Snowboarding on Bachelor!

Elise and I

Jen and I

Jen and I are official Olympians!!!

During spring break I FINALLY had the chance to use my 3 day snowboarding pass that I purchased on sale. The first day I headed up the the mountain with my friend Elise where we enjoyed snowboarding and skiing on a beautiful blue bird day. Elise is an excellent skier, and since the majority of my snowboarding is usually with less or equally as skilled snowboarders as myself, I never really pushed myself to do more, or go on the more challenging slopes. Well, I was in for quite a day with Elise. She took me every where (well, maybe not, but it seemed like it!) and I forced myself to keep up with her (it was actually more like her stopping and waiting, me moving like a slug and fallllllinnnnnggg a tonnnn). Needless to say I was in complete and total pain the next day! But knowing that the pain was from pushing myself, enjoying a beautiful day and hanging out with Elise, it didn't matter. The next couple of times I went up I went with my friend Jennifer. They were both great days, but the weather wasn't quite so lovely. It was windy, then would snow, then would be blue bird, thennnnnn all three.. ha. Central Oregon Weather doesn't know how to make up its mind, especially up on the mountain! This is Jen's second year snowboarding, so we took it a litttttle bit slower than Elise and I. Jen is well on her way to becoming the next Shaun White. All in all, it was money well spent and it re-affirmed that I absolutely love to snowboard, even if i'm not that great!!

No- I did NOT snowboard down any black diamonds...didn't push myself THAT hard.