Today was such an awesome day. I spent it up at the beautiful ski resort of Snowbird. I've been aching to go skinig for so long now and finally got the opportunity. I went with Dr. Melissa Mclane, Laci and FayDawn. I work with Melissa and Laci and FayDawn used to be ER techs several years ago. And of course I'm always the oldest one but pretty much keep up with them. Thank goodness for the gym workouts. I don't think I would be able to if I didn't hit the gym.
We had so much fun. The snow was awesome. We ski'd non stop except for a 45 minute break for lunch. I actually haven't ski'd Snowbird for years and years. Thank goodness FayDawn was with us because she ski's there several times a week so she could show us around. The resort is so huge that we would have been lost without her.
I started skiing when I was in the 4th grade. My parents signed my little sister and I up for ski lessons at Sundance. I also went with my girlfriend Kim Brown. Our parents would take us to Ripples Polar King and that's where the bus would pick us up and take us up for our Saturday lesson and ski day. We did that for years then finally we were old enough to just go on our own. I remember in Jr. High Kim and I went spring skiing. The day was awesome, the sky so blue and we were putting snow on our face to attract the sun. We would sing on the lift so loud "By By Miss American Pie, drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry. "...Well, by the end of the day our faces were so sunburned. And the next day neither one of us could see. We had blisters in our eyes and all over our face. They were even weeping. It was so horrible. I swore I would never allow that to happen again. My mom took me to the doctor and there wasn't anything they could do. So now I lather on the sunscreen and do everything in my power to not get sunburned. Today would have been one of those days if I hadn't doctored up the face.
I have so many fun ski memories growing up. And fun ski memories teaching my kids to ski. I"m so thankful that I'm healthy enough to keep doing it. I hope I can always be that way. My knees are a little sore but other than that I'm not too bad.
What a fun way to spend the day. I love skiing!!!!!!
2 comments:
I am glad you were able to go! I really miss it! I was hoping that this year Jake & I could go and teach the kids as well, but that can't happen until next year now. But I haven't been for 5 years and I miss it so much, I am jealous!!
Wow, you are in great shape! Good health is such a blessing and totally increases the quality of life. What a fun day! And I loved the story about the awful sunburn!
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