[The following post was composed on Tuesday, February 13]
I started out the day in a Level Two class and caught another great instructor. My group today numbered about 7 students They came from places like Miami, Baltimore, Houston, and Great Britain. All female and all married, darn the luck! One of the students was in my class from yesterday and did the remedial course with me. She was from Miami and vacationing with her husband and young son, who was seeing snow up close for the first time.
I learned a lot and made good progress from yesterday. The instructor was mega-patient and very helpful to all of us. I didn’t make it onto the chair lift today, unfortunately. I stayed on the same hill as yesterday and I think I will stay there tomorrow as well. I’m just beginning to get good at making turns with the skis and am not confident enough to move forward. The instructor said that was the right way to go.
The snow was much, much better today. It had been groomed overnight and everyone had a great time on the slopes.
We got smart about lunch today and took most of our own food to eat. All I had to buy was a $7.00 hot dog. That’s right, $7.00 .
The sky at daybreak today was breathtakingly gorgeous. There was just the right mix of clouds and sun. The mountains were majestic as the woke to greet the day. I took lots of pictures and they will be on my Flickr site sometime after I get back in town.
We’ll have one more day of skiing tomorrow then do a snowmobile tour on Thursday. We might have time to snowshoe in the afternoon. Then, it’s a long day of driving home on Friday.
The picture above was taken at daybreak from the balcony of our condo. Our condo is located on the banks of Lake Dillon in the town of Dillon, Colorado. In the winter, the lake is frozen over, which you see as the white space in the foreground.
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