Ruidoso 2009 - Day 2

Remember all those complaints I made yesterday about possibly not skiing? Out the window! Completely! This morning, J.R. (bro), myself, Karolyn (Ashley's sis) and her bf, Mark, headed up to the mountain to check out the conditions. If good, we'd ski, if not, then at least we'd enjoy the views on our way up.

Lo and behold, there was some snow when we got there. I mean, there was still a ton of runs shut down, but there was at least some decent runs open. Enough to enjoy ourselves. So, we rented some skiis (super cheap! $20) and bought our lift tickets (buy one get one free!!!) and headed up the lift to our first run.

Of course there were some patches, some slush and some ice, but there were some pretty decent snow to ski on as well. I made a joke to J.R. that it's less of Ski A-pache, and more Ski PaTchY.... haha. Please, applause IS welcome. Towards the end of the day though, and after decent foot traffic, er, ski traffic, the runs were getting really thin. Hopefully they'll make some more snow this evening.

I got brave and tried my hand at a very STEEP blue (Capitan). I think I was a little overambitious because 1/4 way down I was like, "I am WAY in over my head, here." I ended up just sliding down the mountain - upright - on my skiis. I'm not sure anyone would appreciate the technique, though my body and my knees are thanking me, that's for sure! ha! Maybe another year and more powder and I can tackle Capitan.

This evening we went out to a restaurant called Landlocked. Delicious! I highly recommend if you are in Ruidoso. It's a bit on the pricey side, definitely not one for peeps on a budget, but because it was a celebration dinner (Ashley and J.R.'s engagement, Ashley's bday and a gathering of good peeps) the parents on the trip (mine and Ashley's dad, Gene) picked up the tab! Thank You All! :) Sangria, shrimp - awesome. Plus, there was this fantastic duo downstairs playing some awesome Spanish guitar and violin (er, maybe it was a fiddle, I don't know the difference) - regardless, it was BEAUTIFUL.

I'm not sure what tomorrow holds. I barely spent anytime with my hubs today as he was on the golf course with Dad (apparently they each hit someone with their golf balls). So, Jeff is definitely on my agenda tomorrow. :D Isn't that nice, spending quality time with the hubs! ha!