Poetry Ping Pong

From time to time when awakening at 6 in the morning Jason decides to be witty and put my brain to the test with a lil' something we like to call Poetry Ping Pong. Poetry Ping Pong was initially started with one of his buddies Eric from Arizona, or maybe it was Shawn (Sean?). After Jason told me the tale of their ping pong I decided I quite liked the idea and took it over.

Jason: Wake when the owls find sleep as sparrows fly bridled with the rains of sun.

(I am not a fan of waking when the owls find sleep. Jason is a morning sparrow and I am a night owl.)

Liz: To tip their wings with golden light to sing and dive through the delight to weave a quilt of a morning sight not seen by most.

(One day we'll have to post some of the pictures of the views Jason gets to see at work every day. Seeing the sun rise from the top of the mountain overlooking the valley of Park City. Lucky pucky duck.)

Jason: Blankets of bronze in azure rays of fog meet at tree lines as the Odin wanderer stands bathed in new light.

(I've never witnessed the views early in the morning myself but I've heard of the fog, and seen majestic pictures taken by him. Epic.)

Liz: To stand and shout and stand nigh so high where dreams only dare to fly to send simple love felt sighs through the clouds to a love miles far away.

(I still sigh every morning when I wake up and look over and see that Jason isn't snoring next to me, rather he is in Park City sleeping until it's time to head up into the mountains.)

Jason: Knowing she hears the piercing devotion gives speed to my needed endurance in continued days of yearning.

( Awh :) Zeeeee end.)

...and then I fell back asleep. So digress with me; read, critique, enjoy, say what you will and think what you shall. That'll be all.

<3Riz

POMA BUS

Ladies and gents, for those of you who ski and are unaware of the evacuation procedures for the gondola at the canyon's. This one and only contraption is used to get passengers out of the cabins on the "span", the gap crossing from ridge to ridge and three hundred feet up at the highest point. As far as we know at the Canyon's this is the only POMA bus still in use in the U.S.. Consequently there are also no manufacturers for the track that runs on the haul rope, which is in dire need of replacement.
As rumor has it the creator of the Poma bus put on a demonstration at a state fair at the time of its completion. The track I just mentioned de-roped at the demonstration and he fell a couple hundred feet to his death.
Why the canyons still choose to implement this piece of equipment is beyond the comprehension of most of the mechanics who are required to run it in the event of an emergency. In addition to this our supervisors will not venture out into the middle of the span during training because it's too much of a risk. Also it specifically says in the manual not to operate the bus during inclement weather, icy conditions etc....remember this is a ski lift used mostly in the dead of winter...when do you think an emergency evacuation is most likely to take place??
So next time your skiing at the Canyons resort take a look at the bottom of tower 14 to find the bus, and maybe just maybe you'll be lucky enough to be the first passengers to put our insufficient training to the test!
---JAY RANT---