Just call me Superwoman!

So, a bunch of us went snowboarding at Jackson Hole Ski Resort yesterday and had a BLAST! I just bought the beginner lift pass as that was only $25 rather than $91. However, by half-way through the day, Sam (my skiing friend) and I decided to call the pass the "limited-fun" pass. See, we had a lot of fun...it was just SEVERELY limited by having only 2 lifts, and basically 4 runs. We made the most of it though as I dragged her through the trees and over little jumps and it was definitely worth every penny. Even with the warm weather causing the snow to turn all heavy, it was still great.

On one of our last runs, we were going through the trees and we heard this little girl crying and I look ahead and see these two TINY girls on skis stopped beside a marked off area and then I see a little head beyond the poles and I'm like, "Oh man". I quickly whipped off my board and ran over and look into this little hole and there is this poor weeping child inside the hole, her legs spread apart against the sides so she doesn't slip into the water running beneath her (not like hugely dangerous, just a stream). I reached down and grabbed her hand and pulled her out and she is bawling in my arms as I try to comfort her. Sam comes up behind me and goes to get her skis out and I had to hold her just to be sure she didn't slide in. Then one of the instrutors (there were like a million because we were on the beginner hills) comes and checks that everything is okay, fixes the poles and finally the girls dad shows up (he was down the trail just sitting there). He didn't say anything to us or seem at all worried that his child had just fallen down a hole...I was a little miffed at him. And then he walked out with the one girl and left the other two stranded in the trees further down and the instructor had to help them out. Altogether it was an interesting experience and we were just so glad that we had gone down that trail and were there to help her.

Later, going down that same trail, our last run of the day. I'm going pretty fast, heading for the little jump at the end and I'm almost there and then suddenly, not sure what happened but I'm headed for the a trees. Luckily I ducked forward and just slammed my leg but, I've got quite the bruise there now. haha

It was a fun day altogether, but it got even better. After getting home, eating pizza, and showering, we all headed out to play broom ball. Sam and I went together in her car a little after everyone and we filled her car tires with air as they were low. We were pretty proud of ourselves as neither of us had ever done it before. Then, arriving at the rink, I just spent the time snapping pictures of my classmates falling all over the ice. It was hilarious and I can't wait to try it myself when I am not so worn out from snowboarding!

And that is the account of Saturday. After a week of exhausting study of Romans, I was so worn out, but it felt good. Bought my season pass to Snow King today so I may have more random stories from boarding. Stay tuned. :)