... but not me. I just need a couple more snowstorms. That should help get me through the long summer months until I can slide on the snow again.
Ok, I'm piling it on thick, but I do enjoy winter. Actually I can't wait for summer as it is the season for fishing, hiking, backpacking and berry picking. Today I tried to squeeze in one more trip to the hill to get some snow-sliding in otherwise known as snowboarding. I went up to Lookout Pass, which is a bit of a drive for me but it is worth it for the quality snow. Actually, it is a faster and easier drive compared to the treks I made when I lived in Colorado. There were days I would be in traffic for 2.5 hours just to get a taste of the fluffy goodness. It seems ridiculous that people put so much time/effort/money into skiing and snowboarding. It does seem like insanity, that is until you have experienced floating down the mountain. At that point you've caught "the bug" and you will join the legions of other snow-loving nut jobs that constantly watch the weather then drive up to the mountain when others are thinking "drive in that crap? up to the mountains? noooooo way buddy!"
Today was a pretty good day. The first run went pretty well the snow was nice and the wax on my board was holding up pretty good.
After my first run I thought I would try to kick it up a notch and try something a bit more challenging.
The second run went pretty good as well so I thought I would try another challenging run. However, on the third run I bit off more than I could chew. I had to stop a couple of times just to scope out a line that I thought would work. I slowed down too much and tried to make a sharp turn. Yep, I leaned downhill into the turn and instead of turning, I flipped over. The good news is that there was enough fluffy snow that it didn't hurt. I did have to dig snow out of my pants though, that kinda sucked.
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Looks like fun if you are young. You can have all the snow you want. I came down here to get away from all that stuff. I'll just sit here and paint or go out and look for rocks and arrowheads, thank you.
Bad enough when you have another 2 or 3 days of rain. I know we need it, but enough is enough.
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