun 10/6-10/7  Watch for details.  One day bike ride or camp & bike both
days.

Dates have been set / Welch Village 12/16. Giants
Ridge 1/18 - 1/20 UP/Whitecap 2/8-2/10 Lutsen 3/1 -
3/3. Banff 3/26 - 4/2 (Tues to Tues) Newsletters will
be mailed next week & first general meeting is 9/13
at covered pavillion at Lake Altoona Park / pot luck
- 6PM social hour/ eat 7PM.

Have the trip dates been set?

We still have room for 20 more. We are about 1/2
full. When we ran this same trip a few years ago, we
were sold out by November, and had a waiting list
hoping for cancellations, so I expect we will sell most
of the remaining spaces for the 2002 trip at our
September 13 and October 11 general meetings. And we will
probably get some signups as a result of our club
newsletter and the Minnesota Ski Council newspaper in which
we have an ad for the Banff trip. So if you are
interested, please contact us ASAP and get your deposit down
to hold your spot.<br>Gloria

Hi ...How many spots are still open for the ski trip ?   Jerry

Maggie and I will take my RV to the Caryville
boat landing Sun. morning, so we can all ride back to
EC in that and then we will go to Carson Park for a
picnic (4:30/5 pm).<br><br>If you want to join us just
for the picnic, look for an older (1981) 23 foot
cream colored (with red trim) Mobile Traveler motorhome
flying the Red Eye banner (either in Braun's Bay or in
the main picnic area of Carson Park). We will bring
charcoal so we can use one of the park grills. Bring a
dish to pass (and a lawn chair if you have one handy).
Gloria

Weather permitting the canoe trip will be a go
this coming Sunday 8/5. Riverside Bike at 11:30 -
float to Caryville (about 3 hr) carpool back to Carson
Park for a picnic (bring your own) at 5 PM. Cost about
$20.00 per person. See you there<br>Keep checking this
site for details on September general meeting and
upcoming October Ice Age Trail hike!!!