I must admit that I was a little nervous about this ski thing. Yes I did a lot of skiing when I was a kid but I was shorter and lighter and much braver then. Now I am a 200 lbs woman that is quite clumsy as well and I was not in the mood of being carried off a mountain or see a doctor of any kind.
Everybody says it’s like riding a bike, once you learned it you got it after a little bit. But 22 years is a darn long time! But they were right!

We headed off to a small resort called Ski Cooper. Thankfully it wasn’t crowded at all!!! I got up in the Bunny slope once and right away it was like those 22 years was about 1 year, maybe 2. I could tell that all my walking was very beneficial now. It is the same muscles that I use for skiing. It was really awesome!!

I also surprised myself with not falling once!!! How about that?!? It was just an awesome day on the mountain.

As I was going up in the lift I got a little emotional. Thinking about my grandfather and my entire family. None of them has been interested in sports. And with that I mean doing it. We all loved to watch it on TV but we have never taken a ski vacation for example. We went sailing in the summer. Yet my grandfather made sure that I could try everything I wanted to try. If it was skiing, skating, horse back riding he made it happen. He drove me (sometimes hours) so I could ski in the wintertime. He was sitting in his car at the bottom of the base waiting for me to be so tired he had to carry me back to the car and then took me home. And he never complained. If it wasn’t for him I would not be able to ski today. I would never had that knowledge and experience. I feeling of gratitude came rushing over me. I hope he was smiling up in heaven when I was thinking of him!

I would think that after yesterday I would be in quite some pain today. Yes I am an avid walker and have strong legs but it’s not the same. But I am perfectly fine. I have no pain, no aches, nothing! As I’m writing this the rest of the group is sleeping (I am such a morning person) so I don’t know how they are feeling. Today is our day off the mountain. Not sure what we’ll do but it we will come up with something.