Blue Bird Day





We had a surprising blue bird day on the mountain this Sunday.  The kids were excited to ski again and dawn patrol is just part of their life.  The early departure is a bit more of a pain for me as I have to get up early to walk the dogs, make lunches and breakfast before waking up kids and heading out.  Thankfully the car was packed the night before.  With a holiday weekend I knew it would be busy so we were out the door by 6:15 and parked by 7:45.  We ended up parking next to a car we parked next to before and became friends.  The last time one of them had jokingly asked if I would help him get his boots off too after watching my routine of getting kids out of gear at the end of the day.  We talked for about half an hour about taking kids out adventuring.  They nicknamed me Adventure Mama!


Alex did her first black diamond run and the boys and I got to watch her from another run that overlooked it.  KK got himself stuck in so much heavy powder we had a heck of a time getting him back on the trails.  My one lesson learned is that I need to pack snacks for myself.  As always the kids had teriyaki sticks and their full size Snickers bar.  KK waited about 30 minutes too long to have his and when we were trying to get him out of the powder we were both at the end of our patience.  Amazing how lunch made the world fine again.  Our parking lot friends were there too and the boys loved that some of them decided to engage them in a snowball fight.  We skied from first lift to close to final lift.  Some impressive resilience in those kids!
Driving home the kids were tired and quiet.  Another great adventure day in the books!

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