Pow Pow Gnar Gnar

Well, Little Miss Fancy Pants finished her 3rd lesson and is now ready to schralp some pow pow gnar gnar. She was spending her days on the beginner magic carpet and that was really slow going. But, over the course of one run on the big girl slope, it all clicked for her. The lift was fun, and I think the longer, less crowded run let her cruise a bit, cover some ground and see some sights, and she was hooked. When they shut down the lift there were honest tears because she wanted to keep going. Holy cow, it is super impressive that she picked it up in 3 lessons. Kids are still cool.

Mother and Daughter on the slopes:

Those are some good lookin' ladies!

Father and Daughter, riding the lift.

OMG, we're riding a lift!

She had no fear of the lift and would lean over as far as I would let her to look at the ground. She would also scan the surrounding mountains and point out imaginary bears and prairie dogs. Contrast that with Famous, who is super nervous on the lift and picks nearby eye-level reference points to keep her bad self from flippin' out. "I will never be enthusiastic about skiing. This will be a father-daughter activity." Peeshaw! She gets better every time out too and a few hours after that crazy talk she was asking about another lesson to learn parallel turns.

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Here's some video of Audrey next to the magic carpet, before we tried the lift. I got some video after the lift but it's really shaky. I'll do better next time.

Thanks to the Campbell family for handing down some ski gear and thanks to the Jones family for the fun time in Taos.

Until next time,

T