Wow! I had such a good time yesterday. It turned out that we got breakfast (bagels and cream cheese, donuts, orange juice), so I wasn't hungry when we got there. I was running a little late for the lesson (it started at 10:30, we got there at about 10:00). During the lesson itself, I was having trouble doing everything the guy was telling us. But later, another teacher came in to help us practice before we hit whatever trail. Since it was around 52 degrees outside, pretty much everything touching my skin got sweaty (but as I said it was quite warm out so I didn't start getting cold). I had a fit with the lockers; when I first went to get a locker, I put 25 cents into a small locker, not realizing that there were bigger ones (that cost one dollar, as opposed to 50 cents for the small one), so I ended up wasting that quarter. The locking ski racks were almost straightforward: You put the skis in the little square on the lower beam of the rack, and the lock is on a little door that holds the skis in place at the top, although getting the skis in so that you can lock the little door is a little hard.
As far as skiing itself in concerned: I find skis (combined with boots) to be very heavy, so I couldn't really decide to take them off or not to get around the mountain (I ended up keeping them on most of the time). The hardest parts of skiing for me are walking on the flat ground, walking up small inclines (like in Camelback's base area), and controlling speed on anything other than the beginner slopes. Hopefully I'll be able to make it on a trail other than The Meadows (which has a rating of Novice, one green circle).

 

 

 

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