One of the many perks of living in Bellingham, Washington is having Mt. Baker an hour and a half away. In the summer and fall it means epic hiking on mostly dog-friendly trails (just have to avoid the national park). In the winter and spring it has meant not much, until this year! Asa grow up skiing and I knew it was only a matter of time that I would learn. After much research and many conversations, I acquired a mostly-used ski set up and was ready to hit the slopes.
I’ve only gone up twice at this point (two weeks in Hawaii over winter break took away a bit of prime ski time), but can’t wait to make it up for my third attempt. Following the advice of EVERYONE, I took a class and easily mastered the tow rope. I’ve moved on to chair 2, the beginner chair, which I must say has quite the downhill run just to get to. Asa has been super patient with me and has stood by as I slam into snow banks on purpose to stop myself, miss routes we planned on taking, and ever so slowly inch my way down that hill to chair 2 to master my control and turns.