Even though I describe myself as "not a winter person", I am trying to embrace the cold and find benefit in it. As you can see the patio furniture is quite covered in snow. We had about 8 inches on Thanksgiving and another 4-5 on Saturday night. Don had his first downhill ski on Friday after Thanksgiving at Aleyska Resort ( second photo) with a coworker. The area is about a forty-five minute drive from home. They had a good time, but said it was icy and there were too many obnoxious young kid snowboarders.
This week we began cross country ski lessons at Kincaid Park which has lighted trails. There were an amazingly large number of adults and children out skiing. The first day was about 22 degrees with severe winds. It was so windy, the wind blew me across a flat meadow on my skis without my legs moving at all! It was incredibly cold. Even though I was slow, I was proud that I did not fall and kept moving. Tonight it was a balmy 4 degrees and we actually got hot! I forgot my boots at home and missed half the lesson when I went to retrieve them. I was still tired after only half a class. We practiced going downhill with a wedge which I wasn't too good at. Then Don took me to the trail which is groomed meaning it has tracks formed by a machine. It was pretty cool and I improved rapidly. I got new gloves shaped like a lobster claw. They are supposed to be warm to 20 degrees below. They were inexpensive at $29 and actually did keep my hands warm. It is supposed to be very cold for a couple of days and then snow all weekend.
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