Day 27 : Sunshine and good friends

Today was our second day in Steamboat. John and I set our on our own this morning and realised very quickly that there was a sunny side of the mountain and a shady side. The sunny side was definitely the place to be! The runs were quite crisp and icy on the shady side. We managed to navigate our way around, even making some things up when there was no visible map.
Minor drama today ... we were skiing down to a lift and I looked up to see John and another skier tangled in a sea of arms, legs and skis! The other guy had come rather fast around a corner into the lift line and just completely taken John out! It takes a lot to make John lose it - but today he lost it. John likened it to standing on a street corner and having someone rugby tackle you when you are completely unawares, so you cant even brace yourself for the impact! The other skier certainly copped a few choice words, John picked himself up, put his skis back on, made sure his bones all worked and we headed up the lift. He is a bit sore but all in one piece.
We met up with our Aus friends for lunch. You can't beat sitting out on the deck with blue skies and the sun shining and the most amazing views that make you feel like you are sitting on top of the world. I headed back to the condo after lunch, legs were tired, snow was icy and I was happy to let the others go and find all the yucky black runs I don't like. It was very pleasant sitting in the condo this afternoon with the sun streaming in the window, watching the world go by and catching up on a bit of work.

Not sure exactly what I said to the dickhead but he copped a mouthful and was lucky that was all he got!!! You don't expect to be take out when cruising along to the lift queue - I don't know if he was out of control or what but 50M from the lift line you should be just cruising along not taking others out from behind! Thought I would be sore tonite but I think I came out of it OK - had to get all the snow out of all the helmet vents so another good reason to wear a helmet when skiing - because of all the dickheads out there!

More sunshine today - although some fresh snow would be good but it doesn't look like we will get that and it will be sunshine until we fly home. Skied some bumps and tree runs this arvo with Jan and Peter and had great fun - sore knee is going OK I think it is either old age or arthritis ( is that basically the same thing?)  and if anything it is getting better the last few days - could be Ibuprofen doing that! Hooray for drugs!