4/7/09

Day 43

Conditions: Warm, sunny and slushy
Location: Keystone, CO

Maybe it was State losing the NCAA Finals last night. Or maybe it was the five microbrews at the Breckenridge Brewery. It could have even been my awful fall yesterday. Whatever the reason, today was rough on the hill.

The conditions started off rock hard in the morning, so we took the Keystone Cat up to the top of Outback Bowl. The snow was crusty and almost unrideable. So, we found some decent trees and played around. Even though there were some nice spots on the hill, I was just dead tired and sore.




The snow cat at Keystone


We took lunch around noon and enjoyed a virtually empty cafeteria. Actually, the whole resort was pretty dead all day. After lunch we tried to get it together, but we were whipped after a few marathon mogul runs. We called it early, but we still got in four solid hours of riding – which is pretty good.

Highlights:

- Lunch! The fact that lunch is even a highlight illustrated just how awful the cafeterias usually are. On a typical day they are a territorial battle for space and table room. We’ve even eaten standing up in the past. Today, we had a table for ten all to ourselves, with room to stretch our legs. It was wonderful.

Lowlights:

- Failing to get jiggy with it. The groove just wasn’t in the cards for us today. Dirk seemed to be having more fun, but he didn’t exactly put up a fuss when we decided to stop at two.

Après Ski:

We went shopping and Dirk picked out a pair of jeans for me to try on. Shopping with Dirk is like having a fashion adviser. A women in the store came up to me and made the following comment: “A man who likes to shop!” Then, she whispered just to me, “Cherish him.” It was pretty funny.

Days to go: 7