FIRST DAY OF SPRING

JEFF AND I SPENT THE WEEKEND AT BIG SKY SKI RESORT AND WE HAD SO MUCH FUN. LAST YEAR WE WENT TO SUN VALLEY FOR A SPRING SKI WEEKEND AND I THOUGHT THEN THAT SUN VALLEY WAS MY FAVORITE RESORT, BUT THAT ALL CHANGED THIS WEEKEND. AS OF TODAY BIG SKY IS NOW MY NEW FAVORITE SKI RESORT. IT IS SUCH A GREAT RESORT WITH A LOT OF GREAT MID-LEVEL TERRAIN AND THAT IS JUST UP MY ALLEY. THE DAY STARTED OUT SUNNY AND BEAUTIFUL, BUT JUST BECAUSE IT SAYS FIRST DAY OF SPRING ON THE CALENDAR, MOTHER NATURE IS NOT ALWAYS ON THE SAME PAGE. WE HAD SUN, GRAY CLOUDS, LIGHT BLIZZARDS AND WIND, BUT IT WAS STILL A FUN DAY AND I AM SO GLAD WE WENT. I TOOK A LITTLE BREAK AND WENT IN FOR A SHORT BREAK AND SO JEFF TOOK A COUPLE RUNS BY HIMSELF. HE WENT OVER TO THIS BIG BOWL ON ANOTHER PART OF THE MOUNTIAN. (You can see the arrow pointing at it just below the peak and above the trees). THERE IS ALSO A TRAM THAT GOES TO THE TOP OF THAT PEAK, I CAN'T EVEN BEGIN THINKING ABOUT SKIING OFF THE TOP OF THAT MOUTAIN, BUT I GUESS THERE ARE A FEW CRAZY PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO DO. GO FIGURE! IT JUST LOOKS SCARY TO ME.

WE HAD A LITTLE TIME TO KILL THIS MORNING AND SO JEFF AND I SAT DOWN BY THE FIREPLACE AND TRIED TO PLAY A GAME OF CHECKERS. NEITHER ONE OF US COULD REMEMBER THE OFFICIAL RULES, I THINK JEFF WON, BUT WHO KNOWS WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT WE WERE DOING FOR ALL I KNOW, MAYBE I WON! :)

BEFORE WE LEFT I WENT FOR A MASSAGE, ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS TO DO. WHEN I GOT IN THE ROOM I WAS A LITTLE FREAKED OUT, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T CLOSE THE CURTAINS ON WINDOWS THAT OVER LOOKED THE SWIMMING POOL AND I COULD SEE SKIERS ON THE HILL. THE GIRL TOLD ME IT WAS OK AND THAT NO ONE COULD SEE IN, RIGHT! SURE! NO PROBLEM! I DIDN'T BELIEVE HER AT ALL, SO I PRACTICALY CRAWLED ON THE FLOOR TO GET TO THE TABLE. BUT IT WAS ALL WORTH IT, A GREAT MASSAGE FOR MY TIRED BACK.