We were able to go snowboarding quite a bit this year. It had been awhile for me because last year I was pregnant with Lily, so I wasn't able to go. So, needless to say, it had been way too long!! We went a few times with Becca and Brad and even a few of Becca's friends. Brighton is the resort we usually go to because it is so cheap to go night boarding. Becca and I were able to catch on to the whole "carving" thing, which made snowboarding so much more fun!! I even jumped a few times which was awesome! The half pipe was more like a quarter pipe this year, so I would just shoot out of it. So Sweet!!
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| Fun Times in the Lodge |
Bryce bought these Geigerrig bags at Costco, and they came with these cool passports that had free ski passes in them. So we took off work one day to go up to the Canyons. It was seriously so nice up there!! We are used to Brighton, which is great and all, but the Canyons is so awesome. We went on a day that was so warm we didn't even have to wear our coats. I was going down the mountain in a shirt and snowboard pants. Incredible.
We had such a fun day up at the Canyons, and we even got some sun tanning in while snowboarding. I know I have never done that before. Awesome!!
The weather was warming up and the snow was leaving us, so we knew we had to go on one last trip before the season ended. So we headed up to Deer Valley. Now those of you who are familiar with the resorts in Utah might be laughing right now because apparently Deer Valley is only for skiing. We didn't know that..... So as we parked the car and started unloading our gear we thought it was strange that we couldn't see any snowboards. We asked the nice guy in the parking lot and he told us it was ski only. So luckily he gave us some free passes because Bryce thought we had passes to Deer Valley in our passports, but we didn't. We had to spend quite a bit to rent skis, plus I had never gone skiing before so I had my work cut out for me.
We had the brilliant idea to start out on the big hill, and it wasn't pretty. It literally took us about an hour and a half to get down the stupid mountain. After many falls, tears, and cuss words, I finally made it down. We took a long break and ate some lunch and then decided to try out the bunny hill for awhile until I figured the whole skiing thing out. It was so much easier! Who would have thought right? We had a blast on the bunny hill and I really started to get the hang of it. I don't know that I would ever want to do it again, but at least I can say that I have been skiing before.
This snowboarding year was a blast and I am sad to see it come to an end. I can't wait until next year when I can strap on the snowboard again!
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