January 12, 2006

• Wow, I went for to Ski for the first time today, and it kicked my
  ass.  I had a lot of fun but it was some serious pain involved for
  the first few Hours.

  First of all I have to say, Tahoe is one of the most beautiful places
  on earth.  I took many pictures and somehow I still can’t get them
  onto USB and into my computer, we shall see what I can do.

  Anyway, I am having some great times here.  I didn’t sleep to well
  last night cause I don’t like this bed.  Shame cause it looks so
  soft and plush.  But at the end of the day, it’s just that I
  didn’t get much rest and it didn’t translate to a good night.

  So I got all my shit together this morning, and we had a full day Baby
  sitter for Natalia who went up the slope with us.  And I was like
  a Penguin.  kinda walking precariously.  I had a lesson
  scheduled for 1:15 am and we were there at around 11:00 so Karen and
  Trevor told me to try the beginner’s run.  And you know what, For
  a person who has never skied.  I did ok.  With no
  lessons.  I fell about 5 times on my way down the rabbit run as
  they call it.  It was about 600 feet so I did ok. Ha ha…

  It’s pretty cold in the morning, but you know what.  I felt hot in
  my Ski Jacket the whole day.  I would have done fine with a Fleece
  and a sweatshirt.  I think I will try that tomorrow.

  So lunch up at the base of the slope is pretty good.  Very canteen
  style, but very good.  Expensive, hey they have the monolopy on
  the whole place so they can charge whatever the hell they want. 
  There was some guy wearing a No. 7 England (Beckham) Jersey, so that
  put  a smile to mny face.

  My Lesson was great.  Nancy, my instructor was this woman, who was
  like in her 50s or late 40s, but she was an awesome skier.  She
  could ske backwards down a slope and upwards… well not relaly ski up,
  but she would make her way up a slope quite gracefully. 

  Anyway, she taught me everything I needed to know to ski, and withing 2
  hours I made my way down the whole slope from way up the mountain, to
  the bottom.  Mind you I didn’t go from the the top of the
  mountain, but I was pretty damn high up.  Maybe 8000 feet.

  The slopes close at 4pm, so I headed home from there, and now I am at
  home relaxing.  I am hella tired and I could sleep for days
  now.  My body is sore, but I had the time of my life.  It was
  a great expereience.

  Jonathan from San Francisco Out!

  • 6:04 pm
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