This morning Lizzie's ski instructor called to say he had an opening so she got another half-day lesson.
Kudos to Lizzie who was in pajamas taking care of a baby at 8:15 a.m. and immediately agreed to go!
And to Dan who watched Emi in the morning. (He was super glad to have a break after yesterday.)
Lizzie's instructor had her on blues all day! And she loved it!
Marty and I skied together over on Empire and Lady Morgan.
The chutes weren't open (which Marty hoped to ski, NOT me --
but I hoped to video him to show Lizzie.)
But I skied the face through the moguls many times with Marty's encouragement
("just take one turn and stop, then another")
and I learned when there's fresh powder, the moguls are slower and softer and great for practicing on!
(And before long, I was able to get several turns in before stopping.)
I'd told Lizzie about the ski school parades on the last day of class where the parents could cheer on their children, and she called around 11:00, just after Marty and I got back to the condo so she could show Marty how much she'd improved.
After lunch, Dan and Marty skied the chutes, then Marty came in and I went out with Dan for the rest of the day. We stayed on Silver Strike and Northside where even the blues were full of moguls from all the snow of the last two days. And I took the mogul run under the Silver Strike lift. In a blizzard.
Go me!
When we got home, we hurried to pack up and get back down to Salt Lake so we could watch the Cowboys game at home with Chris. Go Boys!
Nick returns from his rugby tournament tonight. Unfortunately he hurt his knee/quad
in the first 10 minutes of the second game when he got tackled. He had to miss the last game.
He says its still pretty swollen but not hurting as much today.
It's been pouring rain and flooding in California so their games were wet and the beaches were cold,
and he was hurt, but he had a great time, anyway.
Ironwood in Deer Valley Recap
This year when we chose to stay in a townhouse on Ironwood, we thought it would be fun to have more room, but worried about staying near Northside where the lift lines are often really long.
The place was great and walking across the street to the path to the lift was really no farther than walking outside the condo to the run. (There would be several houses on the street that the walk would feel cumbersome.) We loved the big comfy couches in the living room with plenty of space for everyone.
That's usually the top thing I look for on any trip -- comfy living spaces for everyone to gather.
The lines on Northside weren't long at all and we only would need to be in them twice a day anyway, so we didn't think that would be an issue that would stop us from staying there. However, we missed seeing the action from a condo with lift views.
Also, Chris and friends had a bunkroom and spent the night, but not to ski, so we determined in the future we don't need to have space for all the friends since they go skiing a lot on every other weekend anyway and a condo sleepover for accessible skiing isn't a draw anymore.
Next year, we may go back East or to Denver and meet the kids individually for a skiing on a weekend that works best for them. If they want to come to Deer Valley, we'll probably go back to a 3 bedroom (or 4 if that's available) on Silver Strike. The extra space wasn't super necessary with our group for now.
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