Skiing Vacation

I have spent the last three days skiing at Killington VT. I don’t claim to have skied everything available, but we did a pretty good job of trying out the majority of what was available. I am now good and tired, and most every part of my legs hurts, so that means good things. I probably did not get many good pictures, because as much as I love taking pictures, skiing tends to come first on the list of things to do at a ski resort.

The only downside that I have found is that since it is a resort town, things are a little more expensive and the people aren’t quite as accommodating as elsewhere. I wanted to use a computer and printer and all people would tell me is that there was a cyber-cafe that opened at 11am – not useful. It ended up not being a problem, as we visited Hanover and their public library was nice enough to have computers for use and printing for 10 cents / page, which they simply trust you to pay (and I did). As for the cost, we planned well to limit the need to buy things here – I’d still like to get a hat and a shot glass, but we’ll see about that…

So, in summary:
*We had some of the best weather possible – today was the worst day of the three because there were clouds in the sky this morning.
*The snow, although not really fresh powder, has as been excellent.
*The place where we are saying is quite awesome.
*The people who ended up going have been fun to hang out with, etc.
*The drive was about the same as going to Mt. Bohemia in the UP.

Anyway, I’m going to be disappointed that it’s all over, which is a sure sign that it was worth doing and quite grand. I also have decided that I want a new helmet, and may be buying one tomorrow as some stores around here are having end of season sales – depends on how much money I want to spend, and if I decide I like the colors they have in stock. I might also being heading up to Boyne (sure to disappoint) for one last ski this weekend… at which time I may try to knock down my own personal speed record (no new speed records were set here, it’s not really the right kind of skiing for that)