For weeks the kids had been begging us to take them skiing somewhere. Seeing just a bit of snow on Ukrainian Christmas Day wasn't enough. Mark especially was trying to convince us to plan trip for at least one day to the mountains.
After a bit of research and an advice from a friend, we figured we'd go to Wintergreen Ski Resort. Since Alex was in 6th grade he was able to receive a free pass for the day and get a discount for all of us on tickets and equipment. The resort was located about 50 minute drive from where our friends, the Grovers, live. So of course, to make things more fun, we drove up to their house late Thursday night, and left for skiing on Friday morning.
The funny part is that driving up to the resort there was not a speck of snow. It was weird. It was too warm, it seemed! And then as soon as we parked, got our winter gear on we heard the snow making machines doing their job. That's how they do it if there is not enough snow in this area...
It was actually very cold and windy on the day that we went, but that helped with the snow making. Kids were so excited! They had become quite good at skiing and fearless so more power to them.
But not me. Oh, not me. Many times Robert would take the kids on the intermediate slopes and they all would do just fine. Then me...we get to the top of the hill that is hard, and they all leave me. So there I am repeating to myself "I can do hard things" as I am S L O W L Y moving down the mountain. I say "moving" because I don't think you can call it skiing. Anyway! Needless to say, I don't like being scared and I am not quite sure how to overcome this fear...well, maybe to take lessons and get better at it so that I actually know AGAIN how to ski on anything other than beginner slopes (I took a few lessons in high school).
These two are very (too) confident in their abilities;). Look at that snow being made in the background.
It was actually annoying that the snow was blowing so hard because we had to really cover our faces when the ski lift was going under those machines or when we had to ski down the hill with the new snow blowing in our faces.
I am just grateful for no injuries and lots of fun (for Robert and the kids-haha).
The kids skied from 10 am or so till when night skiing started, only taking a break for lunch.
And the kids could have kept going for way longer. Mark is already planning another skiing trip for the near future.
And taking goofy panoramic pictures.
Wintergreen Resort is no Alps or the Rockies by any means, but it will do for kids to curb their craving for snow. We might try another resort sometime when it's cold again:).
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