andy's a great skiier. too bad he has to wait for me a lot.
we hit up 6 different resorts this season: kirkwood (5), heavenly, sierra, boreal, northstar, and squaw valley. it's hard to say which is my favorite, it really all depends on the weather and what kind of day i'm having on the slopes. i really love the backside at kirkwood though, it's just so wide and open ... anything seems possible! it didn't hurt that it was a beautiful day too.
just gorgeous. great groomed packed powder.
of course, not all days had just fantastic weather. a few times the weather was pretty snow stormy / blizzardy. one time we even got stuck up in tahoe due to a big snow storm and closed roads. another day it was really warm and people were out there in just t-shirts. every day on the slopes is fantastic though - regardless of the weather!
a really cold and stormy day up on the mountains
a few shots from a few beautiful days
the day we were at squaw valley, american eagle outfitters presented a concert of the gym class heroes. i love them, and i love american eagle. since i was the only one who wanted to watch them, we didn't make it back for the show. luckily, i did catch their last song! also an interesting experience was night boarding. i got to do that twice - once at boreal and again at northstar. the best part of night boarding is that you don't have to go home at 4 PM, but it sure gets incredibly cold out there at night!
travis from gym class heroes.
i'm sure you've heard cupid's chokehold on the radio - that's them!
night boarding changes things up a bit, but it's still better in the day time
one of the best parts of going to tahoe is boarding with your buddies. we have a good amount of friends who board or ski and it was always a fun time when we were joined by a few of them. thanks everyone who was so patient with me. i'm just not a fast snowboarder ... i like to take my time and cruise down the mountain. i hope to be a lot faster when i really get the hang of carving though - next season!
and andy totally loves skiing. he is seriously always thrilled to be up there on the mountain. i hope that i can one day be good enough to keep up with him! unfortunately, since i'm the (un)official photog on these tahoe trips, there's rarely any pictures of me! it's okay though, as long as I get my shot with andy i'm happy.
i'm hopeful that we'll hit the slopes just one more time this season, although it's quite unlikely given our upcoming travel/vacation schedule. we'll see though! we're off to Kauai this weekend to celebrate our 8 year anniversary. next post: beaches, snorkeling, waterfalls, etc!
