March 1st, 2010
to the slopes!
Snowboarding and I go way back. We first embarked on this in my freshman year, spring of 2003. I had a most terrible experience. I had a couple of gentle, patient teachers but I could not get myself to a standing up position for more than a couple of inches. Needless to say, I made a vow for this to be my last time on the slopes.
Moving quickly forward to 2010, lets introduce the Tomo. I somehow made a promise to go with him to snowboard one time. I may have been drunk or maybe crazy, maybe both, but I felt a need to make good on that promise regardless of my previous experience. I was lucky enough to find another beginner to [suffer] with me, also someone who was nice enough not to yell at me when I started crying on the slope (true story, it happened). Tomo, Janet and driver Tuthien and I embarked on Saturday, February 27 to Kirkwood….
…and I survived! HURRAY! Here’s some fun shots from Saturday:
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- bunny slope conquered! that is, after two hours.
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- pep talk from janet
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- Janet, me and Tomo
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- got to the Slow sign! I was ecstatic
