Ski Trip
March 30th, 2011, 1:15am by Kelvin
We just got back from a weekend in Tahoe, where we sent Lucas to Ski School for two days. These were full-service, full day affairs. Kids get dropped off at 9AM, and the instructors take acare of fitting them with skis, feeding them, and of course, teaching them the basic fundamentals. Even though he took the class with some friends, it took Lucas a little time to warm up to being left with strangers. Eventually, he came to love playing around in the snow. He didn’t make a lot of progress skill-wise on day one, but managed a decent snow-plow by the end of day 2. Lot of fun to watch.
After class, I took him up the bunny slopes for a few runs. Getting him on and off the ski lift was an adventure, but we found a way down the slopes as a team.
It was a fun weekend for all, and one that Lucas in particular wanted to remember for all time.
April 2nd, 2011 at 11:48 pm
Awesome – he looks like a natural on the slopes! Sounds like a great time for everyone. We’ll have to get Lucas and Brandon skiing together next season!
April 4th, 2011 at 3:00 pm
He definitely wasn’t a natural, but he advanced to the point where I should be able to take over his training. I say that despite the lesson that when ObiWan trained Anakin instead of Yoda, it resulted in Anakin’s susceptibility to the dark side.
‘Course, he won’t retain any of his lessons by this time next year, so we’ll just enroll him again and take turns chasing Brandon down the slopes instead 🙂