16 January 2011: We get a free night at the Georgian Manor Resort (one of those timeshare promos) in Collingwood, which is near Blue Mountain, a winter resort. Along with the free night was a $100 skiing voucher. Since Del was eager to learn how to ski, we paid for 2 Discovery Passes - one for Del and one for Dad. With these passes, a ski instructor guides them through, Level 1 - starting and stopping on flat ground; Level 2 - side-stepping up a small slope and practising the snow-plow stop; Level 3 - coming down a "bunny" hill. Then they are on their own to practise Level 4 - coming down a steeper incline. I was going to post a video of them skiing down a bunny hill but the uploading is taking toooooo loooong so no video.
We rented a pair of skis for Dyl because he was eager to try too. Unfortunately the new experience of frictionless sliding with restrictive hard-shelled ski boots was too much for him and it wasn't fun anymore. However, I did get a shot at skiing when Del became tired and since our boot sizes are similar, we switched our boots. It really is fun and I wish I had more time but I had a little someone in tow, and he wasn't a "happy camper" the longer we stayed out in the cold ... and believe you me (?), it is c-c-c-cold ...
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