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- Dec 29, 2018, 5:00pm
- ⛅ -10 °C
- Altitude: 2,099 m
- United StatesColoradoRoutt CountySteamboat SpringsFish Creek40°28’10” N 106°49’27” W
Our 2 Legs
December 29, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ -10 °CToday we had a go at cross country skiing. Probably not the best day to do it as our bodies had used muscles that we didn't know we had. It was a beautiful sunny day to be out. But the coldest place here in Steamboat is the Gondola Transit centre where you meet a lot of your shuttles. Cross country skiing is done on golf courses. So up we went, it was very busy as there was a kids relay race going on. We got fitted up and we had 3 others that hadn't skied before either. So the six of us headed out amongst the racers. We had our area, but you feel really silly when you see how it's meant to be done. We spent about an hour learning different moves. It was physically exhausting using your upper body. Then we went across the road onto the trails. By this stage we are stuffed and hungry. We decided to do the shortest trail, but we went in the wrong direction so all the professionals had to go around us. Kellie couldn't stay in the grooves as she has a leg that turns out and didn't like being locked into that position so she stayed on skating part of the track. Because we went the wrong way we had a small hill to go down. Kellie really hadn't mastered the art of stopping. She came down the hill past Brodie & I and tried to stop but the stop turned into a turn into the edge of soft snow and the more she tried to get up the more she sank into soft snow. It was so funny. We had to try and get her skis off but you kinda have to be upright on them. We managed to get the skis off but she just was over her knees deep in snow. She left 3 big holes next to the track. We decided to turn around and go in the right direction. We did that trail again before finishing and going in for some lunch. The walk back up to the place nearly killed us. We had a nice lunch there and then they dropped us back down to the gondola transit area. We just missed our hotel shuttle, so we had to wait for 20 minutes before the next one came. As cross country skiing is very physical you don't rug up, so we froze waiting for the shuttle. We climbed into bed when we got back and took ages for us to warm up. To learn how to Alpine ski you had to book in 3 days of lessons and was very expensive, so that's why we opted to give cross country skiing a go. No the kids don't want to do that again. We had a laugh though.Read more
Annette Luckraft Happy New Years Eve Debbie, Kellie and Brodie, New Years Day here and 8.30 am and all the camp is still quiet. We have been out of range till yesterday and you have had a couple of fun filled days by the posts. You can have skiing but the dog sledding sounds amazing. Your stay there must be coming to an end soon. Have you got a big night planned for New Years Eve. We met up with Steven and family here at the Streaky Bay Caravan Park yesterday afternoon. They had just had two nights at Cactus Beach with Tanke. His friend from college days. Apparently camping facilities have improved there but said you would always need a “local” to show you the best spots etc. They had a ball, sand boarding, trying to surf, bogie boarding etc. They don’t get to swim in the ocean often. We moved down onto the beach here in front of the caravan park after tea to watch the fire works off the jetty. Big crowd and people had little camp fires on the low water mark. We had wood on board the Ute so we lite one as well. It took the chill of the air a little while we waited. The fire works were really great a credit to a small town. Went for ages and plenty of them. The kids were dead on their feet and crawled into their swags. We managed to stay up to midnight to see the second lot of fireworks. Just a small display to see the new year in. I think it’s the first in years that we have all seen in a new year! But I think we were all in bed by 12.15😔. A day site seeing the area today. Swimming snorkelling. When they finally surface. They are having trouble adjusting to our daylight saving and the sun not setting till 9 pm. It’s good to see them and Anita and Rollo and their two boys are great company for them to travel with. Look forward to your next day out or will it be a big night out. Happy New Year to you all may 2019 be a year of new futures for you all. Love Annette💕🎉
Debbie Adamson Happy New Year. Saw Steven's pictures on Facebook, a bit different from our NYE. Coldest day so far, a blanket of white from the ground up to the sky. Watching fireworks at 5.30 then we are going to movies. Kids not legal age to drink, a quiet night for us. xx