Skiing again

I was never much of a downhill skier before, but this is the second time we went skiing this year.

Last time, we were in Tahoe, but this time we went with a big group to Dodge Ridge. I took a “level two” lesson. The kids took level two lessons for children as well. I would have been happy to keep going and take a more advanced lesson, but JH and Sunny wanted to stop doing lessons for the afternoon and spend some time skiing.

JH and his friend M decided that they wanted to go up a rope pull to a bunny slope, because M was a beginner and was not ready to use the lifts yet. M’s Mom and I stood out looking over them from a balcony as M got on the rope. It was like a cartoon as he fell off and his arms, legs, and skis all splayed out in different directions. Was he hurt? Should we go down there? But no, another adult was going over to help him out, and soon, he was back on the rope again.

I thought JH would do better, because he’s a somewhat experienced skier, but the same thing happened to him, not so dramatically, because he’s not as tall as M.

Later, M and JH did go on the lifts together, and they did great, especially M, for whom it was the first day skiing, ever.

Sunny and I spent the afternoon skiing together, which was really fun. I think it was good for her to get some Daddy time, and it was good for me to get some daughter time.


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