So a couple of weeks ago we went to one of our favorite places...Mammoth Mountain. Those who went included me (Kickboxer), Oceanbaby, her brothers Asa, Mo, and Jeremy, Jeremy's girl friend Louisa, Ocean baby's cousin Josh and his fiance Jessica. It was the first time Oceanbaby had to be away from Bubba, so it was bitter sweet for her. It was hard enough for me, but I had been away before, so I can't imagine what she was feeling. But she pulled through by calling every few hours and having Aunty Jen send video of him dancing.We got up there on Friday around 5:00 pm. We all went out to eat at Giovanni's, and shared some pepperoni and sausage pizzas. Yum! After that we went to the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, where Oceanbaby got one of her most favorite goodies, the Apple Pie Apple. Then we busted out on the Wii, and I got whooped at boxing....figures. Ocean baby got all Bruce Lee on the game...it was great.
We all got up on Saturday and rented our gear and were really excited to hit the slopes. Well...the slopes hit us instead. All of the mountain was shut down except the Discover Run (which is the Bunny hill for beginners). There were 100 MPH winds at the top of the mountain, so we were getting pelted by snow/ice flurries most of the day. I was able to land a box slide for the first time! Around 1 or 2 o'clock, some of the other runs opened up, but due to the winds and cloud coverage, the snow was pretty icy, and not so fun to board on. Plus Oceanbaby had some new bindings on that kept giving her trouble, so we decided to call it a day a little early.
The next day was sun, and not much wind, with freshly groomed snow. What a blast! We hit a couple of the intermediate runs called Mambo, and Broadway. Then we went to the beginners park where I ate it twice trying to do a box slide. It hurt bad. Then I tried a jump twice. The first time I got about two inches of air and ate it on the landing. The second try I got about 4 inches and landed it! Ocean baby hit the jump got a couple inches of air, and landed it just fine. She was using a different board and bindings, which also made her very happy.
Then we went home to Bubba. He had grown 3 feet, and had a mustache. He said hi, and asked if he could drive home. Not quite of course...but close. He had grown so much over 3 days, and while he was happy to see us, he was happier to keep playing with his cousin.Also this week Oceanbaby has joined me at my place of work. She works from 6:00 am to 11:00 am Monday through Thursday, and 5:00 am to 10:00 am on Friday's. It's been hard for her to get used to, but it gets a little better every day.
That's all for now, we will do better to post more often!
