Northstar, really?

Rich booked us a ski adventure: condo, lift ticket and Mikuni's at Northstar...his kinda mini vackay! First off we knew we were in good hands with our pets being watched over by Aunt Sue and the house was being watched by Sean and Lori. We have some "supah freak" living (?) next store and we felt the need for a little extra attention...what with their 7 cars parked out front - HATE THEM. But love Sean and Lori for looking over our home. I can't dwell so I'm gonna focus on snow, skiing and sushi!

Sunday the storm was coming in and we raced it up the hill, having to chain up before Truckee. We knew we were in for a winter wonderland...just let us get to our destination first. We pulled in, unpacked, bundled up and headed to the Village. Northstar is a city unto itself, scattred with fire pits, concessions, stores and restraunts. Rich was so excited to go to Mikuni's newest site but only to be alittle disappointed...with their mini sushi bar, lackluster chef...thank goodness for the backup chef, at least Daniel san had a personality. The best part was coming out onto the ice rink and seeing quarter size snowflakes coming down-pure magic.

Monday we set our sights on the mountain...suited up and rented our gear and since neither of us had been to Northstar before A MAP. We skied every "easy" run until the afternoon. Then once confidence established we jumped on the "intermediate" run....can you say "thigh burner?" But we made it without falling and did something that resembled shuuuushing. Our last run for the day was Loggers Run...an "intermediate" and ultimately the best (longest) run of the day. For me skiing is such an act high in "hassle factor" between getting to the snow, timing, weather conditions, snowboarders ects...and just getting your foot in those freakin boots HIGH HASSLE FACTOR. But by the end of the day, riding the endorphin wave, drinkin in the vitamin D once you turn in everything and put your regular boots on again, you are filled with the fact of excileration...you survived, didn't break anything and thankfully its all over!!!

Today, Tuesday, was a first in that we were skiing two days in a row...sounds like a good idea...right, since we already paid for it...but ya know what? no matter how "in shape" you think you are...you are never physically prepared for the "burn" of skiing! And the sad part was I woke up without any pain, thinking I could repeat Monday's fun was just naive. The first run was icy and snowboarder-filled. My knees hurt, thighs ached and even ankles creeked...Then there were those assh*les coming down the hill at like a 100 miles an hour and I guess Tuesdays are when they feel they own the hills. So we stuck to the "easy" runs, enjoyed the sunshine and headed out early. Now back to work for both of us....
signed,
No Suzy Chapstick here