Spring Break #3

Thursday was probably the best ski-day of the season for the McGuirk family.  Tons of snow had fallen, so we got there early and were on the lifts at 0830.

We followed a similar route like we did on Monday, starting with Mercury and enjoying the fresh tracks.  We then went over to Peak 8.  One of Ashley's favorite runs is a black diamond called Shock. We had always bypassed Shock on the way to the Peak 8 lift, but this time, Bode was up for it.  Little Dude made it down, no sweat.  The nice thing about Thursday was all the powder kept Bode from getting too much speed even when it was steep.  Of course, the drawback was both Bode and Ashley would crawl to a halt if the terrain wasn't steep enough.  We went up 6-Chair, and had by far the best skiing I had ever had.  I was going through fresh snow up to my knees, which was great, but also exhausting.  Bode has yet to learn to love the powder, but I'm sure he will get there.  He did enjoy a head-over-heels tumble Ashley made, which would have hurt on Monday, but her fall was cushioned by all the snow.  Around 1030, we decided to warm up.  Bode was being goofy and was trying to avoid having his picture taken.

Bode wanted to do Peak 10 again, so we gave it a few more funs, stopping for the occasional picture.

We finished the day with a run through Riperoo's Forest.  I took a different route to it so I could film the last run of the day.

You might have noticed a band-aid over Bode's right-eye in the above pictures.  He did this about a week ago.  He was playing with Joey, and turned to run from him and ran smack into our stair bannister.  I heard the yelling, and didn't think much of it until I saw all the blood (why do head cuts bleed so much).  We cleaned him up and took him to the Urgent Care facility, who checked him out and said stitches were NOT needed (which was a huge relief to Bode).  They did glue his cut shut with some advanced medical glue (probably the Kragle from The Lego Movie).

We had a wonderful spring break ski trip.  We can't believe the season is almost over--I'm sure we'll go a few times in April, as we both really like April skiing (warm, no crowds...we've become ski-snobs :-)  Pleasant week to all.