Decision 2008

Conundrum:
Shelly, Steve, Nathan, and I want to watch the Hawks get their asses handed to them by the Green Bay Packers at 1:30.
Sue does not want to watch the game.
Josh wants to do anything but ski.
Lift tickets are EIGHTY-FIVE FUCKING DOLLARS!

What to do?

Spazella Cousteau has the solution!
Nathan and Shelly are already set up with a half day lesson.
Steve and I use the last Warren Miller voucher and board until 12:30.
Three inches of powder over corduroy. Am I dreaming? We take it as a personal challenge to destroy as much of the run under Solar Coaster as possible in three hours.
Then Sue takes one lift ticket from Steve and sells mine for $50.
She skis and we go watch the game.
Then we order pizza with the $50!
Fuck Yes!

Despite the fantastic conditions, we were all basically trashed after three tough days on a big mountain. Nathan had unwittingly? discovered an amazing restorative conditioning program. Rolling around in snow as long as you can handle it then jumping back in the hot tub. What started out as a drunken challange (Nathan gets giddy on hot Tang) turned into a quadriceps savior. Ice, Heat, Repeat. Ok maybe he didn't discover it but it was an epiphany to some of us. (The "how long can your stupid ass take laying prone in the snow" challange was eventually won, BTW, by the Swede. Big surprise.)