Ski Date: Deer Valley

Just like last year, I managed to get a free ski pass to the world famous Deer Valley resort. I thought it would be fun to bring Manina along this time so we could make a date out of it. Manina was pretty nervous. So nervous, in fact, that her anxiety was making her borderline grumpy. She thought I was going to take her up a mountain and ditch her on a double black diamond run as a joke. She obviously has never seen me ski before—I’m a complete novice.

Grandma Jan came down to babysit the kids Saturday morning and we hit the road at about 9AM. We got to the resort at about 10am, got our free passes (thank you Oracle) and got our gear ready. Both of us borrowed gear from friends and family which worked out great. We hit the bunny hill first, and Manina got less nervous. She insisted we do it again so she would be more comfortable. Then it was off to the Success run.

After doing the Success run, Manina started to get much less anxious about skiing with me—she’d figured out that I wasn’t any good and wouldn’t be taking her to any daredevil runs. We had lunch in the Silver Lake lodge, and skied just about every nearby green (beginner) run. Ontario was our favorite.

We probably squeezed in a couple more runs than we should have, because when we finally pulled off our boots at about 3:30pm, we were totally exhausted. We had been invited to a customer appreciation dinner, but were simply too wiped out to stay any longer. So, we headed back toward home. We stopped for a quick bite at Chipotle to give us enough energy to deal with the kids when we got home.

It was a great date and a very fun day on the slopes. Also, check out the video of our lack of skiing ability.