A group of us decided to head up to Sunrise in Pinetop for a weekend of ski fun. After last years painful experience with snowboarding, I decided to use the skis that have been collecting dust in the garage for 2 years. Plus I could keep up with Erik a little bit more this way!
We headed up on Thursday after work and stayed at the Hon-Dah Casino that has a sweet ski package (2 nights, 2 days of lift tickets, discounted rentals and a shuttle). Met up with the rest of our group and then got some sleep!
Friday is a quiet day at the resort because most people are still in school, and this one was no exception. It took a few runs before I was back to feeling like I sort of remembered how to ski. Erik is getting pretty decent on the snowboard and is actually faster than I am because I'm a scaredy cat about getting hurt. The one sweet thing is that the lounge has PBR on draft so lunch = a pitcher of PBR. :-)
After a full day we headed back to the casino and Erik fell asleep, our 2 roomies hit the hot tub and I decided to lose some money. I ended up winning about $10 on the penny slots, of which I brought $7 home. I never know when to quit! Then we all hit up a Thai place for dinner. Yes, Thai in Show Low-Lakeside-Pinetop. It was pretty good and we all had a good time.
Saturday was a little busier at the resort. It was also the day I remembered how to fall. I usually ski so conservatively that I don't fall. I was trying to turn up the hill to decide to take a different trail when I got stuck in some powder and went down. Struggled to get back up as you always do on skis. About 2 runs later, I'm doing a nice little run, making nice turns back and forth across the hill to keep from going too fast ( I fear speed too) when I turn left just in time to see some woman who must have been cutting across to get to the breakoff run on my right, come flying at me. We hit head-on and I end up in some ackward position with my skis and my sitting between them. All I can feel is that my left knee feels odd and I'm out of breath. I wasn't going that fast, so that probably helped a little.
Her son (who has some freaking sweet skis! They have a hot girl in a bikini on em) helps me get my skis of and both are asking if I'm ok. Finally I catch my breath and get my legs back in front me and I feel ok. I managed to get back on my skis and nothing feels terribly wrong, a little sore, but nothing that seems out of place. Took some easy hills down and met up with Erik who is worried since it took me so long. We head over to the other mountain to ski for the rest of the morning since its much emptier over there. Finished out the rest of the day not feeling too bad, except that now I'm getting tired and I can tell my knee will hurt later.
Got back to the car at the end of the day and got my boot off, threw my sandals on and tried to load the car and realized just how much my knee did hurt! Now it was stiff from being in the same slightly bent position and supported by my boot all day too. I got some ice from Subway and tried to ice it every hour or so on the way home.
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