Trying to get up the nerve to go skiing this weekend!
I have tried to ski only once in my life and that was 20 years ago. Not a pretty picture. No lessons at a top notch California resort. I went down 4 times on the so called bunny hill and called it quits.
The kids have been invited to a B-Day party on the mountain Saturday night. The parents of Clancy kids have rented the whole place for them.
There is a three day package available at the Great Divide
I would go up Friday afternoon for my first lesson.
Saturday, I'll take the kids up and do my second lesson. I hope one or both of my kind children will hang out with mom and help her out.
Sunday, I may or may not go back for third lesson, depends on how Saturday goes.
I decided to go for it!
I called and set up the 1,2,3 ski lesson plan.
Day 1
I left work early Friday afternoon and took the first lesson at 1 PM. After an hour learning the basics, I was taken up the lift for my first try at the mountain. I was terrified, crashed and wore myself out getting up. I made it down twice.
Day 2 (an absolutely gorgeous day)
Left the house a 9 am with my 2 kids and returned for more torture at 10 am. I was taken back up to the "Meadows' or also called the ricochet run. I made it down 4 times, I think maybe it was 5. Finally after tightening my boots, I made the final run without crashing. Yeah!!!!
Day 3
Another 1 pm appointment. This time only Jake went up with me. I was so very very sore, had a head ache and did not really want to go this time.
But, once I was there, I was fine until after one warm up run down the 'meadows' I was to take on "good luck'. Again I was terrified and struggled to get myself down the, to me what seemed like a cliff. I crashed most all way down and hard. Finally, I was taken to the top on a different lift. Again it was steep and I even though less panicked, struggled down with a few crashes. But, once we got to the meadows again at the bottom, that was now easy as pie.
For a graduation gift I was given a half-off punch card for 10 more lift tickets. Cool.
I will have to go back now. I am hooked. I was happy to see how quickly I learned to ski, but still need to work on my turns and get rid of that "pizza" stance. Getting down "Good Luck' with out crashing is my next goal.
