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57 lines
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title: "Tahoe Ski Trip"
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date: 2023-01-30T12:40:15-08:00
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categories: Travel
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tags: [Friends, Snowboarding, Snowshoeing]
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resources:
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- name: cabin
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src: cabin.jpg
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title:
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alt: A cozy cabin living room, with wood panel walls, lots of fuzzy, furry pillows, and a high steeply pitched roof. A fireplace is off to the right, and a large couch occupies the middle of the room. The windows fill the wall, floor to ceiling. Outside, you can see many tall pine trees and snow falling.
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- name: snowshoeing
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src: snowshoeing.jpg
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title:
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alt: "A selfie of three people: me and two friends, wearing cold weather gear and standing in the snow. A well-traveled path in the snow meanders through the snow-covered trees."
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This weekend I took a trip to the north side of Lake Tahoe with a group of coworkers and friends to ski and snowboard,
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and enjoy the mountains and each other's company. We stayed in an AirBnb in Truckee, and spent a couple days up at
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Northstar.
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{{< figures/image name=cabin >}}
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We all spent Friday on the mountain. I took an all-day group snowboarding lesson, while the rest did runs all over the
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moutain. My lesson was a small group, just five of us, and it was really great. We were all newbies, and very
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encouraging of each other. Our instructor pushed us quickly through standing and short glides on the board, to longer J
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turns, and traversing the bunny hill. Before lunch, we were doing the Big Easy. I felt like I was starting to get the
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hang of it, and the instructor agreed. After lunch, we went up the Arrow Express lift and took Lumberjack all the way
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down. It was harrowing--I have bad memories of the first drop from the last time I was at Northstart--but we all made
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it! By the end, I was feeling much more confident on the board, though I was also pretty beat up from several rough
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falls throughout the day.
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We all went to bed pretty sore that night, but the next day we got up and did it all again. There were a _lot_ more
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people on the mountain on Saturday, so wait times for lifts were longer. Despite that I got a bunch of good runs in,
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including one from the top of the moutain with the rest of my group! I ended the day with two runs from the top of the
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moutain, and a sore tail bone, but with much more confidence in my ability to turn and stop on a board. 🤙🏻
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The third day was a rest day for me. While some went back up the mountain for another day of skiing, a few others of us
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decided to go on a snowshoe hike. This was my first time with snowshoes. They're a bit awkward, but pretty easy to get
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the hang of. We took a loop around a small lake near Donner Lake. I always enjoy the peace that being out in nature
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brings, and it was great to catch up with two of my friends in a smaller group.
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{{< figures/image name=snowshoeing >}}
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At the end of the day, we scrambled to amass a stockpile of snowballs for an ambush! The guys in our group had decided
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to go skiing a third day, and were on their way back. When they pulled into the driveway, we attacked! Honestly, it
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wasn't anywhere near a fair fight. 😅 They fought back though, survived the onslaught, and we all had a great time.
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Spending quality time with friends, going on trips like this, means a lot to me. I've gotten to do trips with friends
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like this a few times over the last couple years, but it's been a bit since I went with _this_ group. I had so much fun
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being up in the moutains, hanging out, playing games, and having long conversations. We're such a good group, and I'm
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grateful to have all of them in my life.
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Thanks y'all. <3
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