Since it was a 3 day weekend, we decided to take a trip. I wanted to go skiing, and in an effort to avoid the large crowds and traffic we went to Dodge Ridge. We rented a cabin nearby with some friends.
Our first day of skiing was Saturday. Dodge Ridge has a pricing system that makes it ridiculous to not take a lesson unless you are a good skier. It is cheaper to rent skis there and get a half mountain pass with a lesson, than to get a full mountain pass with skis and no lesson. I had no intention of skiing the harder stuff anyway, so it worked out.
I was debating between signing up for a level 2 or level 3 lesson. I have the ability to do the harder things, but I'm worried about falling so it doesn't work as well as it should. For the first day we went for the level 3. I wanted to ski a bit before the lesson to warm up. It wasn't as easy as I remember it; I was considering going down to level 2. I stuck with 3 so Steven wouldn't be bored. Our class ended up being higher than a level 3. Most of the people in it could have been in a level 4 or higher. So really not the best class for me to be in. I was tired after the class and went to knit in the lounge area, while Steven kept skiing. Once he was done we took a picture remember that we were there. I wasn't convinced we'd be back the next day.
This trip was also an excellent time to wear my hats. This is one of my favorite ones. I made it extra large and felted it to fit my head. Then I lined it with fleece around the ears. So it is almost impossible to get cold in this hat. Also since I live in California, most of the time it is impossible to wear this hat.
On the way back to the cabin we stopped to take pictures of the beautiful view. We took quite a few pictures. Most including this tree. It wasn't until we got back to the cabin that we noticed this tree was full of shoes. We totally missed it while in front of the tree.
We did end up making it back for the second day of skiing. The 10 am lesson was full, so we signed up for the afternoon one. This turned out to be great since while in the lesson you don't need to stand in the long ski lines. The second day's lesson was a lot better. This time most the people in the class were actually level 3, except one guy who was probably level 2. It was so much nicer having a class full of things I could actually do.
This is a google auto awesome gif of Steven skiing.
This is a picture of me looking like I know what I am doing. I was much more comfortable on skis after this lesson. I hope that sticks around until our avoiding the super bowl ski trip.
The next morning we took some time to walk around by the cabin. There was a sledding hill a short walk from it. I built a snowman with a top hat. He is only two balls high because I was too tired from all that skiing to move.
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