Rack + Boots + Car + Skis = Ski Trip!

Armed with our shiny new skis and boots, plus free lift tickets, Todd, Sofia, Clint and I headed to Stratton.

And a trip to a sugar shack for tasty maple syrup treats.

Ski assembly

Saturday morning we headed over to Clint's house to check out our new skis!

Todd and Clint figured out how to put the bindings together and attach them to the skis. Check out the intense looks on those faces! Now we're ready for one last trip to the slopes next weekend.

Buddy is studying carefully because Todd promised him there would be a test.

And we managed to get a little Eddie Izzard in while we were at it. He's on the TV in the background (DVD: Definite Article, 2004).

Skis! (some assembly required)

Hooray!!!! We have skis! After much research and lots of consultation with Clint, Todd got an great deal on very nice skis. And after much anticipation they're here!
Now we just need to put them together.... who knew they would come in two pieces? Certainly not me. But am sooo excited to ski on them!

I have ski boots!

This season we've done skiing more than I've done all previous seasons combined and I think I've become a little obsessed.

• Todd's birthday (Berkshire East, 1 day)
• Owens' Tahoe trip (Todd, 1 day)
• Super Bowl weekend (Okemo, 3 days)
• President's Day weekend (Mt. Snow, 1day; Stratton, 1 day)

And we have at least one more trip coming up because we all won tickets to Stratton.

Along with the newly found obsession is the desire not to want to have to waste time trying on rental gear. So recently we went whole-hog and after many ski shop visits we ordered boots and skis! The boots are from a store in NY so they got here at the end of last week and Friday afternoon I had fun wearing them at my desk for the last few hours of the day. Now we just need the skis to arrive!

Okemo Skiing Weekend

Last weekend we went on a skiing adventure to Vermont. Todd and Clint had been hard at work for 6 months planning and we finally got to enjoy all their hard work. The cabin they arranged turned out to be great - cozy and rustic, but complete with TV to hook the Guitar Hero up to and an endless supply of hot water.

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Better Than Berkshire East!

Todd went to Tahoe, where the real skiing is!