Gratitude for Life and Lifestyle
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It’s Father’s Day and my son, Yuri’s 28th birthday. He was actually born on Father’s Day. He’s in Mali, West Africa in the Peace Corps. (His blog is still-traveling.blogspot.com if you’re interested in checking it out; he takes great photos.) I called him this morning at 6 here in Colorado. It was noon there. He was celebrating with friends, making pancakes, a delicacy there for sure, and very excited about having his precious maple syrup he’d been saving that my sister, Jane, who lives in Quebec sent him. It cost her probably 10 times the cost of the syrup to send it, but in Yuri’s eyes it sure was worth it.
I met Yuri’s dad, Marty, and his girlfriend, Jo Lyn, at the gondola. We’re all friends so we do things together occasionally. Marty hadn’t spoken to Yuri yet so he called him on his cell in the gondola. What a hoot, riding in a gondola to go skiing with my x and his girlfriend and talking to our son in Africa on his birthday/Father’s Day, and it’s mid June.
The mountain opened, for the first time ever this late, on Friday, (although I heard roomers that they might open it next weekend). It opened earlier than the last two days as the temperatures in the early morning rose from just below freezing to maybe low 40’s. Today, we got close to 80 in the afternoon. It was so strange walking over to the gondola with my ski boots on, skis on my shoulder, passing people in shorts and t shirts while everything is green, leaves are out and it’s nearly summer.
On my first runs, starting about 9:20 the snow up on the top of the mountain was fairly firm, scratchy and icy in the shadows, and overall really great. The best run for me was a bump run called Dipsy. It took me a while to get my rhythm back, but I really enjoyed the challenge of skiing soft bumps.
By 11:30 I was done. The snow was getting slushy and more difficult to manage, and I was getting hungry.
I’m tired and it’s late so a short post. I’m so grateful for my day. I hope you had a special Father’s Day as well.
Martha
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June 18, 2008 at 5:13 am
Wow, a pretty great day you had.
And a very nice blog. Spruce it up a bit, change the template, and start adding value to your audience, and you’ll be on your way to much more success.
Great Job, Keep it up.
Jurel