Thanksgiving

We decided to ski again over Thanksgiving this year. We headed up to ski Wednesday after dropping the dogs off at the kennel. It had snowed over night and was still snowing a bit when we left at 10:00. The roads weren't horrible but they were snowpacked. I'm not sure how we managed it but we came up on (and avoided) at least 3 MAJOR accidents, 1 just after it had occurred. This last major one had a smoshed Yukon in the center of our lanes, lots of trucks all over and an upside down truck in the other side of the highway. We all just went around (including the Semi's) and kept on going. We did manage to make it up to ski Keystone around 1:00pm. It was crowded, only 2 runs open, and we had to run interference for Ben (ski behind him and take any hits from the other idiot skiers). We did last until 4:00 with our fingers starting to freeze but the boys made it down the mountain without too much complaining since they had just turned the night skiing lights on and they were totally enthralled with those.

Here is a picture of Ben on the Gondola with his new poles:

Thanksgiving Mike woke up not feeling well so I took the boys off to ski again. Well, yes I know...maybe not the smartest move but what else was I to do with them? One can only swim so long. We did get on the slopes about 9:30 after I had to go back and get my purse, figure out how to get the ski racks open and then walk FOREVER to the base of River Run. I do remember vaguely thinking that I sure did have to park a long way away....and gee, there seems to be A LOT of people getting on the Gondola. Well, the boys and I did 2 runs and left. We were on our second run trying not to get run over yet again. Ben and I had stopped on the run to take a break when some idiot boarder came so close to me his board ran over the back of my skis. I yelled after him and called him something not so nice (which Ben had to chime in and tell Mike when I was retelling our day). Of course, that plus the 30 minute lift line wait finished it off for us.

Lift line at Keystone:

Although Mike was feeling better this morning he still wasn't up to skiing. So, I took Michael and skied A-Basin for a few hours before heading home (Michael and Ben went to Walmart and Burger King). The day was much better, not nearly as crowded and we had a good couple of hours.

Here is a picture of Michael standing at the top of the resort.