Now that I am receiving signup forms and checks for our Whistler trip, I thought I would spend some space here discussing required travel documentation (TD) for this trip. If travelers do not possess applicable TD to enter Canada, those unfortunate souls will not be allowed into that country. That nightmare scenario will definitely ruin your trip! Also, it is required to have such TD to re-enter the United States! As we have 4+ months before this trip, NOW is an extremely prudent time to take care of these TD matters.

The information contained her is a starting point. Please note that the complete accuracy of the TD requirements information contained in this article is NOT guaranteed by the Nisei Ski Club or its Officers or the author of this article. All responsibility for applicable TD for the NSC Whistler-2010 trip or any other trip is solely the responsibility of the traveler. Read the rest of this entry »

A roguish bookworm finds himself in a library looking with hunger at a 3 volume set of books with (what he perceives will be) particularly tasty pages. He’s a little short of time however (since he has a date with his girlfriend, who gets off work in 2 hours) so he tries to calculate if he will make his date. He wants to start chewing at page 1 of volume 1 and not stop until he gets to the last page of volume 3. He quickly estimates it will take him 15 minutes to chew through each cover (front or back) and that it will take him 30 minutes to chew through the pages of each book (they conveniently all have the same number of pages). How long will it take him and will he make it to his date?

The answer will be in next month’s letter along with as many names who get the correct answer as will fit. Think you know the answer? Email newsletter@NiseiSkiClub.org

Antelope: A herd of antelope

Ape: A shrewdness of apes

Baboons: A troop of baboons

Badger: A cete of badgers

Bass: A shoal of bass

Bear: A sleuth or sloth of bears

Beaver: A colony of beavers

Boar: A sounder of boars

Would you like to see more puzzles or trivia in future newsletters (when we have room for them)? Let us know. Do you have a ski-related story—perhaps about the “good old days”? How about sending it in for the rest of the club to enjoy? Have you discovered an easier way to do something the club might be interested in? Did you go anywhere unusual that we might be interested in? Write in to newsletter@NiseiSkiClub.org and get your name in print.