Mike's high school friend Jared (along with his gf Carrie) would be our hosts for a couple of nights. They both work at the Squaw Valley Ski Resort and since neither one of them were out of work when we arrived, we settled in at one of new favorite bars, the Bridgetender in Tahoe City. Mike and I spent enough time in that bar in two days to become "regulars."
Our first taste of skiing was great too! We were very worried about the snow conditions because the word on the street was that conditions were poor. Tahoe was relying on one major storm and very little snowmaking capabilities to cover their terrain.
Turns out it wasn't bad. Squaw Valley was about 75% open and that was plenty for us. We arrived and got half price loft tickets thanks to Jared and Carrie. Our first run of the day was at 9:15am and we went strong right up until the start of the Super Bowl, which out here, was a 3:30pm start.
We hit up a few different bars right at the base of the mountain to watch the game. I was rooting for a massive power outage in the greater Indianapolis area so that neither team could win. In the end, I guess I am glad it was at least a good game.
Following a final trip to the Bridgetender bar, we called it a night. This morning, we (somehow) got right up and hot the road. We are currently 254 miles into our 10 hour drive to Sun Valley, Idaho. This has easily been the most boring drive we have done, at least since going through West Texas. The scenery is gorgeous with plenty of snow capped mountains to look at. If you're so inclined, look up Interstate 80 in northern Nevada. We are literally in the middle of nowhere, somewhere near Battle Mountain.
Tomorrow and Wednesday, we will ski at the Sun Valley Resort and stay with a Ridgewood member that Mike knows.
Check out a few pictures from Lake Tahoe!
Later,
Reed
No comments:
Post a Comment