Hunter Mountain
Nick and Vanessa
(Tom, I'm sorry there are no pictures of you and I watching Lethal Weapon IV)Tom and Vanessa live in New Jersey and this was the perfect midway point for all of us. Nick and I were Hunter-bound by Friday evening and got stuck in city traffic. The elevation messed with our heads a bit, but that didn't stop us from getting there, ready to relax.
The no-skiiing rule was put into effect rather quickly as Nick retold his skiiing stories of when he ventured this sport two years ago with his brother Keith. If you're surprised that Nick is not a good skiier, that means you haven't heard his skiiing stories. When a skiier has no ability to shift to the left, this poses signficant navigation problems. This happened to be Nick's problem. As he tells it, his fear of runing over the children at the bottom of the hill forced him to "slide like it's second base."
Ineffective theory for skiers.
I hardly have room to talk. To prove my ultimate badass coolness, I joined the Ski Club in highschool. In retrospect, why in the world would I join the Ski Club when I have never skiied before? To make a 6 week story short, just know that falling off the ski lift, almost having my legs amputated from frost bite, and crying while face down in the snow is not my idea of a good time.
I also tried cross country skiiing about 6 years ago. Yeahhhh, that didn't turn out so well either. That adventure resulted in me taking OFF my skis and WALKING the rest of the journey with my friends cajoling me the entire way home.
Regardless of our inept skiiing skills, we had a tremendously wonderful time at Hunter Mountain. We owe a million thanks to Tom and Vanessa for their generosity, friendship, and warmth. When's our next visit?
2 comments:
While I was quite excited to be officially "blogged" about by you two (well, let's face it, Nick, "blogged" about by Lisa), I do feel a bit shortchanged by not having my picture anywhere! I do not take umbrage to the fact that I was not on the walk (even though I'm not sure if I was invited...), since someone had to stay behind to tend to the cable tv. Nonetheless, I would request that you, Lisa, take at least 7 "in action" pictures of me, whether it is cooking, sleeping, watching television, or beating everyone at Rumicube; I leave the creative license to you.
In all seriousness, it was, indeed a fantastic weekend and we can't wait for our next visit!
Tom
Um I would like to leav a comment under my own name.
Tom has no reason to be upset about the pics because he chose to stay in and watch TV, even though he said he was going to show.
Also, "sleeping" would not be considered an "in action" shot.
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