I was so excited to go skiing.. now keep in mind that I hadn't been in over 10 years, Keith and Ashlee had never been, and my dad is 71! We decided on Snowbird since they had a good ski school for Ashlee and a good one for Keith as well. So once we got them situated my dad and I braved the sky tram going up to the basin of the mountain (that's THE highest point!). It was windy, we were in the clouds and the visibility was almost nil. I was a little nervous, but was ready...
My dad headed down first and went about 20 ft and fell. Once he got to his feet, he declared that "he was too old for this crap" and told me to go on and that he would catch the tram to get back. Thankfully nothing more than his pride was hurt. So I scooted on down the mountain.. like how I make that sound so nonchalant! LOL yeah.. it took me a good 30-45 minutes to make it down.
Here's a pic from a mid way point at Snowbird that I took while I caught my breath. No pictures that we took do justice to this beautiful state!
I stopped a couple times and fell a couple more, but all and all made it down in one piece. If it makes my dad feel any better, I too questioned my age and agility a few times! After my run, I caught up with my dad and Vanese and had a couple brewskis before heading back up. I decided to only brave the green this time and figured that I needed another day to get my groove back.
By the time I caught up with Keith, he was spent, tired, totally exhausted, stick a fork in him d-u-n! A couple days later he told me he was thinking "what is FUN about this???" LOL
It was a fun but exhausting day for all! Little did Keith know that he would be heading back out again on Friday much to his dismay.......jpg)
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