Another Powder Day With the Kids (And some other stuff.)

Over the weekend we had a storm cycle that put some nice totals at the resorts.  I say resorts but I think it's just Snowbird and Alta still open at this point.  Jen had a work service project on Saturday so I took the kids to enjoy some late season snow.  The snow was deep but pretty heavy which made for some smooth buttery turns.  It's snowing now in the valley so I won't say the end has arrived yet.  Hopefully Jen and I can get up there again before it's all done.

The Girl getting ready to drop in for the first run of the day.  As you can see, we were the only ones there.  

The boy getting in some nice turns on the smooth snow.

Taking a break in the trees.

Selfy on the lift.  You see how wet and heavy the snow was.

The girl helping the boy with his skis.

The clouds made things feel a bit eerie.

Love these mountains.  That's the Boy skiing at the bottom.  Again, we just about had the resort to ourselves in the morning.  One of the things I love about skiing in April.

Meanwhile, I've been riding my bike.  I raced for the first time this season a couple of weeks ago at the UVU Classic.  I had a cold coming on so I was a bit worried and at first it didn't seem to affect me but as we made the climb up to the town of Eureka I could feel my energy slip.  Soon I was off the back and later I was dropped by some of my teammates.  I worked with another teammate up the climb and then again on the flats back to Benjamin just to be dropped again, riding the last 10 miles solo to the finish.  It rained and hailed on me toward the end and there was even a bit of lighting so it made things somewhat miserable but overall I'd say it was fun.  I was disappointed in my performance but looking at the time between this years and lasts I did the race about 10 minutes faster so that was somewhat satisfying.  I wish I could have stayed with my teammates but it wasn't in the cards. I have my second race this Saturday at the Antelope Island Classic.  No doing extra laps by mistake for me this year.  Hopefully, I'll be completely over my cold by then as well.  Yeah, my cold has lasted the past 2 weeks.  They always seem to last forever for me.  It actually hit Jen much worse than anyone.  I hope she'll be feeling better soon.