Aidan, Luka and I drove to Copper Mt. Sunday to spend a day skiing together. Luka would be in lessons for this day, but Aidan and I hoped to do a few runs with him afterwards.
We rallied early and arrived at Copper at about 8:30 so we avoided most of the ski lesson and ski rental lines. It was still a little painful, standing in (the wrong line) but we got him all set up with boots and skis, found his instructor and we said a tearless "byb, bye" to Luka. Aidan and I headed for the lifts.
Aidan and went up the High Point lift and talked about which runs we would do. We talked about ho slow the High Point lift was and decided to go up Excellerator to the top. We made 3 or 4 runs before going inside for lunch.
Although mom had set up us with good grub that morning, I had been so flustered about getting everyone together and on the bus from the parking lot, I didn't take any with us. Aidan and I stopped at the lodge to warm up.
Like my buddy Al says, taking your own lunch is the way to go, but that the "cool" people pay 5 bucks for a beer and 6 bucks for a hamburger. That recollection must have been from years ago.
$7.50 for a hot dog for Aidan. No, it didn't come with a
drink or fries or anything except a "7.50 for a freaking hot dog?!?"
From me.Does that make me one of the cool people?
When in the lodge we were waved at by two girls and their mom. It turns out that one of the girls recognized Aidan and the mom recognized me. She hand I had met mt biking along the cherry creek single track area back before they turned that section into a golf course. We both sort of acknowleged that we were right about how that section of trails was already under threat way back then and now has been taken over.
The girl (can't remember her name) works at Picolos so we'll have to visit.
Aidan and I made our way down to where the ski school was. We made several runs up and down Kokomo and the other beginner lift but no sign of Luka. We went inside to look for him at the ski school. They pointed to the magic carpet outside the school. That's where we found Luka.
...And we had luka in ski school at $150.00 for the day. When I got
there to pick him up he was playing on some dinasaur playset thing
instead of skiing. Another what the *&%^! moment.
I had him put his skis on and I took him up the magic carpet 3 or 4 times. It was clear that he had not learned anything at all. He couldn't turn or stop or anything. He would go straight down the hill and let us catch him.
Since we weren't supposed to be in the learning area, we got kicked out and Aidan and I took Luka up the Kokomo lift. We did one or two runs, but Luka was clearly at the earliest stages of skier-hood.
We decided to return the skis and hit the road.
When we left, ski traffic was at high tide, and so I turned off into
silverthorne to find something to do and to let traffic burn off. We
found a movie theater and were just in time for "Avatar in 3D". $8.25
for the two kids and $8.75 for me. I got the large popcorn and large
drink for me and Aidan and nachos (which he wouldn't eat) for Luka.
So, I was one of the fool people who spent somewhere around $200 for a
day in the mts.
Next weekend we do it again. This time I'm packing gatorade a bag of
chips and we're heading home at 2 pm. Ill teach the kid to ski myself.
We rallied early and arrived at Copper at about 8:30 so we avoided most of the ski lesson and ski rental lines. It was still a little painful, standing in (the wrong line) but we got him all set up with boots and skis, found his instructor and we said a tearless "byb, bye" to Luka. Aidan and I headed for the lifts.
Aidan and went up the High Point lift and talked about which runs we would do. We talked about ho slow the High Point lift was and decided to go up Excellerator to the top. We made 3 or 4 runs before going inside for lunch.
Although mom had set up us with good grub that morning, I had been so flustered about getting everyone together and on the bus from the parking lot, I didn't take any with us. Aidan and I stopped at the lodge to warm up.
Like my buddy Al says, taking your own lunch is the way to go, but that the "cool" people pay 5 bucks for a beer and 6 bucks for a hamburger. That recollection must have been from years ago.
$7.50 for a hot dog for Aidan. No, it didn't come with a
drink or fries or anything except a "7.50 for a freaking hot dog?!?"
From me.Does that make me one of the cool people?
When in the lodge we were waved at by two girls and their mom. It turns out that one of the girls recognized Aidan and the mom recognized me. She hand I had met mt biking along the cherry creek single track area back before they turned that section into a golf course. We both sort of acknowleged that we were right about how that section of trails was already under threat way back then and now has been taken over.
The girl (can't remember her name) works at Picolos so we'll have to visit.
Aidan and I made our way down to where the ski school was. We made several runs up and down Kokomo and the other beginner lift but no sign of Luka. We went inside to look for him at the ski school. They pointed to the magic carpet outside the school. That's where we found Luka.
...And we had luka in ski school at $150.00 for the day. When I got
there to pick him up he was playing on some dinasaur playset thing
instead of skiing. Another what the *&%^! moment.
I had him put his skis on and I took him up the magic carpet 3 or 4 times. It was clear that he had not learned anything at all. He couldn't turn or stop or anything. He would go straight down the hill and let us catch him.
Since we weren't supposed to be in the learning area, we got kicked out and Aidan and I took Luka up the Kokomo lift. We did one or two runs, but Luka was clearly at the earliest stages of skier-hood.
We decided to return the skis and hit the road.
When we left, ski traffic was at high tide, and so I turned off into
silverthorne to find something to do and to let traffic burn off. We
found a movie theater and were just in time for "Avatar in 3D". $8.25
for the two kids and $8.75 for me. I got the large popcorn and large
drink for me and Aidan and nachos (which he wouldn't eat) for Luka.
So, I was one of the fool people who spent somewhere around $200 for a
day in the mts.
Next weekend we do it again. This time I'm packing gatorade a bag of
chips and we're heading home at 2 pm. Ill teach the kid to ski myself.
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