bend weekend

justin and i had a getaway to bend a few weekends ago. my dad and brother came up from so cal to get in a weekend of ski/ snowboarding on mt. bachelor. we have had some great snow up here all winter, not to mention the 4 in. we got everynight while we were there. bend is only 2 hours away and we had yet to been our there. we drove up late friday night and i had to put on snow chains at about 11 to get over the pass (justin was having a hard time figuring them out). then on saturday, justin stayed back and studied while my dad, brother and i went out to the slopes. i borrowed my dads old gear because i had none, it was a bit oversized. the visibility was crap, but i had a blast flailing, rolling, sliding and falling down the mountain. turns out i havent skiied in about 6 years and it totally showed. notice all the pics of me are sitting on my butt.

that night was great hanging out with my family, gettig some sweet new stuff, hiking along the deschuttes river, and just having a great time. sunday we went back up to the mountain. the weather was a little bit better, meaning the sun poked out a few times between being stuck in a snow storm. i think i got worse over night, i was so stiff from the day before, but we had tons of fun.

needless to say, i refound a joy for skiing and really want to get out a few more times this season. hopefully they will be sunny instead of snowing, but anything will do at this point.