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!
Image courtesy of the National Library of Norway via Flickr
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