Well, another super-
saturday run and gun style. We slept at Gary and Sue's on Friday night so we could be at the Basin when the lifts opened. Since I have been burning hall passes at an exceptional rate, Mindy got all rights on the day. So Gary, Jed, Reilly, and Mindy set out to conquer the mountain while I had the pleasure of skiing with
Talin,
Aiden, Elle, and Presley
.
It was very fun. Elle and
Talin used their ski poles for the first time. Elle took right to it. However for
Talin the poles were too much of a distraction. Maybe next year. As we were approaching the lift I was sorting out
Talin and before I knew it,
Aiden (5 yrs) had gone right ahead and jumped on the lift. I was very surprised as I didn't know if he had ever gone alone before. Elle and Presley got on the next chair and were frantically yelling instructions.
Aiden took it like a real pro. He never let on if he was alarmed in the least. As it turns out Presley and
Aiden are exceptional skiers.
They took us on some bob-sled style runs that were pretty hairy. After about 8 runs on Wild Cat we broke for lunch.
I had to leave the resort around 12:30 to get to a 2:00 rugby game in Sandy. So I took the kids to Sue's (thanks Sue) and changed in the car as I drove south. As for the rugby, well if you can't say anything nice...
We all got home around 7:00 and had a nice dinner with our neighbors, Jim and Ireland. Shout-out to
Ammon for all the great rugby photos.