Skiing at Loveland

A few weeks ago when my parents were in town, Melissa and I took the opportunity to go skiing at Loveland with Sydney. It wasn't the best day to go because the wind was terrible and since it was a Saturday, so was the traffic. Once we got there Sydney was geared up to go. Here is a picture of her by the ski boot rack.



We got all geared up after a small incident getting skis (she wanted the red ones, not the blue ones) and headed outside. Here is a shot of her and I psyched to go skiing!



Of course those of you with kids (or those who know Sydney) are waiting for the twist and here it comes. She refused to go up the lift! We were a little stumped at what to do at that point since it's not much fun to ski without getting a little altitude (sorry cross country people but it's true). So I basically shuffled up the hill pushing her to gain some height. Then I'd ski backwards with her in front of me. It didn't take much of this before we were all ready to go in for lunch. Here is a picture of Sydney and I taking a break. Note the wind blown snow in the background.



Then during lunch Sydney mentioned that she wanted to take a lesson. We think she overheard Melissa telling me that one of her friends had a lesson and loved it. So I signed her up for $45 for a 2.5hr lesson. Of course then she completely threw a fit and would not go to the lesson. I basically dragged her over there and stayed with her while everyone (instructors included) tried to get her interested. Finally they brought out a stuffed penguin to help with the lesson and off she went. Melissa and I did a little skiing by ourselves and came back to find out she had a private lesson the whole time. Either there weren't that many kids or she was just annoying enough that they stuck one instructor on her. EIther way she learned quite a bit and last week when I took her we rode the lifts and had a great time.

One last picture of Melissa at the top of the Loveland Basin.