What a beautiful day for a cross country ski lesson! We arrived at the nordic area on 49 degrees north ski area bright and early. We couldn't have had a more fabulous day. Mariane and I decided to take a lesson instead of trying to figure things out ourselves. Good move on our part. We learned a lot.
Scott was our instructor. He was so good! He just met us where we were and went from there.
Mariane and Scott. I didn't want to disrupt lessons too much to take pictures. I got a few in!
There is a special area for lessons.
Scott said he would stay with us as long as we wanted him too. No time limit. I think our lesson lasted almost two hours. Scott headed up to downhill ski and we played around and practiced. Then we headed home. So, so, so much fun when you somewhat know what you are doing. The lesson was amazing for sure. So was Scott.
Here we are again almost a week later. On our own at Mt. Spokane. It was windy and cloudy with a couple of inches of new snow. I started out with a challenge. I forgot how to put my skis on. Mariane to the rescue. I was putting my toe in the wrong spot.
Practice, practice, practice!
Another great day in God's creation!
Even though the wind was blowing a bit it was just the right temperature for cross country skiing.
Snow covered trees! Beautiful!
We made it to this clearing and had a snack. We didn't have a map of the trails so we decided to turn around and go back. We wanted to avoid getting on a trail we couldn't navigate.
It was another great day in our journey to learn cross country skiing. Thank you God for what you created for us to experience! Next week we will go again.
