Snow!
I went to the snow today!
(For the northern hemisphere folks: "going to the snow" is what we do over here. Getting snow in the streets isn't going to happen - ever - so if we want to see snow, we have to drive three hours to some very small mountains with even smaller amounts of snow at the top - if it's cold enough.)
So, yeah, I went to the snow!
...for the first time since Germany, actually. I hadn't seen snow in ten years.
And we went skiing.
Some thoughts on this subject:
- Cross-country skiing? Hard. Encourages clumsiness. And way less exciting than regular downhill.
- Proper snow-worthy gloves? Essential. I need to get some.
- Falling over? An effective strategy for not running into trees at top speed. Also - painful.
- Thermoses? Excellent for keeping soup warm all day long.
- Aussie mountains? Really really little. And not all that snowy.
- Hot baths afterwards? Wonderful.
(For the northern hemisphere folks: "going to the snow" is what we do over here. Getting snow in the streets isn't going to happen - ever - so if we want to see snow, we have to drive three hours to some very small mountains with even smaller amounts of snow at the top - if it's cold enough.)
So, yeah, I went to the snow!
...for the first time since Germany, actually. I hadn't seen snow in ten years.
And we went skiing.
Some thoughts on this subject:
- Cross-country skiing? Hard. Encourages clumsiness. And way less exciting than regular downhill.
- Proper snow-worthy gloves? Essential. I need to get some.
- Falling over? An effective strategy for not running into trees at top speed. Also - painful.
- Thermoses? Excellent for keeping soup warm all day long.
- Aussie mountains? Really really little. And not all that snowy.
- Hot baths afterwards? Wonderful.