Ski Trip

The Sunday after Valentine's Day we went skiing at Sugar Mountain with some friends; Caleb, Courtney, Ken, Leslie, Matt & Candace.  It was my first time skiing but Andrea has been a few times.  We had a blast both skiing and just hanging out around the cabin.  We stayed Sunday, Monday and left early Tuesday morning.

Matt rockin' the slopes!

Sugar Mountain

The Garri

The Gwinns

Most people think it is weird that I have never downhill skied having lived in NY and Maine, but skiing was expensive in high school and in college it was a pipe dream due to cost :-)  We got great deals and split all the costs so this trip was not bad at all.  I was able to pick it up quickly and we rode both easy and intermediate slopes.  Since we were skiing on a weekday there were no lines for the lifts so we skied A LOT!  We all had a few good falls but it was worth it.  If I win the lottery or ever become rich I have another hobby to add to my list :-)

Leslie and Andrea on one of the intermediate slopes.

Caleb flexing the guns.

So excited to ski she is dancing a jig.

Caleb, Courtney and Candace babysat Eli while we skied Monday afternoon.  It was so nice of them, we would not have been able to ski otherwise.  Eli did great for his first non-family babysitters and the longest time he had been left alone, what great friends!

Courtney the babysitter extraordinaire!

Bean Game fun.

Sunday night we all showed our age and just hung out in the cabin and talked and retired early.  Monday night was a different story... we busted out the Bean Game and stayed up late.  Towards the end of the night Ken settled himself next to the refrigerator and slowly worked on cleaning it out.

Midnight snack.

Blowing Rock picnic.

Ken, Matt, Candace, Andrea, Eli, Hello Kitty, Me, Caleb (Leslie: Photographer).

Souvenirs!

On the way home we stopped in Blowing Rock and had a freezing cold lunch at a small park and then walked the downtown.  We stopped for ice cream and picked up some tubs as keepsakes :-)  I really liked the area we were in and hope to get back there soon... Blowing Rock and Sugar Mountain are actually on opposite sides of Grandfather Mountain, which State Parks just acquired!!