Skiing with friends, old and new
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expedition_retirementWe have become accustomed over the years to skiing alone, just the two of us. So it was a little surprising to find that we only skied alone for about five of the 21 days we skied on this trip. On our first day at Steamboat, a gentleman joined us on a lift. He asked if I could tell him how to get somewhere on the mountain, and I offered to show him. When we got there, he asked if we minded if he skied with us for a while. He ended up skiing with us for four days, until it was time for him to leave Steamboat. We had a great time skiing with him, and made a new friend.
Then, on our first day at Vail, my wife met another gentleman on the gondola first thing in the morning. When he learned that it was our first time at Vail, he offered to show us around. We ended up skiing several days with him and his friends. We also skied at Vail and Beaver Creek with another new friend we met at the condo building we were staying in.
We also skied with friends from back home, who flew out to meet us in Avon for one of the weeks we were there. We had a three bedroom unit that week, and offered to share with them. We skied several days with them as well.
Finally, our last two days we skied with people we had met in Avon the previous year. One is a ski instructor at Beaver Creek, who skied with us at Vail on her day off. The other was a gentleman we skied with at Beaver Creek last year.
It was fun to ski with so many other people. Not only did we get to enjoy great runs with them, but it allowed us to have great conversations on the lifts as well. Hopefully we will be able to stay in touch with many of them and maybe we will get a chance to ski with them again someday.
Then, on our first day at Vail, my wife met another gentleman on the gondola first thing in the morning. When he learned that it was our first time at Vail, he offered to show us around. We ended up skiing several days with him and his friends. We also skied at Vail and Beaver Creek with another new friend we met at the condo building we were staying in.
We also skied with friends from back home, who flew out to meet us in Avon for one of the weeks we were there. We had a three bedroom unit that week, and offered to share with them. We skied several days with them as well.
Finally, our last two days we skied with people we had met in Avon the previous year. One is a ski instructor at Beaver Creek, who skied with us at Vail on her day off. The other was a gentleman we skied with at Beaver Creek last year.
It was fun to ski with so many other people. Not only did we get to enjoy great runs with them, but it allowed us to have great conversations on the lifts as well. Hopefully we will be able to stay in touch with many of them and maybe we will get a chance to ski with them again someday.