We really do ski once in a while...

Sunday, the 8th, we went up to Deer Valley for the afternoon, our first ski-day of the season. (Yes, sad, I know.) When Brad first moved out to Park City, and when I first learned to snowboard (then ski, now I do both 50/50), we would get 60-80 days a season.

Now with skeleton that's down to a number that fits on one hand. Tsk tsk.

The day turned out to be not-perfect for skiing - flat light that made it super difficult to see anything, so we were skiing slowly and cautiously (I didn't want to hurt myself a week before leaving for the ICC), but it was still fun.

So, to prove to the doubting masses, we really do ski! See????:



Brad really enjoyed taking pictures of me for some reason, so there are a lot. I'll only post one or two more:




I didn't get as nice of a close-up for him:




My right boot was killing me, so we stopped in at Surefoot so they could take a look. Long story short, I got these custom-fit boots made at Surefoot about 3 years ago, and the right boot has just never felt right.

In fact, it felt awful. My foot would burn, shooting flames up my leg, starting almost immediately after I put it on.

Every time.

Sunday was no different. After 2 runs, I wanted to quit, my foot hurt so badly.

If it weren't for how amazing the LEFT boot felt, I would have doubted the custom fitting process, but the left was SO, well, $$$ that I knew something was wrong with the right.

So, we went in to the Deer Valley Surefoot, and James took a look at the boot. He felt around inside and said "Oh, here's the problem." 5 minutes later, it was fixed. Are you kidding??? He put the boot back on and it was as equally $$$ as the left!

I literally almost cried.

I wanted to ski all day.

It's amazing what good fitting boots can do for a person's enjoyment of a sport...

Anyway, here's Brad standing waiting for my boot to be fixed:


In hindsight, I should have taken a picture with James, and instead of holding them in, let the tears of joy roll down my face in the picture. But, I didn't, and I didn't, so you'll have to imagine. Cheers!