Skiing 2009

Amber and I went skiing at Copper Mountain last weekend, and had a blast! It took us four hours to get there because of traffic! It's usually only a 2 1/2 hour drive!

I had a bit of trouble getting on the four man lift, but it's okay. The guy running the lift gave me a little push (trying to push me over so the other lift rider's could get on the lift), I fell off, nearly got hit in the head with the lift, missed because I ducked just in time to have it come over me, and then they had to back it up over me again. The poor guy trying to help me up just grabbed my arm (nearly pulled it out of the socket) and I started slipping towards him. Finally I made it on the lift and up the mountain we went.

By the way it's a 3,000 ft incline up the first lift we went on.

Well, on the second to the last run I had a little accident. Amber stopped so we could chat for a moment, but so I would not run smack into her I fell down. In the process of falling I heard something ... my pants ripped from the knee to the crotch! It was only the outside lining that ripped thank goodness.
The thing that makes this so funny is last year on the same run- my pants did the exact same thing except on the inside.

Well, I do hope to bring more exciting skiing stories before the year is over. I have picked it up pretty quickly and really enjoy it!