Drive to Work

There are those of you out there that probably love your drive to work.  I however, have the best drive and possibly the shortest drive to a job that never gets old.  Here is my drive from the front of my condo to the parking garage at Park City Mountain Resort.  Another sweet thing about this is that this is my drive to get to the mountain on my days off!

Here is a student I get to work with on Wednesdays.  Laura helps out as well.  This little guy is from the Utah School for the Deaf and Blind.  They bring about 10 students with them on Wednesdays.  He is quite the kiddo.  He is four years old and loves to talk to himself down the hill.  His skiing is getting better even after two lessons.

Every day I come to ski there is the bench in front of The National Ability Center.  It is amazing the equipment that gets left behind on a beautiful day on the mountain.  Each day I roll up and the faces of the people I know and ski with come into mind as I see the stuff they really don't need on the mountain.  To all of you who said YOU CAN and NEVER said give up or no you can't do this or that, this picture is for you.  This shot was taken when I was in my ski and strapping in.  You can see my chair next to me.  A chair can define a person but I have chosen to let what I do inside my chairs define who I am.  It was sitting there waiting for me as I enjoyed my time on the mountain and I am sure many people walked by and knew it was me out of that chair and inside another on the mountain.  The chair has given me many great experiences so far and skiing this season has only been one of them.  Let the good times keep rolling!

First Race

We had a race on Saturday.  I was in charge of putting individuals who take lessons from The National Ability Center on teams that paid to be a part of Saturdays activities.  It is a big fundraiser for us and in the end I was even able to race with a team.  It was my first race through gates and I made it all the way down on my first run.  There is room for so much improvement but it was a really cool experience for sure.

Here is Arly and Tom.  Both are on the race team and I have been able to ski and work out with them.  They have both given me some great advice and technique when I watch their skiing and make improvements to my own skiing. 

Here is Rip and Sue and Teague.  Rip and Sue are the adaptive ski team coaches and Teague is on the team. 

Here I am on the lift and then on the course.

Here is our team.  Me, Arly, Sue and Rip.  It was a good day.  Hopefully more improvements and more races are in the future.

Toby and the Laser Pointer

This is how smart my dog is.  He chases a laser pointer with a vengeance.  It is pretty funny to watch.  In all reality I could just exercise him this way.  I am not that mean though but it has been done.  I just sit at my back door and flash the laser pointer up and down the back side walk until he is tired.  It is a good time.