Late season xc ski

We all drove up to Osceola March 21 to do a late season ski and shop. I've been wanting new boots for a while and decided I'd buy them up there.

There was very little snow, until right when we got to the ski center. He's still got 2 feet of cover everywhere. We thought it'd be warm. It was sunny, but still in the 30's. Cold enough to ski.

The kids were iffy. Ben complained that he only wanted to downhill ski. Deb is awesome with them and got them suited up, into their rental gear and on the snow while I was still finding my gloves.

Ben got the hang of skiing right away, He kind of skates on them. He "gets" ice skating, so this was a natural extension. I think skating is much more fun that diagonal and the balance is easier - it makes you commit to one leg. Allison has always been hampered by her figure skates into walking on ice skates and she didn't do much better on skis.

When we went back in, they said they didn't like it. But when they returned their skis and went out to play in the snow, Ben cried when he realized he wasn't going to be able to ski any more.