To Ski or Not to Ski

Winter sports.  Not really my thing.

However, partially inspired by the Winter Olympics I decided it was time to try skiing a few weeks ago. It looks pretty easy, except that it's not. A couple of friends and I headed out to Mt. Brighton in every borrowed piece of ski gear we could find and the best part of the day was that we were actually not cold, so yay for layers!
All three of us had never been skiing before so went straight to the conveyor belt bunny hill to test out our skills. We had watched YouTube "How to Ski" videos the night before in an attempt to look less inexperienced on the slopes. That didn't really work out. We all fell just trying to get on the conveyor belt to get to the top of the hill (or small mound as it should be called). Between the conveyor belt and the tow rope on the larger bunny hill we definitely had our share of falls. I fell while attempting to ski/walk across the flat ground and was stuck there for 5 minutes until I realized I could take my skis off so I could stand up. I'm sure the employees and veteran skiers got a few good laughs at our expense all day. The ski school full of small children were easily showing us up and after a few hours of different bunny hills and multiple falls and crashes, we took our lunch break and then basically decided we were done for the day. For a first time ski trip it was pretty successful, I eventually figured out how to stay upright and mastered the art of the "pizza".

That is me, caught in a rare moment of not being on the ground.

This is our biggest hill attempt, it actually is pretty steep, the picture doesn't quite do it justice.

 Lunch break! We were pretty much done by then. Once you take the ski boots off you really don't want to put them back on.

My favorite part of the day was watching a collegiate snowboard competition while sitting by a bonfire and watching little snowflakes like this one land on me. So little and intricate!

Our end of the day reward; Applebee's appetizers and dessert. I will never pass up cheesecake of any kind.
Skiing is definitely not one of my favorite activities but it was fun to try and hangout with new friends, maybe I'll go again and actually take a lesson.