So it's the longest day of the year today and never have I lived in a place with such little sunshine/daylight so the worst is over!About the above pictures, the first is proof that I actually skiied. Well, skiied is really a loose term. After failing to get off the lift the first time around, I managed to hop off, falling flat on my butt with the lift nearly hitting me in the head! It would have been very comical....if I weren't in tears. Do they teach you how to get off those things in ski school? Poor Ryan had to coach me down a small hill, which was Mt. Fuji to me but that's beside the point. I actually enjoyed myself once I figured out how to turn and stop without falling. However, I did not get back on that lift. Learning to ski at my age is a very humbling experience! I think I'll stick to cross-country skiing and snow-shoeiing after this....unless anyone wants to volunteer to give me ski lessons.
Lake Tahoe was really beautiful...but much colder and windier than Seattle. We stayed in South Lake Tahoe in Stateline, NV, home of tacky casinos and didn't even realize it until the next day that we walked to the California side to check out the gondola to the ski lift without knowing it. I got to play when Ryan was at his conference but Mother Nature had other plans....the gondola was closed due to high winds so I found other ways to occupy my time and it didn't include gambling....wish Ryan could say the same. Art galleries, shopping, eating with a view, walks along the beach covered in snow, and a movie theatre still showing Bee Movie, so cute. The plane ride home was interesting...in a propeller plane, haven't been in one of those since flying space-A in Guam.
Since I didn't get around to sending out Christmas cards, have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Ours will be spent in Nebraska visiting both sides of my family. The weather forecast is for a low of 9 and snow...hopefully we get in ok, our flight lands late Sat. night around midnight. I'll need to pack my warmest gear! Happy Holidays!!
2 comments:
I am so with you on not learning to ski. It is overrated. I want to get into cross country too! What a cardio workout. Feliz navidad from San Diego.
So i finally checked out your blog. It was nice seeing the both of you over Christmas. Kevin taught me to ski about 3 years ago and instead of testing our marriage I took some lessons. They did teach met he whole ski lift thing, not saying i am good at it. Then Kevin's instructions the second day down the mountain were actually benficial. Take care, Tera.
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