Hi folks, sorry for the lack of blogs lately, been pretty busy with so much stuff. I have several ideas for future blogs but getting the time to sit down and type them out is getting hard to find. Well today's blog won't be about agility or dog sports at all really.
My family also likes to ski in the winter. Wentworth the local ski hill opens for the season tomorrow and we are heading out early to get a few runs in before we have to take part in some family activities. We have been skiing here for about 9-10 years now....hard to believe it has been that long. Actually Leanne and the girls have never skied anywhere else. I have skied a couple of other hills. I'm kinda hoping that we will get a chance to hit another hill somewhere sometime in the near future, although I doubt we will be able to get Tamara to go anywhere for a ski vacation overnight without the dogs.
I had skied a couple of times over the years with school trips and with friends and always had a wonderful time, but my family was not sports minded and it was something that I never got to do much of. I thought that if I could get the girls interested I might be able to begin skiing myself, so that is what I did. I tried to get them to watch it on TV and they didn't want anything to do with it; they were always a little difficult to get to try new things. So I decided to take a different approach. "Who wants to go for a drive and get some hot chocolate?" Now I had their interest. We sat in the lodge and watched for a while... it wasn't long before they were asking if they could give it a try.
It was late in the season but we went twice....they really enjoyed it and so did my wife. Santa must have been watching because the next year he brought skis and season passes for the family for Christmas. We have gone from not being overly excited for the winter to being unable to wait for the snow to start once it gets cold. I must say it is an wonderful wintertime family activity.
It has not come without it's challenges. Jessica had a fright with the chair lift that 1st winter we had passes and took a couple of years off. Tamara and I really spent a lot of time together on the slopes that year. Eventually Jessica returned to it and has really been enjoying it. We have also had a couple of injuries over the years as well but we take it as it comes. I have separated my shoulder and sprained my knee. Tamara has suffered a broken leg, just last winter for her, although she is really excited to get back on the slopes she will also bring some apprehension. Her injury was caused by another skier that in my opinion was travelling far to fast for the particular area and the number of skiers on the hill when she hit Tamara. My injuries were both caused by my inexperience and tendency to forget my actual age (not 20).
Jessica has decided to give snowboarding a try this winter, I will be curious to see how she makes out, I am sure she will not abandon her skis altogether.
Our climate doesn't always agree with our ski season these days (I seem to remember much more snow through the winter when I was growing up). I know the first few years we skied they had problems getting and keeping enough snow. Things seem to have come around the last few though because even though the natural snowfalls have been limited the snow making weather has been fairly cooperative. We were excited to see about 10cm of snow fall in our area today to go with what they have made on the mountain so far this year. I am sure that the open trails list will be pretty small, but at this point in the season I am happy to keep the number of runs we do in a day fairly limited till my ski legs come back.
Wish us luck for an injury free start to the season. Maybe we will see ya on the slopes. If you are not a skier I encourage you to give it a try, I am sure you will have a ball.
Till next time
Trevor
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