Sunday, February 27, 2011

X-Country Ski Day...

We broke in our new skis today!  We met a great couple who took us XC skiing, (Eric works for Nike, Carly is a former Nike employee).  Another Italian couple joined us for a fantastic day!
With Carly and Nadia....church high on the hill...

Passing ice fishing tents...we were skiing on a frozen river.

Preparing to catch "the big one"!

This vessel skims atop the frozen river a million miles an hour, skidding into circles...

Ice hole for taking a dip - a large woman in very small undies took the plunge...

Me and Carly at the end of the trek...

Brand new equipment - could not figure out how to unlock my boots from the skis - so I hopped out....boots stayed on...(and I had the aid of 3 other experienced skiers!).

Sledding park...

A perfect landing...

The crew...hot soup, hot chocolate and beer!