Displaced Beachbums

Yesterday, I was out-voted by two to one on our activity of the day. I suggested cross-country skiing or furniture shopping but both FG and FM were adament about hitting the slopes. FG’s response to cross-country skiing was “It’s SOOOO boring.”  She has cross-county skiing in school for P.E. and I can imagine how boring it must be to ski around the school with 25 other kids who fall and can’t get up because this is there first time on skis. I don’t blame FG for wanting a little more excitement.

With the 25 degree temps and the fresh snowfall from the night before making near perfect conditions, I didn’t have an excuse NOT to go downhill skiing. So off we went to Snowridge, which is an easy 45 minutes from our house:

FM and FG had a bet that I wouldn’t make it onto the chairlift with FM betting against me! FG was very happy to collect on the bet:

I’m so glad I made the effort and got out for a wonderful day of skiing with my family.  And the exercise benefits were great. I can certainly feel the “burn” in my thighs today. I’m a very controlled skier and make a lot of tight turns so I can really feel it in my legs. FM prefers the side-to-side slow turns & FG heads straight down the slope so she can make it back to the chair lift without stopping.  It’s funny to see our different styles.

The chairlift is always a fun adventure as well. FG prefers riding with me since FM knocked her down (accidently) the one time they rode together. The funniest ride was when I wasn’t paying attention and FG forgot to lift the bar (she likes to do it) and we both tried to get off with the bar still down. At the last minute she pushed the bar up and we literally JUMPED off and of course, lost our balance and fell. But they didn’t have to stop the lift so all was well. No one wants to be the one who stops the lift 😉

After our great day yesterday, I’m a bit sad that winter is almost over. I’m not sure how much spring skiing there will be but we do have an upcoming trip to Lake Placid ~ hopefully, it’ll snow, snow, snow!!