From one extreme to another

This was the view of dawn breaking in Quechee, VT this weekend. We took our annual PT Department ski trip up to Killington. It was absolutely incredible! Coming back from Aruba had been really tough, weather-wise. This past week was extremely cold, but I figured at least I had the ski trip to look forward to. I really wanted to give my new board a run for its money and see what kind of terrain I could handle on it.

We got up Friday night and had a few adult beverages before turning in around midnight. The night was capped off with an epic tale by a half-drunk Jonesy rambling on for 20 minutes about "Three-fingered Jim" and his escapades. This is the same crazy bastard who then woke us all up at 6am so we hit the slopes as early as possible.

The weather, as you can see from the picture, was fantastic. It was around 40 degrees and sunny until around noon, when the clouds started rolling in. It eventually started raining around 2, but we had been skiing for hours so we called a day and hit the bar. Honestly, though, I don't think I've ever boarded better in my life! The guys I went with are excellent skiers and snowboarders, so just keeping up with them - nevermind not dying - is a chore. But, I hung in and held my own, and I got a lot of compliments on it - it was such an amazing day! We were just laughing and having a great time.

Of course, we topped it all off with a nap, shower, and more excessively drunken debauchery (think: Asshole and Power Hour followed by a spontaneous dance party). All in all, one of the greatest weekends I've had in awhile. Thinking about hitting the slopes again next weekend, too! Don't know if I could top this weekend, but any time I can get out for some good times with friends is fine by me. Check out more pics on my webshots photo album!