I happened to look over Loveland's 2009 calendar and noticed they had a $10 ski day each month sponsored by a local radio station. The February date was close to the week my parents' condo was available in Frisco. Could it be more perfect? Unfortunately, James couldn't make it up until Saturday, so I tackled the feat of coaching Logan and Dallin through their first ever day of skiing. I purchased a ski harness and an "edgie wedgie" through Craigs list for Dallin and I felt confident that Logan would get the hang of it since he has been on cross country skis and snowboard before.
The greatest task was all the preparation: renting and fitting the equipment, teaching how to click into the boots, strapping up the harness, and getting onto the lift.
Logan was a bit concerned when he realized the lift was only a two - person lift. I reassured him that he would do great by himself since he has been on a lift before and I had to stay with Dallin. I don't think Dallin knew what to think about the whole process - it was all new, exciting and a bit scary. He kept commenting on how high we were on the lift. When it came time to get off the lift, I held him against my side and we glided to a stop. Dallin immediately said, "Can we do that again?" He didn't know the fun part was suppose to be going down the mountain, not up.
Logan cruised down the mountain at an uncomfortable (for me) high speed and quickly realized he enjoyed skiing much better than snowboarding. He spends more time skiing and less time falling. Dallin had a difficult time the first run or two, but after we ate some lunch and went up again, he didn't want to stop. Dallin also didn't want to have anything to do with snowplowing. He no longer needed the "edgie wedgies" to keep his ski tips together. He liked to go fast!! By the end of the day both Logan and Dallin were doing so well. I had to talk them into ending the day. They both can't wait until we can go again.
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