First Time Skiing

Friday I had my first experience skiing. We had someone watch Benjamin so that we could head out to Sugar Mountain for the experience. Up until recently, I've been super nervous about the whole idea of down hill skiing. But for some reason, I'm suddenly okay with it. It may have something to do with the fact that we went white water rafting in the fall, which (given that I never fell out of the raft) alleviated a lot of my concerns about some of these types of activities.

So. Skiing. After I got all of my equipment put together, we headed up to the bunny hill. After about two seconds on my skis, I promptly fell over. And then I fell over a few more times on the way down to the bottom. Turns out the bunny hill has a little conveyer belt. So not worth it. We walked up the hill the next few times I went down the bunny hill.

After I felt comfortable with some basic turning, we headed over to the green slopes. It took us quite a while to get our skis back on as it turned out that the snow was kind of slushy and had caked up our boots. But once we got that figured out (and helped a few others figure out the same problem), we started up on the ski lift. Turns out ski lifts are really romantic. We went down the green trail four times and then for the last time went down a little differently (the Lower Flying Mile). Even though I hadn't fallen down for the last two runs, I seriously struggled with the final run. It was a little difficult making the transition without totally freaking out, which lead to more falling. And then I realized after using muscles in ways that I hadn't before that I was REALLY sore. I had to grind down the rest of the hill just in case I couldn't get my body to get back into that position.

All in all, I had a great time. It was a ton of fun going down the slopes, cuddling with Mark on the ramp, and trying something new. Main reason I'm posting this on the blog? If you're doing your best to be in shape, it opens up the world to so many awesome possibilities. Happy wellness everyone!