Mike and I got up early this morning and drove to meet friends for the drive up to Stevens Pass for our first day of alpine skiing this year. This photo is of Mike while we were hanging out waiting for Ron and Mia at the park and ride. It’s also about 3 minutes before he realized that he forgot his ski boots at home (40 minutes away). Bummer!
Luckily he is a wonderful husband and told me to go on my way up to the mountain while he went home for his boots. We headed up expecting him to be about 2 hours behind us. Unfortunately by the time he got to the pass all the parking lots were full and he was out of luck. Bigger bummer. We chatted via cell phone and he headed home with plans to meet up with us for dinner.
Mike’s day may not have been what he hoped for, but the three of us had a wonderful day skiing on very un-Cascade like snow. There were chest shots and knee-deep chutes and enough snow to keep us more than happy on our first day. Our faces looked like this way too often today.
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LOL, I’m slow sometimes, I just got the numbering system of your pictures – 3:365 is the third picture/day of the year – doh!
I like the picture on the left – great grin and action there. People are always telling me to learn to ski so that I won’t dread the winters here in CT so much (because I’ll have a winter activity to look forward to) but I’ve been chicken because of, well, the cold (and fear of falling on my face down the mountain!) Is it still cold when you’re out there?
I feel for Mike, so jealous you’re out on the slopes! My brother and many friends live in the Rockies and for some reason I never make it out there to ski. So I ski local (ha!) There’s a small (7 trails) ski area about 20 min from my house that I haven’t been to yet this year. Hopefully I’ll get up to Vermont once or twice this season.
Happy Skiing! and Happy New Year!
I went skiing ONCE, which should clue in on the experience of how much pain we were in afterward. . .We had fun though.
I grew up with the “Wild World of Sports” guy falling down the mountain ingrained into my brain. Skiers are quite the daredevils. I marvel at the views, though.
Wow Mia and I are stars! That was a great day of skiing, you should have put that shot of me burning it up on tele’s right before the crash! Monica, skiers are definately not daredevils, at least most of us aren’t. I’m 44 and hope to be still doing it when I’m 74…