Skiing with Evan at Alpine

 Last Thursday Evan and I went to Alpine Valley to ski for the first time this season.  We've normally skied by now (usually over Christmas break in December), so it felt like a late start for us, but we picked a good night for it.  The weather was in the 30's, minimal wind, and the hills weren't icy.  I picked him up from school a little on the early side and we changed at home and grabbed our gear.  Scott had gone out on his lunch break (perk of teaching virtually at the time) to get us Jimmy Johns for dinner and to get gas in his truck.  We were on the road to Alpine by 3:30pm!

We quickly got our lift tickets, carried our gear into the lodge (it gets easier every year the boys get older), and got ready.  The hills were practically empty with next-in-line service on the two lifts we like.  We skied until about 5:30pm and then went into the lodge for dinner as it was starting to get dark out.

We had our sandwiches by the fire with chips, pop, and fruit.  It was starting to get crowded.  Both high school ski teams and high school boarder cross had events starting around 6pm and an after-school ski school program was starting at 6:30pm.  The lines for the lifts had definitely formed, so we skied some more taking one more break for hot chocolate before heading home just before 8pm.

We had a great evening and Evan loved skiing at night!  We'll be planning another outing in the next week or so with Sean and his friends Charlie and Lexi from school.  I'll let Evan tag along and he can ski with me.  And I'm sure one of these times we'll drag Scott out with us too.