Skiing
Woman in the Middle | February 23, 2014Two blogs I follow (Pioneer Woman and NieNie Dialogues) posted about skiing this week . I have a hard time relating. Living as I do in the low lands of Southern California, snow is not my thing. You may be surprised to know that we have all kinds of mountains around here that, at this time of year. usually have snow. Even if we are a little lacking in snow the ski resorts make the white stuff so Southern California residents can enjoy skiing. Yes, on a nice winter day we could bask in the sun at the beach in the morning, pack up our gear, and be skiing by afternoon.
Please note I said we COULD be doing this. I won’t be. I went skiing once in my life. I learned several things on that skiing trip:
1. I am not a natural skier, no matter what my boyfriend at the time wanted to believe.
2. Snow reflects 100% of the sunlight. Reflects it up, as in up into your nose. Have you ever had a sunburn inside your nose? I have and it isn’t pretty.
3. The wind causes the snow to swirl around the base of trees, creating wells several feet deep at the base of said trees. Inexperienced skiers can fall into those deep wells. While resting at the bottom of the deep well, looking at the sky and contemplating how they are going to get out of that mess, small children on skis can almost fall in on top of the inexperienced skier. Believe me, I know this from experience.
4. Finally, I learned that men who love skiing and women who don’t are unlikely to stay together. Which is no problem, because I went on to find Hubby and he and I happily stay out of the mountains in the winter. We look up, admire the beauty of the mountains covered with snow, and then shake our head at the crazy people who go up to the snow on purpose. My kind of guy!
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I’m with you. Even as a child, the fun of playing in the snow lasted about 15 minutes and then I was just COLD.
Yes! Snow is not my thing. Of course, I have never in my life had the “right clothes” for snow. Maybe if I did I would feel differently.
I have never tried skiing but I don’t have good balance so don’t think it is a good idea to give it a try I would end up on my big fat bum most of the time……………..lol
I like skiing, but it’s too expensive and complicated to do it. First, you have to either buy or rent skis, poles, and boots. Next you have to have snow-proof clothing (not jeans-they just soak in the snow and keep you wet all day). Next, you have to put chains on your car. Then, you have to fight the traffic to the ski resort. Finally, you have to put all of that stuff on – clothing, boots, and skis. It’s fun if someone else is driving, you own everything, and you have a ski pass. Yes, then it’s fun.
We water ski! I live too far from any mountains but the lake is only 1 hour away. It’s much warmer in the summer. I’m not a cold weather person. I’ve been skiing (snow) once in my life. Had fun because I was 17 and on a youth trip and those are always fun. As an adult we took the youth skiing, but ended up just tubing. That was a blast!
I have never water skiied in my life! I would probably kill myself!