Sunday, February 15, David and I set off on our first road tripm, of many, to Snowshoe Mountain, WV to go skiing.
The drive was absolutely incredible...I've never seen this part of the country, and of course since we were headed to the mountains we were on little country roads with amazing views. I loved being able to enjoy the beauty of Creation in a way I never had before.
It took about 4 1/2-5 hours to get there...about 260 miles away... however a good bit of those miles are spent winding through the mountains going about 20 mph! I found many reasons I could never move back to Texas.... mainly just because of how beautiful it is.
We made it to Snowshoe about 10:30, (we left at 5:45 am), checked in, changed clothes and hit the slopes for a basically full day of skiing.
East Coast skiing is
way different from skiing in the Rockies... basically, the vertical drop of Snowshoe is approx. 1500 ft, compared to like Breckenridge which is about 3500 ft, yeah. Interestingly enough... I fell more times here then I have ever fallen skiing, I'm pretty sure.
Day 1: I think I wiped out a total of 8-10 times...including rolling down the mountain, sliding down the mountain head first and feet first. Oh, I gave everyone a good laugh, David and the people on the lifts above. David never fell, of course. As we're going up this lift I see a run and I'm like, "oh, we should do that one..." -bad idea, they always look easier from above... we get to the top and all the slopes are blacks...and there is only one way down. SO, I attempt my first black, of course busting it, but I did make it to the bottom. Side note, blacks here are like blues in Colorado. We thought we might attempt night skiing, however the colder it got with the sun going down the more we were like, no way, it's too cold.
Snowshoe Mt. has the cutest little village ever, like we parked outside the condo and then we were able to walk to like ~10 restaurants, a Starbucks, and of course numerous ski shops... My favorite was that they had speakers outside and so music was constantly playing (love that). We had dinner and then just hung out in the condo talking and watching t.v.
Day 2: So we bought some breakfast items at the store the evening before, David thought there was an oven in the kitchen, so we got some cinnamon rolls... well, turns out, there wasn't! Instead, we, well, David, attempted to cook them in a pan on the stove while I attempted to microwave them. Let's just say neither worked and we almost set of the smoke detector! HOWEVER, we did wake up to find a huge snowstorm coming through the village which was so beautiful, and there was like no visibility at all!
All the fresh powder made for a wonderful second day of skiing. Actually, it snowed pretty much all day. I wiped out the first run, then we did a black next and I was golden, I was so glad to finally have my snow feet under me! That's not to say I didn't fall the rest of the day, because....
We go to this black and it has about 10 moguls at the very beginning of it, and it's REALLY steep.. David really wants to do it, so I'm like, okay sure -the worst that can happen is that I'll fall. David steps up and even he is nervous, but goes down and makes it of course...watching for me to attempt it. (He really should have recorded what was about to happen). Not to mention the moguls were super deep, they were also super icy. I made it through like 1 and then it was over, I fell down, on my back, skis straight up in the air and started taking the moguls on my backside...launching off of one and catching about 3 ft of air, and of course David was rolling because of this. Though we did see someone bust it worse then I did, so that made me feel a little better!
Thankfully, I didn't get hurt, I have some sort of grace about falling while skiing, most of the time.
We headed out right at 4 - and what was supposed to be a 4 1/2 hour trip took 6 hours. Somehow we made it out of WV into VA then back into WV, we were slightly concerned, but it was once again a beautiful drive.
We had a great trip, talking, laughing, singing, and catching up. Oh the first of many road trips that will soon take place!
That's right friends, I'm the proud owner of a Snuggie and I"M SOOOOO EXCITED. Rob & Sharla gave me one for my birthday....Along with a few other things... This was actually in my room when I got home last night, but didn't notice it because I was so fascinated by all the balloons!!
