We started our morning with a delicious breakfast made by Mom. She made potatoes with peppers, sausage, and eggs. I created a sausage and cheese biscuit. It was delicious.
Drew, Manny, and Dad headed out at 8:00 to get to the mountain. Thom and I were moving a little slower so we didn't get there until about 8:30. We met Manny, Drew, and Dad at the top of the gondola. Dad and I decided to wait and let Manny, Thom, and Drew go down the mountain one time while Dad and I waited at the top. The point of this was that right away in the morning the snow is actually more ice. So Dad and I felt it was more safe for us to stay at the top, let it turn to a little slush, and then go down. Dad and I enjoyed the scenery and beautiful weather while they went down the mountain. Manny had never been snowboarding before, so he moved quite a bit slower than Drew and Thom. Drew and Thom met us back at the top of the Gondola. Then we started heading down....yikes! Dad and I fell quite a few times! We both started to get the hang of it, but it was definitely tough! The route the boys took us down was rather narrow and steep at some points. Thom was really patient with both of us. About 1/3 down the route Dad was really struggling and after talking with a safety patrol worker decided it would be best for him to go back down to the bottom of the mountain to try the bunny hills a few times. Dad really gave it his all! I was so proud of him. He fell multiple times, but just got back up and continued to have a great attitude! I know I was getting frustrated! Dad ended up getting a ride back up to the gondola by a snow mobile. Thom and I continued down the mountain. I fell a few more times as we went down, but actually did pretty well! I had a huge fall. So large, that the safety patrol came over to make sure I was ok! I'm bruised, but still moving!
Once we made it to the bottom of the mountain Thom and I met Drew up at the gondola ride to head to "Tomahawk" Drew and Thom's favorite route. We were able to take a green over to another ski lift to head to our desired route, but Tomahawk is a blue (more intermediate) so I was quite nervous. Having it be my first day I really wanted to stick with just greens (easiest) but the safety patrol guy thought I could do Tomahawk. So that's where we headed. Before heading there I asked Thom and Drew said the beginning of Tomahawk was a very steep hill. I asked if it were any steeper than the one I just did; they said no. I asked if it was longer than the steep hill that I had already done; they said no. They are LIARS! The beginning of Tomahawk was a HUGE GINORMOUS INCREDIBLY STEEP hill! Thom said I just needed to go back and forth and I would be just fine. I started out doing fabulous! Then I fell. hard. So much that it scared me. Then came the tears-why? I was scared! So after calming myself down I started out again. Depending on how you look at it, it was both successful, and NOT successful! I completely lost control. I couldn't go back and forth anymore. I literally FLEW down the hill. INCREDIBLY FAST! I was an arms flailing, screaming, mess as I flew down the hill. However, I did NOT fall! :) The rest of the route was absolutely beautiful! We then took Baby Powder to the ski lift, to Broadway to a ski lift, to Arc up to the gondola where we met Dad for lunch.
Turns out once Dad made it to the bottom of the hill he returned his skis and was spending his day just enjoying the views. We had a quick lunch and I went back to the bottom of the mountain via the gondola with Dad while Thom and Drew headed back to the top before the lift closed for some real fun. After returning my skis Mom joined Dad and I. It was beautiful out! T-shirt weather. We enjoyed a drink while people watching and waiting for Thom and Drew. It was enjoyable. Thom and Drew joined us after a bit. Thom did not put on sunscreen so he has a very...interesting...sunburn (think ski goggles).
Once everyone was together we headed back to the condo and headed to the hot tub.
After the hot tub we enjoyed another delicious meal made by mom-tacos!
Tomorrow I think Drew and Thom are going on the mountain again while Mom, Dad, Manny, and I head downtown for some shopping!
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