Beautiful Day

Yesterday was so gorgeous, we went to Mt. Blue state park to do a little skiing. Skiing with a sled in tow is not so easy while doing hills, so this was moving our skills up a notch. At first it was a bit crazy. I would try and stay ahead of the sled by skiing faster down the hill. This is nearly impossible. She is small, low to the ground and practically ran me over every time. The other difficulty was usually at the bottom of a hill there was a corner. So this small sled was whip down a hill and then just before she would fly off the trail I would have skied fast enough to pull the 6 foot rope taunt with a jolt and save her from mishap. Finally when Jim was faced with a hill he had a different idea. He cinched up the sled so that the rear of his skis were under her sled and away they would speed. Isabelle didn't seem to mind. She relaxed in her sled through the two hour expedition. Once while she was going down a hill with Jim she turned back at me and said "Bye-Bye Momma! Weeeeeeee!" I think she has the need for speed.....


FREEDOM COMES AT A COST!
My ski boots bring new meaning to "blisters on my blisters man" My ski boots have always been uncomfortable and I keep hoping that either a) My feet with toughen up or b) the boots will magically soften up. Neither of which has happened yet. And I am too cheap (or poor) to buy new ones. So here is my redneck solution....DUCT TAPE! Check it out. Tape some moleskin to the ol' achilles and heel and ta-da! Back to my freedom. It isnt perfect yet, but it lasted much longer than anything I have tried thus far.



Bet you didn't think you would be looking at a picture of my heel on my website....hahaha




Happy Trails!