Good Friends, Good Snow, Good Skiing

Yesterday, some friends and I headed up to Crystal Mountain for fun on the slopes. The four of us were evenly matched into pairs where our skiing capabilities are concerned. Dan and Fred are advanced skiers while Becky (Dan’s girlfriend) and I are beginners.

Dan and Fred helped Becky and I for the first half of the day giving us pointers on the Bunny Slope. Before lunch, we ventured onto the harder runs for awhile until finally giving Dan and Fred their leave so they could enjoy the black diamonds while Becky and I worked on the greens.

What a fun time! We ended up skiing past 4:30 into the night skiing portion of the day. This is the first that I’ve ever night skied and it was pretty cool.

After we wrapped it up for the night, we ended up meeting with some friends of Dan who had an RV parked up there for the weekend. After some beer and good conversation, we finally took our leave and drove back to Seattle.

I enjoyed the trip and want to do it again this season. Sooner or later, I have to get my skill level up and the only way to do that is practice.