A perfect day for The River Damsel...skiing Deer Valley in the morning and fishing the Middle Provo in the afternoon! The only thing that could have been better would have been to have a little warmer of weather. But, I'm a tough old bird and the 10" of new fallen freshies made the skiing bearable. (Temp. was -4 in the parking lot!) I think that it warmed up to about 15 when I left for the river!! Ha. Hand warmers are wonderful things. I decided to take a few pictures for you...a sacrifice, let me tell you, as my hands were frozen holding the camera! Anyway, this is the view on the Tycoon run overlooking Deer Creek Reservoir. My volunteering each year at the World Cup gives me free skiing...a perk that I just can't give up. (Lift passes are $90/day) There is a beginner run for the kids that I skied down at the end of my day as my legs had about just enough! Thigh burn is felt when you do 18 runs in 3 hrs...let me tell you! Anyway, the houses along this run are gorgeous and they have a few extra things for the kids and the kids at heart...
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| Even the bears have frozen snot!!! That would be me on the rooftop! |
Some of you might think that I'm crazy for doing both activities in the same day, but the river is only ten minutes away...so....you know. (You should have seen the expression of the ski attendent as he saw my fly poles next to the skis in the back of the car!) And it actually seemed warmer than going downhill at 60 mph at -4 degrees...ok, maybe that's a little exaggerated...but, it seems like it's that fast!
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| The raccoons seem to have fun in the cold! |
I figured out that with me doing 18 runs in 3+ hrs, I covered approximately 24,000 vertical ft... And I burned off about 3,000 calories according to my handy heart meter that I wear...not too bad of a work out, huh? So, a productive day in my mind! That's some mojo going on!
And at the end of the day, there was a fish (We'll call him Jr.)...to give me that WARM feeling from my head to my toes! For the first time all day! :)
Looks like an EXCELLENT day. Great post. Oh, and great nails. :-)
ReplyDeleteWhat? No rabid mountain lions or snowball chucking rodents? That almost sounded, dare I say, like a normal day.
ReplyDeleteMike ~ Those nails finally can do knots after two years of fishing!
ReplyDeleteMark ~ This one's for you..."A perfect day"! Just don't get used to it! Haha.
Mark ~ Well, wait a minute! I was skiing/fishing in "abnormal" temperatures...does that count?
ReplyDeleteThose temperatures were certainly abnormal. Not sure that's going to count though as a truly abnormal experience. I mean no wild animals, UFOs, or anything like that. I'm afraid I may have jinxed your next trip, however.
ReplyDeleteQuite a day.
ReplyDeleteSome people have it made--skiing in that kind of scenery, and fly fishing that afternoon, just a tad jealous!!!
ReplyDeleteImagine a great day without rock chuckers. No way.
ReplyDeleteYes, imagine a day without wild animals, rock chuckers, and...UFO's??? Hey, I never said anything about those...not yet, anyway! :)
ReplyDeleteA fine combo for sure.
ReplyDeleteThat first photo is awesome. I almost felt like I was there.
But if all RD's trips are crazy, and this one was not....doesn't that make this trip the.....I mean... ;)
ReplyDeleteMy brain is still trying to wrap itself around two things....that picture of you sking down the lodge rooftop, and $90 a DAY for anything. yikes.
way to pull the double duty.. Thats not something just anyone is going to do..
ReplyDeleteCovering two passions in one day. Can't get much better than that.
ReplyDeleteMark
Yeah, I know, my trips are a little over the edge sometimes...but, this was actually pretty normal! Can't have too much of a good thing in my book!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a recipe for a near perfect day (dang -4 temperatures!). What a trooper for hitting up both hobbies in 12 hours. -stephanie
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