we woke up with a sudden THUD coming from the room above us... a person falling out of bed? probably not.. a dead body crumpling to the ground? a more likely story. we checked out and got out of Sacramento as fast as possible... with a freshly charged computer battery we were blessed with another episode of the OC before we made it to alpine meadows... where we arrived around 1230... thinking we would get a good half a day of skiing in. to our dismay... they closed at 1 oclock... so 4 runs later... we were packing our ski gear up and headed back down to truckee... after skating for 5 hours. we met up with some old buddies from highschool and crashed at their pad... alpine meadows today, mammoth tonihgt.... our luck has taken a sudden turn for the better... see you folks there