When I got to the rental shop, they predictably couldn't find my reservation. The reason they couldn't find it? Li'l Miss "I'm-On-Winter-Break-From-High-School" kept putting my first name into the LAST name field & vice-versa. No problem, really. It's not as though they were short on skis or anything.
So. Skis were clack-clacked to my feet. A pole occupied each hand (Whadda ya mean, "What were their names"? sheesh). The lifts were ridden. Many times. Came down various slopes (no diamond). Many times. Wiped out in exceptionaly sorry fashion. Ma.. uh, never mind. Point of that is: Nothing broken. ...okay, so I can't turn my head to the left very far, but still! (It's Monday morning now and I just tried looking left again... Ouch!)
I love skiing, but I have to wonder what the point is if I can't seem to get through even some simple moguls off the side of a blue run. Ah well, that's why I got the pass. So I can
The Pretenders, Time The Avenger
6 comments:
"What were their names?" Umm... the poles, or your hands? :giggle:
Glad you had a fabulous time, with no major injuries. Have fun and be careful out there, ya hear? :)
No hurty the Larry...
So happy you got to hit the slopes. I love snow. Snow is cold. And wet. And white. It's wonderful.
cold and wet and white, but it was packed powder, so pretty derned hard when you land in a non-optimal fashion... and still I smile.
Until you find yourself in the dreaded skier's split, surrounded by Japanese tourists laughing and photographing you, you'll get no sympathy from me.
I'm trying to imagine the positioning of a non-optimal fall.
HOW did you get your head way up there and why are your underwear now on the outside of your clothes?
Lori: What if they weren't even laughing? ... Naw, I'm not asking for sympathy. There WERE said tourists that I passed on my way back to the parking lot though. Overheard: "What do you MEAN you didn't bring your gloves..." Yeah, I'm sure that gal had a wonderful time.
HV: Non-optimal for this trip was losing a ski and sliding to a stop maybe a hundred yards below the ski. Making it worse was my obvious attempt at stopping sooner than the mountain had intended. There may be video on YouTube somewhere, I dunno. I'll keep you posted on underwear positioning if you really want though.
:chuckle: that reminds me of an early Simpsons episode with this exchange;
Bart: "Grandpa! How did you take your underwear off with your pants still on?"
Grandpa, worried tone of voice: "I don't know!"
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