Saturday, March 14 (Pi Day)

We left bright and early at 2:20 from West Des Moines. Drew and Manny (Drew's friend) got the back back seat, Thom and I had the captains chairs in the middle, and Mom and Dad switched back and forth between the front seats. Dad drove the majority of the way.  We stopped in Cheyenne, WY at the Sierra Nevada Trading Post. Dad likes to stop there. Due to the time of year they had lots of great sales! I got a pair of Brooks shorts for only $12! We finished our drive and arrived at the condo at approximately 2:20, but had an hour and half stop at Sierra Nevada Trading Post, so we made great time!

Once we were in we got into our rooms. What Dad booked seemed a bit small for all of us so he requested another room so Drew and Manny are across the hall, Thom and I are connected to Mom and Dad's room which has a nice size kitchen.

Once we got settled we headed to Christy's Sports to rent our skis.  Boy, were they busy! It took us about an hour to get our skis. I had white skis with white boots. I liked mine. Once we got our skis we headed to buy our lift tickets. Drew got a 2 day ticket, and the rest of us (Dad, Thom, me, and Manny) all got one day tickets. Thom plans on doing 2 days, but in fear of being injured he only purchased a one day--you don't save any money with a two day!

After we got our skis we went out to dinner at Blue Sage Pizza. We got chicken wings and a Maui Wowie Pizza (ham, pineapple, pepperoni, jalapeños). It was delicious!

We then returned to the condo to drop off Drew, Dad, and Manny while Thom, Mom and I went to the grocery store to get food for the next couple days.

Once we got back from the grocery store Thom, Manny, and I went out to "practice" skiing. We tried it right outside our condo in the little lot they had, but the snow was incredibly soft! We just kept sinking! We gave it our best shot, but came in about 20 minutes.

Then Drew, Thom, and Manny decided to go out to the downtown area. I stayed in and worked on my college class.

We all went to bed early because of big skiing plans the next day!