Rachel and Alex got on skis for the first time this past Friday. I was pretty nervous. Rachel doesn't know the meaning of the word fear, and Alex can get easily frightened and doesn't try to tackle the fear but backs away from it completely. So, I totally envisioned Rachel heading straight down the mountain at full speed with Alex sitting down and refusing to go at the top of the mountain.
Luckily, I was not completely right. They took a class together and really learned to be comfortable on their skis. I knew it was going to be good when we picked them up and Alex asked to go on the big hill. They had already been on the bunny slope, so we took them on a little bit bigger hill (still green circles). At the top, Alex started going down the hill and just got faster and faster. I started to freak out a little bit because I had no idea if he could stop. Fortunately, he stayed in control for awhile and then fell without too much pain. He fell a few times down the hill, and we took him on it once more.
I took him back to the bunny slope for a little bit. I thought he might be done with the bigger hills, but he came right back for some more runs. He did great! He just got better and better. I was so impressed with him even though he kept saying he was no good. Here's a short video of him skiing down the first time we all went together.
Now, Rachel skied about as I expected her to. She was skiing with Dave a little and then with me. On our first time on a new trail, she just took off straight down the mountain. She was going so fast that I could not keep up with her. My legs were getting tired, and I just couldn't bear heading straight down the mountain. I was sure that she was going to be lying in a heap when I got to where I could see her. The good thing was that I could follow her trail because she left these deep tracks straight down. I told her she needed to get better control if she wanted to go to the Intermediate trails, so she worked on that. Here she is on the next time down when we went back to the trail that was a little less steep.
Rachel ended up tackling a blue square trail with Dave. He said the snow was not great, and she fell quite a lot. But, she wanted to go again. I was not surprised but still impressed.
It was a great day sharing this with our kids! I was so proud of them and glad that they were able to pick it up so easily. We finished it off with a nice meal at IHOP.
4 comments:
Awesome! Tell Alex and Rachel the first time I skied, I wore a blue sweater that bled when it got wet. I left lots of blue spots on the way down the hill!
I loved the leprechaun post too. I'm just wondering--do you have a new pet at your house now? And what do you feed leprechauns? Don't tell Uncle Chris but I may just have to get one too!
Oops-that last comment was from me. I forgot to sign mom off my computer. She'll have to tell you about her adventures in skiing (if any).
lol, I was wondering if I've heard your mom say 'awesome'. ;)
seems we're both on the path to blogging more. yay us!! keep up the good work!!
That looks like fun! I need to take Brendan next year.
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