Blue sky days

Got out skiing at Lake Louise on Saturday. Deanne and I were supposed to go Ice Climbing that day. However I could tell that her interest in ice climbing was luke warm at best and she mentioned skiing a few times. At the same time my buddy Mick was trying to entice me to ski on Saturday as well. I took it as a sign from the Gods that skiing was what I was supposed to be doing. Turns out the gods weren't crazy after all. We picked up another friend Shaheen and we were off on our adventure.

Ever been in that situation when you are with friends you really enjoy being around, the day is perfect and there isn't any place you rather be? Well ok, I might always want to be on a beach with a bevy of loincloth-clad men waving pond fronds and feeding me a pomegranate, but you know what I mean.

The weather was warm and we were all in to skiing intermediate runs where the stress factor is low. It was interesting to me to find that I get enough of my adrenaline needs met Ice Climbing that I want skiing to be fun rather than a test of my intestinal fortitude and fear management.

We had fun, we laughed, we had fun mocking Deanne wearing her goggles in the car. Mick seemed perfectly happy to wait for us all day while he could have been shredding up the blacks and doubleblacks. It was good to visit with Shaheen who I'm certain is the nicest guy on the planet even though he admited that he swears way more when he's around me. I can't imagine that I could be a bad influence... (snicker)

We ended up the day stopping in Banff to check out ropes, crampons, helmets and heated footbeds. None of us bought anything except for the caramel apple that I inhaled at a lightening speed. Really, you can't stop in Banff without buying something at the candy store.

A great day out.